The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-23
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Thieyes-Thc Treasury Wants Not Safe.

Cnclc Sizsf<S IAIilI6SS Sls,t FROM
TAieves-Thc Treasury Vaults Not Safe.
WASHINGTON, A-p:; The treas
urcr Of the Unita,' has asked
the House co,nloiJtcs. q" approDlla-
ton to put tIlrcusc - Hu5'sa i'm
rlediately q special appropriation to
enable him to strengthen the old
treasury :ault, in which ere deposits
agregati1g S600;rJH "HH Ea had
experiments made r-celiJIy. kis sus-
picions having been aroused as to the
security OF tle vaults which are Of g
style twenty-five --:as old. i;s
expert bored nole through the
vault wall in seventeen seconds, and
he made the lol2 large enough to
crawl through IN sc,e1leen minutes.
Practically the contents Of the vaults
were at his disposal, inclutlipg $3.50
600 in sreenbacks IL corner SIX feet
square. The COMMITTEES, On receiv
ing this startling information, tcld
Treasurer Huston to go ahead and
prepare estimates !"o1nisirg to put
through the House Immediately any
appropriation deemed necessary. The
treasurer Is now preparing estimates
which will probubiy be ready so that
the bill can be presented at once.
[ Meanwhile the treasury guards have
been doubled.
The total an.o,-,., Il the funds for
which Treasurer Huston is reSponsi-
bic is about ;S77O,000,000. CT this
amount about S]70,0 100000, Chiefly IL
| silver, are IN the reg steel silver
! vault, the remainder Delng in the CID
treasury vault, which it is nov pro-
posed to repair and strengthen.
Treasurer Huston does not think
much Of the steel silver vault. but as
it is rather difficult to cal1y OF the
cart wheel dollars, it does not make
Eso much difference about this vault.
But in the old treasury vault are
miscellaneous moneys. gold, SILVER,
greenbacks, etc, which could be car
ried of. and Treasurer Huston is
unwilling to carry this risk longer
without trying to strengthen the
vault walls. The treasury watchmen
have always been noted for their
integrity and fidelity, but il, by
political influence, their positions not
being protected by the civil service
law, two or three expert cracksmen
could be got on the force OF if the
cracksmen could get into the treas
! ury at night on an employees pass or
in any other way, less than half an
hours work on the old treasury
vault would give them the biggest
fortune in the world if they got away
with nothing bat the greenbacks.
! The treasmers examination of the
vault and his recommendation to the
committee on appropriations have
been kept profoundly secret from ell
but FIVE members Of the committee
who would have especial charge OF
the matter under the committees
division of labor Treasurer Huston
almost jumped out of his chair when
| he was asked about it this evening.
| Directing his messenger, who was
blotting his mail as the treasurer
tsigned it. to leave the room and close
the door, he proceeded to~interview
the interviewer as to how he got the
lnews which he thought he had kept
profoundly secret OF course he did
not learn anything, but seeing that
| the interviewer had the facts, admit
| ted that it was all true, but said that
it should not be published lest it
create an unnecessary sensation. The
interviewer had to- tell him that be
could not keep an open secret, and
! so tha'StorY GOES. -. -, : =,