Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-08

Wilson Wilson had been In the employ
of n New York bank before he came 20
Washington, and II was thought that his
Knowledge would be OF value In the Re
demptIon Office. He had been In other
bureaus OF the Treasury Department
for nearly twenty years. Not long AFTER
he was put In the Redemption Agency
he abstrs,cted small sums and flashed MS
Mr.. Rogers inspected the books and MADE
a very unusual comparison between two
OF them within twelve hours after the
fa,se entries had been made. Wilson was
arrested. but he was never brought 10
trial. His friends, particularly con-
--.xsuan who was interested IN MN,
r,aoe good 81 900 OF the shortage ana the
o,nn,oyees OF the redemption agency
made up the other 5000. The iast theI.
IN the Redemption Agency occurreu aoou,
two years ago. A young man employed
In the Office took $500 from packase.
,rhe theft was traced 20 him very puichy
ond he was arrested, but In consideration
81 bis youth the court let him of with
fine. - ,.,. In AR
summers time was charged against the
,rrea~urer's bond. but Congress relieved
General Spinner OF the habiii'y' II
understood that Mr.. Nebeker has applIes
for relief from loss OF N.VV su ILL.,
during his Administrations OF the w..
srrer's office by the loss OF N,VO note
mis- note was In a package OF hity on
notes OF a similar denomination
nackage went through the hahus vi a.
very inexpert counter. ana WIZ. -
aS,.d ~. controllers Office there were
only Atty notes. Nothing mas e'e' ~"
heard OF the missing note
MRS BECKER'S METHODS.
during his term OF office-one by tnvl'
Sd ~. other perhaps by accident me
g., Ioss yas through the act OF cieI
Co tbs redemption division nameu ml9.
Ir,oe,ipe Rocker. She had the haiid'i's
az large numbers of silver certliica.eo a.
tho denomination of 500. under VIA Wiz.
,,,,,,yr az the "three-hfths rule. the EoN
orrment paid face vale for a note
three fifths of IL was presenter -. on
demption. Mrs Becker walcheu ~ -,
portunity, when no other CLERKS 80 ices
her. and from time 10 time tote vi Ge,hs
Of notes. always leaving three 10,
yv,,h the scraps she pleced out ehousn
y, now note for redemption. anu VIZ ~,
e-,'or,uritv occurred subsututeu N'
,,a,cb for complete note. Ihls i'au -,
,oirg on<probably for lohs M &c
Tora she was suspected. one ms" ,',as
clerks were put to Work on t'e pa 81
80 Mrs Rocker. and plain evidence
I'D was obtained The loss 80 GO
&C Il could be traced, was apoue ,he
Nov much had been stolen peiO -,
Investigation was made no one 49,.
Mrs. Becker was arrested la In
raged some property wiicn 80 cbe "a
t~eebtneton and made restitution. She 10
now ont on bail, and It Is altosetnei ,r r'
,,Ielv that she will be proseculeu. 49,,
thor loss under Mr.. Hyatt was W .'o
d,sanneorance of ten sheets OF - nv
botween the Bureau of EngraNi"s o." -
Dr,n,ino and the sealing DIVISION Oh III.
trraasurv Department All note. are sem
IA the Treasury from the bui'"u
T,ncravinr and Printing complete, eAcep,
that they lack the red seal lila ~"
&c printed on them at the treasury
partment. The presses Ia 'i. u.,a, ~
,.Nor,, have automatic registers. Nheh 'le
lot OF s. notes came 10 'he 0ieI No "a
nhocl, IN before the sheets are separateu
tnto notes II was found that ten sheets
90 Tho notes were missing. An eXamlha-
d. ~ tbe register on the printing
,,ocbine showed that they had disail-
noarod before the presses were reacheu'
frbe bureau OF Engraving and Pruning
had y clean receipt for the sheets, so the
resDonsibility rested with the cleIhS VA
the first office OF the sealing DIVISION.
No trace of the notes mas ever D''''
found. 800. g.,
one Of the most celebrated losses IN
the history OF the Treasury Department.
10 known as the "Golden-Rue case
rho government actually lost nothing
but apparently II lost 100000, ana inc
affair was made very sensational py
newspaper publications at the time. OH
The ,sth of NAV. 1855 the Treasurer OF the
United states shipped TO the Assistant
treasurer at San Francisco one thousand
q 900 time notes. payable in three years:
These nots were shipped on the Nessel
Colleen Rule. The Golden RUE was
wrecked on Roncador reef, and the saIe
containing the Treasury notes was never
recovered A New York newspaper pun
Ushed the statement that the Nessei hau
been wrecked by her captains-as part OF
a conspiracy TO obtain possession OF the
traasiire on board, as the safe, when con-
toined the government notes, had beeh
found. broken and empty, ana that the
cantain of the Golden Rule and the other
conspirators had bought a great deal OF
property and paid for 1t with the lost
notes. The Treasury Department waited
elk wears before closing the Golden-Rule
matter In that time. although almost all
~ the other notes of the same issue had
baen presented for redemption. none OF
the thousand notes lost on the Roncador
reef had ever appeared. SO the Urea
surer OF the United States entered TINS
81 10000 on his books <mong the notes
DESTROYED. Not one OF these notes mas
been presented since. and there Is no
doubt of their complete destruction.