The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-09

confederate. There was third person OF dubi-
Gus Antecedents one Brown. In the conspiracy.
he was the first one caught, while betting with
ESQ bills on race track. OF the stolen money
$4,000 got back Brown turnei state
evidence and in that way escaped justice. Inc
Jury which sat on the cases of Ottman ana Hal
lock disagreed ana they got of. This lesson
teaches that evil doing does not always meet
with suitable reward
ONE GREAT DRAWBACK,
One drawback about stealing from the treas
urg is the inevitable difficulty of dispOsing of
what ia technically called the "swag sup
pose that a well meaning rObber with hanker-
ing after better life should succeed In getting
away with such cubic8l package OF SO DIS
as las been described. On $4,000 he could
afford to range himself as the French say.
He would assume the direction of sunday
school class-Gn almost necessary step with
any one who would have credit for high
quality of yiTtue-and would give TO charities.
Meanwhile the government would have adver-
tsed as stolen the $40 notes from No.
certainly be nabbed while trying to
PASS some of them. The world has no pity
for man who is trying to REFORM it viii drag
him down if it can. The case would have been
about the same If he had stolen $50 gold pieces.
There is 30 little gold IN circulation that the
putting into circulation of much money In that
shape would be sure to excite suspicion, a great
robbery of the national funds having been made
public. II he tried 10 melt up the coins and dis
pose Of them as bullion, the consequence would
be the same. There was once a mau who stole
a silver brick from the mint IN Philadelphia
He was taking out ashes, threw the briuk, which
weighed about twenty pounds into barrel
with other refuse and Carted 1t away unsus-
pected. The brick was missed at once and the
thief was arrested while trying 70 sell it 10 New
York on the whole it may be safely asserted
that it does not pay TO steal from Uncle Sam.
Two hundred aud fifty freight ears would be
required to carry away from Washington the
silver dollars which are stored in the single
vault of $4,000 90. Putting it that way gives
more vivid notion of the bulk represented by
beneath
treasury, No wonder that the counting, con
Quoted by sixty experts, occupies from Two TO
three months and costs 1880. The operation is
p rfOrmed in the presepCe OF a Committee, one
member of which is appointed by the outgoing
treasurer, one by bis incoming successor and
The third by the secretary of the department.
The treasurer gives bond for Slt0,00O, but no
bond is supplied by any of his subordinates. lf
one of the latter should prove defaulter the
treasurer would be Obliged to make up the de
felt Ouo of his own pocket. However, congress
would doubtless pass a bill for his relief iu such
a case. j. n. Huston, President HarrisOn'S first
treasurer, said that no trust company would
assume the responsibilities Of his place for the
S6,WO per annum OF salary attached TO 1t.
Nevertheless, there have been many appli ants
for the position under Mr. Cleveland. When
the count of the money is completed the new
treasurer will sign receipt in tuL The re-
Ceipt signed by Mr. Nebeker was for SG6I,Sl6
4IJ IS. The plates from which paper cash is
printed at the bureau OF engraving and print
ing will be changed as quickly as poss bic by
his successor.
II the difioulties in the way OF burglarizinE
the treasury are great it would be not less hard
to accomplish any stealing from within Sec
rotary Carlisle ls as carefully hedgeG about
with res rictions as is his most humble subOrdi-
nate. He cannot get dollar without deposit
ing vouchers for it, which must be signel by
other officials, The treasurer cannot draw IS
from his own paying teller without indOrse-
ment b. persons who share with him the gem
era re possibility. The cashier cannot open
one Of TIE vaults unless accompanied by as
strict guard as would be placed upon a
stranger. The tellers who receive and pay out
the money in wire cages are never allowed to
20 away at the close Of business hours until
their accounts have been verified for the day.
More Likely Than not they will be directed to
look over each others cash and make sure that
it is ali right. The chain on the leg OF each one
is none the less real for being unsubStantial.
There was ouce smart fellow who made up a
dummy package Of $40 notes and skipped out
with the real parcel, but he did II so awkwardly
that he was captured before he could get far
away.
A RANK CLERKS TRICK.
Considering tie present Impoverished condt-
tiou Of the treasurynO high-minded robber would
think OF trying to fitch the few coins lett in
Uncle Sans pockets. But some people have no
conjunction What could have been the frame
of mind OF a certain New York bank clerk
awhile ago, who sent in the fragments of S5o6
note for redemption? They were really and
truly pieces of O $500 gold certificate and all
together they made up a complete bill. I'm
fortunately, however, the fragments were cut
from sixteen different certificates OF that de-
nomination, and by this ingenious proc ss a
whole one was produced without impairing the
value of the sixteen originals. IL is a melan-
choy fact that the experts in the redemption
division have no faith or confidence in human
nature
They detected the cheat aud the perpetrator
is now being punished for it. Strang5 that in
this very bureau should have formerly fatteued
a female criminal, who invented the plan of
IN a n an Nnfn Df
that denomination which came into her hands
for examination. She did 1t by Ingenious past
ing, and she might have carried it on indefi-
nitely hGd bhe not excited suspicion by wearing
diamonds and driving to and from the treasury
in stylish carriage. Humility is more becou-
ing to a thief than to an honest person. The
first thing that detectives INQUIRE about is
whether an individual suspected OF stealing is
living hey ond his or her ostensible means.
There is no doubt that the treasury is often
robbed Probably it most frequently suffers in
the redemption division People are constantly
trying to get cash equivalent for money falsely
alleged to have been destroyed. The games put
up on Uncle am in that shape are as varied as
they are ingenious. Nearly all of them are de-
tected, but every now and then one Of them
succeeds, Doubtless the fragments of a good
deal of the counterfeit paper pass muster for
the remnants OF real bills and paid for as
such. This is not surprising when it is conSid-
cred that many imitation notes and certificates
constantly pass through the banks unobseryed
The new treasurer does not give a receipt for
INC puulic ihoney5 neuueu over 10 MIN until
every cent has been accounted for. He gives
acknowledgment only for the cash, not being
obliged TO take charge of the queer assortment
of valuables which for several years we're kent
in the department. Most OF these were gifts in
gold, silver and precious stones, conferred by
foreign potentates upon Presidents and other
high officials of the United States who were
not permitted by law to accept them. There
was box of pearls ard diamonds sent by the
Emperor of Japan TO President Monroe; a
bottle of diamonds, bottle OF pearls, dia-
mond snuff box, ard many other objects of
"biSotry and virtue" These articles. origin
ally stored in the patent office, were stolen
therefrom on two occasions At the time of
the second robbery, which occurred Nov. g. IS ~,
much Of the gold and silver was melted up for
the purpose Of selling as bullion, Being event
ually recovered in q condition of somewhat i'm
paired preservation these things were handed
over to the treasury in 1888 AT present they
areln the custody of the National Museum.