The morning call., 1893-10-23
AN EMPTY CASHBOX.
More About the Healdsburg City
Treasury Robbery.
The Bold Perpetrators of the Hold
Up Have Not Been
Found.

HEALDsBURG. Oct. 22.-The two burg.
lars who went to the house of City Treas
urer George V. Muligan at an early hour
last Friday morning. where they awakened
him and, under the plea OF bringing him
TO the residence of his sick brother-in-
law, instead took him, at pistols muZzle,
to the city treasury, forced him to open
the safe. from which they took S3200-
every dollar in the treasury-and thence
marched Mulligan to place near the
cemetery, about one mile from the city,
where they manacled him to madrone
tree, have not yet been found. Nothing
in the history of Healdsburg has so deeply
stirred up the city, and there are many
different theories of the robbery. some of
them not altogether to the credit Of the
Treasurer
Mulligan has been here many years, has
held positions of trust and has an excel
lent reputation for honesty and personal
worth. His standing in the community,
where he has many friends, serves an ex-
cellent purpose in sustaining his story of
the robbery and the manner in which il
was accomplished. But there are those
who doubt him. while others stoutly main
tain his innocence. His description Of the
thieves is not minute, and the story origi-
nally told by him differs in some particu-
lars from his latest version of the robbery.
At first he declared that the robbers put
tie coin into brown bag, and latterly
stated that it was swept into sack like
one of Wells, Fargo's. at first he de-
scribed one Of his temporary captors as
having mustache, the other a mustache
and goatee. and later he changed one of
the robbers to full beard.
Yesterday his official bond OF $4,000
could not be found, but it was discovered
to-day among the city papers by Clerk
Raymond. His sureties are Carl Muller,
James A. Mead, Robert Haight, Israel
Cook and Frank Koenig, each OF whom
qualified in the sum of S25OO.
Trustees have wakened up and have
secured detectives from San Francisco,
who are now at work on the case. They
have also announced a reward of $500 for
the capture of the robbers.
The theft leaves the town absolutely
penniless. and salaries OF officers and in
terest on Its bonds will have to be "passed"
until such time as the next tax levy is
turned into the treasury.
IL IS tnougns I'D certain quarters that the
robbers live right here In Healdsbu and
in proof of this close watch is kept on
certain homes. The residence of the City
Treasurer is also under surveillance.
There are a hundred rumors as to the
city's loss. and in dozen blocks as many
different stories may be encountered. but
the fact remains that the robbers described
by Mulligan have not yet turned up.
The Treasurer is slowly recovering from
the wear and tear of his six or eight hours
exposure while he was chained to the base
of the madrone tree. near the cemetery.
last Friday morning, but under order OF
his physician he sees no one and cannot
leave his room. 1t is expected, however.
that more light will soon be turned on this
strange robbery and a definite clew OBJ
tanned by which the officers may unearth
and bring to justice the perpetrators of the
crime.