The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-09
ROBBED OF A FORTUNE.
Mysterious Theft OF $4,000 In Gold
While Ia Transit from Havre
To Paris.


tn Paris.
The police Of France arc investigating
what Is probably one Of the most remark
able robberies ON record, and IL is believed
that the police authorities Of the United
States will be asked, IL they have not al
ready been 80 requested, to take hand
ia the Investigation. In some unaccount-
able manner cask of gold frnm New
York, valued at $4,000. has been stolen
while in transit from Ilavre TO Paris.
The French steamship La Touraine,
Capt Santelli, left New York on July
2lst for Havre with forty casks Of Amer.
lean gold on board, valued ut $4,000, 900,
and consigned to various people. She
arrived ut Paris July 18th. The forty
casks Of gold are believed to have been
safely landed at Havre, and they are
also said to have been placed complete on
the train running between Havre aud
Paris. But when the precious casks were
counted 0n their arrival at Paris there
were only thirty.nine Of them. One cask
containing S50, 900 in American gold had
by some means escaped.
The disappearance of the cask Of gold
has given rise to a number of police the
cries, the strongest being the gold was
followed from New York by expert
thieves, who patiently awaited their
chance To abstract one OF the casks The
police, pending the termination of their
investigation, will not give any particu.
lars concerning the robbery, but il is be.
lieved that several persons were concerned
in the theft, for the caSk of gold must
have weighed nearly 200 pounds, and
even very strong man could not have
carried such load alone for any grea,
distance.
An Associated Press representative
who inquired into the facts connected
with the missing treasure learned that
forty casks If gold, sent from New York
by Lazard Frercs Ia the house of Lazard
Frcres Ct Gle in Paris aud six casks of
gold for the Credit Lyonnias were trans
fcrrcd from the steamer La Tourainc ut
Havre to the railway company for ship
ment to Paris The officers of the rail-
way company gave the steamship COM
pany n receipt for the gold and placed it
in locked aud sealed van, in charge of
u special clerk. On the arrival of the
train ut Paris the wagon containing the
gold was taken to the goods department
of the railway company in the Rue de
ST. Petersburg The consiguces were adj
vised of its whereabouts, and were re-
quested to come for its delivery on the
following day.
NJ. Hazard, one of the members of the
house, said "When our clerks applied
for the delivery OF the forty casks con.
signed To Us there was no sign that the
van or seal had been tempered with, but
only thirty-ninc casks were found. We
telegraphed to Havre aud received re-
plies that everything had been properly
verified and receipts given
The station.mastcr ut the Care street
Lazare was asked to give the railway
company's views. He said that as soon
us the discovery was made that the con
Segment was not complete two officials
of the company and two detectives were
sent to Havre to make inquiries. Ii was
impossible, he asserted, that the cask
could have been stolen during its transit
from Havre to Paris. He said hedoubted
il there had been robbery, and he
would not be surprised il the missing
gold had been left on board the la Tou
raine.
Later,-The gold was found, but the
thieves have not yet been apprehended.
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