New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-01
a CASE or GOLD MISSING.
LOST IN TRANSIT BETWEEN HAVRF: AND
PARIS
1T WAS VALUED At $4,000 AND WAS PART OF A
CONSIGNMENT OF 100000 SHIPPED FROM


CONSIGNMENT OF 100000 SHIPPED FROM
NETWORK on LA TOURAINE
Paris. July GA case OF gold valued at $50 900
part OF the consignment Of 81. 900 brought from
New-York by the steamer La Touraine, which
arrived at Havre on Sunday last, mysteriously
disappeared somewhere in transit between Havre
and Paris. The discovery Of the loss was made
when the agents of Lazard Freres to whom part
OF the gold was consigned went to the Western
Station in Paris to take charge of the cases.
The missing case was one OF h!ty. of which part
were consigned to the Credit Lyonnas and the
remainder to Lazard Frtres. The officials Of the
Western line. af'er receiving the cases from the
shipping company. placed them in car. which
they sealed up and padlocked. Tho arrived in
Paris in charge OF special guard.
When the loss discovered the. car did not
appear to have been tempered with. The steam
ship officials are positive that all of the cases
were delivered TO the railway company Detec-
tves have been sent to Havre by the railway
company 10 make an investigations.
Neither Lazard Frercs nor Hcidelbach Ickcl-
heimer n Co.. the firms which had consignments
of gold on the steamer Touraine had any word
yesterday from abroad of the reported stealing Of
a $4,000 keg Of gold out of the steamers consign-
ment. At the office OF IIeldelbach, Ickelhemer q
Co. II was said that they were advised by cable
of the safe arrival of the gold they had sent Early
in the day member of the firm OF Lazard Freres
expressed strong disbelief OF the truth of the re-
ported theft and said that If any loss had oc-
CURED the firm would have been informed OF It,
Later In the day II was declared by the firm that
in response inquiry word had been received that
the firms shipment had arrived safely at Havre
This relieves the French steamship line OF any re-
sponsibity and II any gold was stolen, as re
ported. II must have been In the course OF trans
portatlon from Havre 10 Paris, and the railway
company will be held responsible
Wall Street bankers strongly doubt the truth or
the alleged robbery. 1t is considered almost i'm
possible that IL could occur. Gold for export ~
delivered by the Sub-Treasury officers In bags,
which carted to offices OF the shipping firms,
there packed in kegs and then taken in drays TO
tended by trusted clerks of the banking houses,
and the steamship companies. OF course. give re,
ceips signed by the receiving clerk on the pier and
by the second officer of the steamship. The golden
cargo is placed by the steamship people in the
Spece vault of the steamer which is securely
locked and guarded by an empoye especially as
signed 10 the II Is not believed 10y any OF
the people who are familiar with the export OF gold
that any OF IL could be stolen without discovery
between the SubTreasury and the port of destina
ton and il Is thought be credible that similar
precautions not taken in the transportation
overland France.
AT the Office OF the French Line IL was also said
that no news had been received concerning the
reported stealing The shipments OF gold by La
Touraine two consignments: Twenty casks.
valued 5000 900. shipped by Lazard FTeres; ten
casks valued at $Jo),Vs consigned by Heidelbach.
Ickelheimer & Co. The people at the French Line
office thought that the truth Of the whole story was
problematcal.