The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-31
CASk OF GOLD GONE.
Said to Be One Of Forty Shipped
from New York to Paris.
Contained $50, O00-Disappeared
the Other Side Of Havre.
All knowledge Of the Reported
Robbery Denied In This City.

PARIS July al.-The police o. Franc.
are investigating what is probably one
OF the most remarkable robberies on
record and II is believed that the police
authorities Of the United States will be
asked. If they have not already been 50
requested, TO take hand In the invest
cation.
In some una ccDuntAbls manner q rahk
OF gold from New York. valued 81 -. e
20, has been stolen while enrOute from
Bayre TO Paris
The French line teamship la To4.
rsine, Capt Ssntelli. left New York on
July Il for Havre. with forty casks o:
American gold on board. vaIu.-i et
t,.oe,oco. and consigned 10 various con
Germs. She arrived at Hayfe July =
The forty casks Of gold are bellevea 70
have been safely landed al Hsvre. ana
they are slso said 10 have been pls g-I
complete on board the train running
between Havre and this city. But when
the precious casks were counted upon
arrival here there were only thirty mn.
of them. One cssk. containing ~ 90 81.
American gold, mad disappesred.
The disappearance az the Cssk u gold
has given rise 10 number of poll p
tUtOTlco. .tEt tuOOEFSl D~aHS ll4s A'--
gold was followed from New York Dy ~
pert thieves, VINO patiently awaited th..r
chance to abstract one Of the asks.
IL Is theorized that the thief ~ ttle.e.
hid himself or themselves IN the 'sE IN
which the gold was suse4 -ently PLACED.
and that, while on the way = PaTls, one
cask was thrown out Of tie rrsIr ana
the robber or robbers JUMPED s:'s; j.,
when the TouraiDe ~ New Yy.E
she CARTEL IN her stee!-WsA-l ma sa-.t
sz.S5t. 90 That amount Va cot, -.
in fifty CASKS Of Gp."y eagn. al -.szeft
containing ;2.yol.po ans H.I4-.hz =.
lckeihs!mer co. the o;hsr ts.. Win
ISg.00 As the despatch rs:e:s -!s-
unetly TO forty casks. Il rh!.h ans va
IL Is presumed tina; the .-Jien ksz sas
one Of the forty SHIPPED by LaZAEi
one Of the brothers I-szsrd .aid ,n.s
morning: We have heard nothing
official Of any rObt-ry % Poid h%!Ou sIrg
10 US. We did ship S-1,9.oS ia tory
kegs from the SuD-Ireah8Eg Oh he
Touraine July = The steamship COM
pzny mas given w. receipt Tor that
amount. anu Nc ;s"l no appreneu- on at
all. "a our gold shipments are fuzzy in
xUred.
''Our agents IN Paris nave not in
formed VI OF any theft, aud ~. 90 not
take any great CI"leLl" ~ IA. HlOTy.
A member y, tn" frm Of Ii.iJ.lbsoh
Ickelheimer & co. SAID h" fHlt sure that
not a penny Of the half million his nrni
shipped On the TOurains Was missing
lnasmnch AZ the Paris agent OF th- nfu
had calJieI that the enIre Sr.Gi hAu
been received. NOt wort had reached
Beidelbach. Ickelhcifner & 90. u auE
theft on the train from Hhrr"-
ii. Forget. tn" agent o: tn. Champagne
Trsnsatlartic. was not 10 be found 81
his office. The. gold shipments are look
after by the freight department - tns
Steamship Company, and the clerks IL
that department. hadn't the sNghtes
knowledge Of any gold robbery. The gDIc
Is etored in the mail vaults u ~. TOu
rafne under the very eyes OF representa-
lives Of the firms who make IN. shIp
ments, and the Company gets d reCety
when II delivers the gold 10 III" con
nces.
M the money was stolen while II
sansit from Havre TO Paris. n SOulG
I've no fault OF the steamship com
pany. whose functions ended when tn.
gold was landed In Hayr" In the Gus
tody OF the cOnsigness