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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

done mp In packages from the banks
The amount IN the package is marked.
and tho woman who counts il is respun.
sibie for the amount She receives. They
come in packages OF hundred bills. II
the PACKAGE are not as marked the wo.
mau must report them at once 10 the
chiei, and the bank stands the loss. II
she makes a mistake or passes a counter.
icit she must make the mistake good.
After the money is counted IL Is cut
lengthwise In halves. and unc.half goes
TO the Secretary's office and the other
hall to the counters OF the registers
office. Here II Is rgcouutcl, aud there
Is, 10 fact, no chance for the slipping out
ui hills, as you call IL. We had, however.
one case Of this kind. aud the women
who did II probably stole thousands Of
dollars from the governments This wu.
mans name was Mrs. Encstne Becker
She had been In the department for
twenty-five years. and she was appointed
through the influence of President lohu.
son. She was considered very good
counter. and up to my taking charge of
the redemption bureau she was not sus.
puctcd. Toward the last Of her career.
however, she grew reckless. She spent
q great deal Of money. She came to
the department every morning iu her
carriage, with her driver IN livery MI
Hyatt was treasurer At that time. and he
and usually walked down together.
because We were too poor to afford 4
carriage. saw this woman and %
seemed strange that she should live so
well ON 4 6go year She had house
iu the Guy and one in the country and
she had sent her boy to Europe to be
educated. Upon inquiry u was stated
that she received a fortune from the
death Of relatives.
Another thing that created suspicion
was the 'aCt THAI u was discovered that
she had one name in the department
aud another outside. She had been
married twice, aud ON the treasury rolls
her name was Mrs. Becker, while out
side she was Ms Smith Well. one
evening We found an error in our ac.
counts and thi, error was traced 10 Mrs.
Becker desk asked Tor her the next
morning, intending to give her a little
sCuldlug Tor her galtlcssugts. She was
not present, She had remained away
from office without leave. This had
happened quite frequently and ! gave
orders iur ugr papers to Dee examined
aul lot the money She had counted to
be gone oyuL lhutg Was only the ar.
count OF three days which bad not vet
. been sent 90 the uHrCaiuL Zoo The
money she had counted during those
three days wg found that size had stolen
500, and She hai probably been steal.
INK Tor up one hulWs hlW long at tie
fate Of $500 and upward per day. She
accompanied her thclts 30 q curious
way She would take ten bills. aud. hy
tearing and FASTING, $50 manipulate Them
tblt she would make ten short bills out
OF nine Ordinary bills. This done she
would put the tenth good bin iu her
pocket ! don't know whether She did
| her work 40 home or 10 the department
Z ] uJyv understood that the Tuck dates
back O. the days II tho war. There is
no telling how mush she stole. She had
- love, who think, was the Chief
I devil 900 The plot. lie WIS a MARI ed
+ man, aud II was shown that She had
loaned HIM large sums ui ~ luey The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

three big rats nests with him. lie laid
these down on the table, and said.
There, sir. are the rats themselves
You will lind some Of tile my 10000
still IN them. found these after | went
home, aud / have brought they down
lust TO show you that | have been tell.
Ing the truth. My money has been
eaten, and ] want IT,
"'All right said I. we will look at
the nests handed them over to our
experts and the pieces OF money were
picked out, We found that In the nests
there were the pieces Of seven bills
One Of these was hundreddoIlar bill.
another was ten and there were five
onc.dullar bills. We at once saw that
they we're not torn by the rats, but that
they hal been pulled apart by hand. A
rat makes a clean cut when 10 eats q
greuuback. II does not masticale the
whole bill, hut 1t cuts holes 300 Ii and
gnaWs out a piece here aud there. HIS
notes were all torn in little pieces. We
then tufned him over 10 the detectives
They traced him and they found tina, he
was, as he claimed a farmer ptdd'er.
who had gone to Oregon, and made
there 81 500 By jumping q mans claim.
Pennsylvania, and had deposited 10 no
a bank. It's my belief that he drew ID
out ~ large bills. say, tWuutirs. htip.
and hundreds. lie then plnCusd cor.
uer or a litlls strip OIL OF the top of each
of these bills. This would not Doe no.
ticci. and would not hurt bis passing
the bail and having II changed for sm It.
Ter bills. The small bills Doe would again
Il .NH
IN large bills, pincnInE oil tue ends. s1
that he finally got the pieces which made
the representation oi s7IoJO. lie was
great rascal, and / wanted Cniei
Brooks OF the secret service to see him.
remember hc cam. into the lpnsri.
mcnt that day with rank cigar in his
mouth. 10 was so bad that had t..
tell HIM he must not smoke while 100 the
redemption bureau. lie was loud 100 his
language and very prulane, and ! told
him he must not swear before the ladies'
IL was shortly alter this that we went up
TO see Chief Brooks. Nr. Brooks D. a
kind Of Sunday sCngoi man lie Lies
to warn boys again 4 catering the path,
Of crime, ild before we came 10 hu,i-
ness he told me OF a Sunday school
meeting which he had Just attended iu
/ 2 NNlNAN it.NNHNH ANHA - NHNNNNN WHICH N.
had made to the boys, lie then talked
at length with the sWindlug, while ! SAT
IN the background. When We lgIt. how.
ever, ! saw the swindler throw DIS arms
/ around Alr Brooks neck, and heard him
say this: Brother Brooks. avn a good
man. never smoke; never swear j
am poor. humble follower OF the I1Wly
Jesus, and ] want YOU to help me 10 get
back my money The rascal had heard
Brooks remarks about the Sunday
school, and he thought be ,lulI work
upon him IN this way"
NOW \ WOMAN sroLE 4 FORTUNE.
rs not money often lost through the
counters. Nr. kelyel" I asked. 'lou
have Il large number OF women here
VINO handle hundreds OF ousauI, oil
dollars a day. should thin. Il would
be easy to Sip out bill now and Them
Such a thing is impossible" replied
the chiei The money all comes t1us
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Home and Abroad.

It'll the duty Of everyone, whsther
Al home OF travelling tor pleasure or
business, TO squip himself with the
remedy which will keep up strength
aud prevent Illness, and cure such Ills
Ne Afe liable TO come upon all In every.
day life. For instance, Hoods Ssr.
sspRtilla as n general tonic, and to
keep the blood pure ami less liable 10
absofb the germs Of diseHsy, will bs
well nigh Invaluable. Change OF
drinking water often causes serious
trouble, especially II one has been used
10 spring water IN the country. From
few dtop6 to a teuspoOniul NJ Hoods
Safsspafiils In n tumnlet Of water will
prevent the water having any lnjuri-
Jus effect.
HOod's Vegetable PMS, ~ a oalhaf-
tic, cause no discomfort, no ulstuf.
bAnoe, no loss Of sleep, but assist the
digestive organs, 90 tnEt satisfactory
results nre effected In n natural and
regular manner.
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ftsso.ooo before YOU" he went on, as
he pointed to about two bushels OF
bank note packages on desk at the
right. I'VE handle In this bureau lust
about a million dollars OF notes day.
Uncle Sam, gives new money for old.
We pass upon the old, cut Il into pieces
and send It to the bureau OF engraving
and printing. where II is ground up into
mush. II there are any pieces OF bill
left, and II can be shown that the man
holding the pieces has legitimately lost
the balance, we give him new bills
We have replaced burnt money, and
money chewed into thousands OF pieces.
A great many OF the attempted frauds
upon the treasury are from people who
pretend that money has been destroyed
when 1t has not, and want Uncle sam
to give them a new supply.
4 fac 600 RATS MIST.
Here, for instance, is a Sac, 900 job
that has been troubling me lor some
time" said MIR. Relyei, as he took a
handful oi manila paper slips, each the
size OF bank note, from draw at his
right and laid them before me. 'On
the corners or at the top Of each slip
there was little piece Of a bank note
pasted. Some Of these were pieces Of
$50 notes. Some OF gao. some Of SO.
some OF a hundred aud several OF a
thousand. None OF the pieces we're
bigger than your little finger nail and
they came, as Il was aiteTward shown.
from a hundred different notes. Those
bits OF money! said Mr. Relyea, were
brought IN to me one day lew weeks
ago by sluuchy-lOoking adycniurcr,
VINO came from one OF the backwouds
counties OF Pennsylvania. lie brought
them IN In pillbOx and laid them be-
fore me and told me he wanted the United
States to redeem The amount OF money
which they represented. asked him
how he money had been destroyed,
and he told me his story. lie said he
was pediler, aud that while out 10
Oregon about year ago, he hhd made
| a LUCKY real estate speculation, winch
! had Melted him $4,000. Ihls money
he had brought back with HIM to his
/ home Ia the east, aud had taken win
| him to his farm IN Pennsylvania. lie
said II was Ia the time Ol the panic and
| he feared to trust the banks SO he
| buried 1t under tue floor IN his spring
| house. After lew weeks he went to
ook NJ It aud he found that the rats had
gotten IN aud eaten II up. These were
| all the pieces that remained, aud he
wanted 10 know u Uncle sam would
no, pay hun back his $4,000
IE nRouGHr THE RATS.
The story was very iishy," continued
Mr. Reiyea 81 questioned the man,
but he stuck to his tale, and | finally
told him would put the money IN the
hands OF our experts and sec what they
could make OF II. They pasted II on
these slips, aud they found that i re.
presented pieces OF $4,000 worth OF
notes. The fraud in tne case, however
was evident. II was stfanR tuus TIA.
there was no piece from tue middle Of
a note, aud that the rats had lelt only
those pieces OF the notes which had
some printing ON them to sho" thelr
denominations. We told the man We
could not allow him the money. lie
went away very angry. About Two
weeks later he came back, bringing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

,..,.a are in his vaults today 1854 ,ooo,-
=, Thi, vast sum is under the charge
o,,bs United States treasurer, bright.
,,,d active man Of fifty, perhaps, who
,,sds not over five feet seven in his
,oskinrs, and does not weigh more
han one hundred and fifty pounds. lie
b,,no, the muscles OF a Sandow, aud
\ he carries a revolver /, Is not to be
seen. Still. he is responsible for more
Money. perhaps, than any other man In
Tie world. and when he took possession
Of Uncle Sans purse, about two years
aso he gave what is said to be the big
ges, receipt ever written Tor money
actually transferred. II was for $780,
NSuq The mans name is Daniel y.
Morgan, and he is Uncle Sans chief
watchdog. called upon him this
afternoon. There was not even mes.
ssngsr to stop me at the door, and |
walked hgh, up and stood beside the
biz desk before which he was sitting
and signing away millions with black
fountain pen, and he told me that with.
In the las, i've days he had signed
drafts TO the amount OF .i1oOo, 600 with
II. lasked him some questions as to
the small change which he had charge
Of for Uncle sam, and found he was
posted as to every cent OF that steady
stream Of gold and silver and green.
backs Which flow a, the rate OF almost
a million dollars a day In and GU, Of
the Un.jtd states treasury. sad he:
You want to know OF some Of the
wars IN which Uncle Sam is robbed
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sporting man named Brown. He got
hold Of some Of the $500 bills, and 1t was
through his betting with these on the
race track that suspicion was called to
him. lie was arrested and turned
siates evidence, duplicating Hslleck
md Gilman. The result was that SAG.
900 was gotten back, but the jury which
,.t on the cases OF these two other men
disagreed and they escaped punishment.
q NIX Z, C~lv,IIz
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woman died OF cancer not long after she
was discovered. ] do not think she
was ever sent to prison
EXPRESS RonBgWEs.
The most Of the money which come
to the United States treasury from the
banks is sent In by express. It is
wrapped up in packages about the size
OF q square loaf OF bread, and the banl
that sends the money puts ITS seal on
both ends. II this seal is broken, the
Treasury Department refuses to receive
The money. II II accepts II, aud the
money ~ short 70 isl question whether
% was stolen by some of the employees
Of the department or by one OF the bank
clerks. a number OF Instances are
known OF such packages being opened,
and OF nothing but STRIPS Of newspapers
being found In the place OF the notes
In such cases II the express company
cannot prove that the theft took place At
the bank or At the treasury they pay the
bill and refund the money. The chief
Of the redemption bureau, during my
visit, sent for a package OF $4,000 worth
OF such money. Ii came from a national
bark at bridgeport Conn. lie showed
me how the express messengers some.
times took hot knife and raised the
seal and were thus enabled to get out
the bundle OF grecubacks aud to put In
their places bundle, ui newspaper slips
Tie says that this form oi stealing grows
les, however, from year to year, and
that the express companies now put
such packages IN safe, which are not
opened until they reach their de,igua-
tor. Not long ago q package Of $1,000
came looking apparently all right On
being opened ID was found to contain
only $500 the olhet -. 500 having been
stolen The express company made
good the loss.
AS !iLooo srrAL.
a noted express robbery was that Of
n clerk named Minsluw This occurred
iu is-b. WinslDw took package con.
uining So. ooo In stOu notes. which had
been put up aul ordered sent 10 the
National Bank OF Illinois. Wualow
knew that this package was to be sent
out lie prepared an envelope Just Ike
one of the regular Official envelopes and
had DO filled With blank papcr lie had
sealed % with the office seal. aud when
hc got hts hands uu the package OF gen.
uiuc note, be- put 1t in his pocket and
substituted his u.lus paper package Tor
10. The fraud vsa, ul course, at once
discovered, and within month the sc.
Cret service bureau were Oh the track of
che tmci tie had grown heightened and
had IeIt package containing siL.1o 90
at tur home ui tnv cmui col the secret
,sDig.. This was traced 10 him, and he
was arrested, convicted and sent 10
PRISON.
a clerk named ialleck created q big
sensation about year before this l9
wa, agiug iu the cash room OF the Ircas.
uiy Department. and he hud q cnn.ydcf'
ate 900 tnr .haps ut sal0unEgcpur iu
Washington named Gilman. lie took
q package of hig note, one day auu
banded Il through the window OF the
cash room 10 ihl, man Ohmau. The
package contained $1,000, the most Of
/ Nh,gn was lu $500 notes. ha.lccE, % Is
sat handed iuc package 10 Oumau.
| WHO took % and ran away There Mas,
I however, d third parry 30 the plot, q
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

Recently Mr. J. u. Thomas, Of
North DsRota, vlsiicj uNe Shenandoah
Valley, Virginia, nud after carefully
examining tive country located ~
Winchester, he writes % Mr. V. Rlcu.
hrIF, Lana and Immigration Agent,
baltimore & Ohin RAilfrHi, Baltimore,
Maryland, ~ follnwt: IL have been
IN nearly every state anu territory Of
tho United States, HnI anu rank IN ny
opiuI1u that ms valley sutpssso- all
other sections ia thr Union. Tie
lands ars low IN price, anu pio iucc
profitable cr1T- thank you uf Li.
fpcilug me uote, snu solicit th1so seek
lug pleasant aud ufuh anle homes ~
locate la this country"
Cleanse yOuS ifO'J with Badhu Pits
Rlpbd ruiinsf, msds from hoibs.
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SURPLUS, 100000.

Some people always save a lltto most people
sometimes something, and people save
anything Tho road 10 comfort lies moro In what wo
than what we mako. lions Savings Bank was
opened for two purposos AS an Investment for those
who established II and also place In which tho peo-
ple Utah could satoy deposit their money and
rocoVe reasonable interest thereon It s tho Largest
Oldest Savings Bank In Utah. and tho confidence
roposed It attestod tho fact that since the bank
Instituted. 1882 savings accounts have boon
opened Deposits received in any sum from 81 up
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

HAVE MO K T.
stories today Of
men who are try.
ing to break into
Uncle Sam S
money box. lie
keeps his pile,
you know. in the
United State s
treasury and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

Well, they are lew. The United States
can tell you, though there are many at
temptS OF one kind or another to steal
from II. But first let me give you some
idea Of the money which we have on
hand. We have seven great vaults,
each Of which contains millions. In
vault No. there Is nothing but silver.
II is IN silver dollars aud halves, and
the sum total Is more than one hundred
millions. In vault , we have a lot Oi
fractional silver and between two and
three million dollars worth Of gold
coin. Vaults J and 8 are filled with
national bank notes, which come In for
redemption, and IN vault No. We have
a little matter OF Gas 100000 worth oil
mixed money for our daily use. In
vault No. Z there Is a quarter Of billion
dollars worth Of bonus, which are held
as security for the national bank circu.
laiion, and m another vault we have
si1o. ooo. Uco worth OF notes to replace
worn aud mutilated money which is un.
TT for circulation. The total weight
OF the coin Is 5000 tuns, and there are
enough gfcenOacks to carpet farm
The chief fobberrs attempted arc In
most Of these come Ia THROUGH the re-
dtmpiion bureau. | will give YOU q
messenger now. who will take you to
the CHEF OF that bureau, aud | will ask
han to give you all tue Information you
want"
MONEY TO BURN.
With this Treasurer Morgan pressed
a button. An ebony messenger appear.
cd. lie led me down into the base
ment OF the treasury building. opened
a door or iron grating, aud took me
into a room where hundreds OF thou.
sands OF dollars, m all sorts Of PACK.
ages, were lying about. These pacS.
ages were OF old bills. which had come
in Tor redemption. Some were corded
up IN piles, Others were neatly laid out
upon he counter, and others were still
Ia tile great sUx-liEe carts, IN which
they are carried irom' one part OF the
treasury 10 the other. The packages
were lying about lust as they came from
banks, and as louXed Me-. Albert
Relyca the chief OF the bureau, picked
up one Of them and handed It to me.
There Is enough IN ia, handful to
make you fich, said he. looked Al
the figures on It's outside and found that
had 100000 IA my hand. You have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-10

ChTonic Diarrhe.H Ia south Africa
FIR over Xix years was n constant
Sniisfer from chronic disfrhOes. | tired
n guA' msny remedies yet found no
relir'. By chance, | noticed al hd.
yeftisemrnt IN the newspaper calling
attention 10 Chamberlain COliu,
Cholera aud Diarth0eA Remedy. I
sent Tor . battle, aud before half NJ II
had been taken I was completely
outcd.-F. &. KmEL. Nterdtot, OF.
hngc Free Stale, South Africa.
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Tales OF GOVERNMENT CRIME.
,,.,,. Uncle sam is Robbed Through the Redemp
Nv .,o, Bureau of the Treasury Department.

~, z,,,,,y oyeaa and Chior NJ Resumption Bneaah
qagraqd Pdy and his 10000 Rari Neff-Lo~ the Man Vas
AID M, maud PysseHed- CINE Of Es,tGae Bcekc,,
,, g,,ttn,y COUNTER Foaae-Some queer Express Rob
- III, HiHsiop Sori and the Haaeok Gfme.
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Mfs. ". j. Fahoy. Of l., Roy, y. ",
say; "iiayu lfisd nily cough curo'.
Park-' Cough syrup IA the only one
that helps me, Enuw Il Ia the beet
Cough remedy" FgT sale by +. J
Hi,l s. Co., GuI SviIcu JudsJn Drug
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woman died OF cancer not long after she
was discovered. ] do not think she
was ever sent to prison
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-12
THE MILITIA EXPENSE.
Rcprcsentativc Merritt'S Biil-Number
of EmDIOycs Reduced.

After the caucus adjourned in the after
noon the Speaker announced that the
House would convene. but it seems the
Doorkeeper forgot to notify the Demo-
Gratis. The Republicans We're proceeding
with business when the Speaker called u
halt, stating hat .our friends, the minor
ity, are son the outside This occasioned
a general laugh, but in a few minutes the
House was under full Roadway of business.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Mer-
rift. Petit, Leedy, Swope and
Dallman a committee on rules.
Mr.. Stakebake introduced the Lafayette
soldiers home bill. which had been pre-
scented to the Senate earlier In the day.
1t was sent to the committee on military
affairs. together with a batch OF petitions
from old soldiers.
Fifty-four employees in both houses make
up the total roll. under the bill introduced
by Chairman Terhune. of the
appointed Thursday TO fix the number OF
employees. The committee explained that
an ex-soIiier had been appointed Door
keeper of the House and he would look
after the interests OF the veterans. II
was not deemed necessary, therefore. to
adopt the resolution that only ex-soldiess
~ appointed dooriSeepers. The committee,
however, approved the spirit OF the reso-
luton. The following are ua employees