Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
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Express RObberies.
The most of the money which comes to
the United States treasury from the banks
is sent in by express. 1t Is wrapped up in
packages about the size Of a square loaf of
bread, and the bank that sends the money
puts its seal on both ends. If this seal Is
broken, the Treasury Department refuses
to receive the money. If it accepts, it,
and the money Is short it Is a question
whether 1t was stolen by some of the en-
pioyes 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
tnat the theft took place at the bank or at
the treasury they pay the bill and refund
the money. The chief of the redemption
age Of $4,000 worth of such money. 1t
came from a national bank at Bridgeport,
Conn. He showed me how the express
messengers sometimes took a hot knife
and raised the seal, and were thus enabled
to get out the bundles of greenbacks, and
to put in their places bundles of news
paper slips. He says that this form of
stealing 81 ,a grows less, however. from year
now PIT such packages in safes which are
not opened until they reach their destina-
ton. Not long ago a package of 5000
came looking apparently all right. On be-
ing opened 1t was found to contain only
500, the other $500 having been stolen.
The express company made good the loss.
An $11, 900 Steal.
A noted express robbery was that of a
clerk named Winslow. This occurred in
1876 Wfnslow took a package containing
about $4,000 in $500 notes, which had been
put up and ordered sent to the National
Bank Of Illinois. Winslow knew that this
package was to be sent out. He prepared
an envelope just like one of the regular
official envelopes and had it filled with
blank paper. He had sealed 1t with the
office seal, and when he got his hands on
the package of genuine notes he put it in
his pocket and substituted his blank paper
package for it. The fraud was of course
at once discovered. and within month the
secret service bureau were on the track of
the thief He had grown frightened and
mad left package containing 81. 200 at
the home of the chief of the secret service.
This was traced to him, and he was ar
rested. convicted and sent to prison.
clerk named Halleck created big SEN
sation about year before this. He was
acting in the cash room of the Treasury
Department. and he had confederate in
the shape Of a saloonkeeper in Washing
ton named Ottman. He took a package Of
pig notes one day and handed it through
the window OF the cash room to this man
Ottman. This package contained $4,000,
the most of which was in $500 notes Hal
leck, it is said, handed the package to OFT
man, who took 1T and ian away There
was however, third party in the plot, a
sporting man named Brown. He got hold
of some of the $500 bills and it was through
MS betting with these on the race track
that suspicion was called to him. He was
arrested and turned states evidence, i'm
pllcatlng Halleck and Gilman. The result
was that $4,000 was gotten back, but the
jury which sat on the cases of these two
other men disagreed, and they escaped
punishment. FRANK G. CARPENTER.