Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-04-12
TIE PRESS AND TIE MINI
A Fresh Batch of Wild State
ments Daily

Coast have gone into the business O
of ferreting out the Mint thieves. S.
far their efforts have only resulted il
complicating matters and hamperins
the work Of the officials The Exam
! liner of Monday contains an articl,
which has many errors It says tha
the theft of bullion by Henry Piper
occurred in Adams administration
and that Superintendent Adams founC
the amalGam in Piper's basket while
going the rounds. The facts are that
two employees of the Mint in locking
| machinery with lifted a nner pail
and found it half full of amal~am.
Piper who was watching them rushed
up, broke forth in torrent Of profAn-
ity, and grabbing the pail rushed ont
of the room and threw it's contents
down the elevator shaft into the eel
lar. where it was rescued.
This was in 1891. The matter was
reported 10 the Superintendent Hofer
and the man discharged The stuff
he attempted to steal was depositors
bullion and the Government suffered
no loss on that particular occasion.
Whether he was ever detected in other
stealings or not is not stated.
The statement that Heney has
skipped out and left his wife and
children, may be true as far as the
skipping goes, but he had no children
to leave. If he has disappeared it is
not probable that he is beyond the
knowledge Of the detectives who have
had him located for some time
The Reno Journal claims to be in
possession of facts of a very import
ant nature, some of which it pub
fishes. If these facts are as stated, it
would serve the ends of justice better
had the facts been placed in posses
sion of the detectives, that they might
quietly work on them.
4 good deal of Information has been
brought TO the APPEAL office for pub
LEGATION. Some Of the pointers were
of aracter that we did not care to
assume the responsibility Of publica-
ton, but turned the information over
to the detectives TO work on Some of
the information proved of service to
the Government and some turned out
to be founded on the widest rumors
only.
1t is insinuated that the Govern
ment agents do not want to reach the
real offenders Such an idea is ri
diculous at this stage of the game,
and such reflections do an injustice to
the men in charge of the inyestiga-
ton. They are old members CT the
secret service branch of the Govern
ment and their positions depend on
their ability to do the work we'll. and
we believe tn t when the time comes
70 demonstrate their work no one will
claim hat it has not been we'll done.
The men who did the stealing were
all smart men md they were banded
.ogether Systematically and used
great skill in covering their tracks. .
In the present investigation i is
he cunning and skill Of the thieves
matched against the cunning and .
skill OF the Government detectives
The Piper Heney branch Of the affair .
vas only incidental and it is regarded .
hat they made discoveries regarding
men higher up. and took advantage .
# the knowledge to get their fingers
nto the pie.
Meanwhile the press and the public
an do nothing but wait until the
roper officers make their reports.
t will be surprise in many ways,
ONE men under suspicion will be
feared and some men not yet sus-
icioned by the public will be obliged .
} meet grave charges