Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-27
STORY OF THE BONDS.
How THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO
THE ROTHScHILDS IN LONDON.
sreat Precautions Tsken--Tweive Days
Required to Sign All the Bonds st the
Rate OF Three thousand Per Dsy-Psr
Value, s3I, ,L57,7 100.

Required to Sign All the Bonds 1t the
Rate OF Three thousand Per Dsy-Psr
Value, s3i, ,L57.70O.
The story Of the delivery by the treasury
representatives Of tho United States bonds
10 the Rothschilds Is one Of the most Inter
,sting In government fnanlering. Tho
representatives Of the treasury department,
Assistant Secretary Curtis, Chief Cl6rk
Logan Carlisle, L. o. Murray and William
Messeryy sailed May 80 by the Paris ON
his important mission.
The precious documents which were Is
sued to replenish the stock Of gold In tho
treasury were carried To London In wooden
boxes lined with tin and securely sealed.
From Washington TO New York thoy went
rs postal matter. When they were taken
rom the postal car, they were carried rs
,ho steamer and transported To London
marked as the personal baggage Of Logan
Carlisle.
Thore were 81 $40 bonds Of "a par value
Of $3l, l57, 700. OF this number 2S, 877
were 81 900 bonds, 4, 1856 were $500 bonds
and S77 were 500 bonds. The total
amounted 20 just half Of the entire issue
Of the Morgan Belmont syndicate
The treasury representatives reached
Southampton June b. There the 12 boxes
containing the bonds were placed In u
baggage van OF "a railroad train, and guard
cd by two Of the Rothschilds' private de-
tectiyes were taken TO London on tho
5th. The boxes were taken from tho rail
road station to the Rothschilds' banking
house In their private van carefully guard
cd by their detectives The work OF count
ing, signing and delivering the bonds be-
gan on June z. All these precautions were
taken to prevent any Of the precious docu-
ments from being lost or stolen, for while
they were worthless to any one who might
have become possessed of them, yet the
loss Of one would have put the department
to great Inconvenience.
In the lower right hand corner Of each
bond three blank spaces were reserved for
the signatures of officials OF the treasury.
Two of these signatures arc made by the
secretary's office and one 10y the register of
the treasury. One signature had already
been attached to the bonds before they left
Washington, but the absence of either OF
the Others rendered them invalid The
mission of Logan Carlisle and William
Messervy was to add their initials and
practically perfect the bonds, so 1t will be
seen that their mission to London was
very important one. The work of formal
ly signing and delivering the bonds took
place in II private room In the Rothschilds'
banking house. About 3, 900 Of the bonds
were signed each day and 1t required ID
working days to complete the task. AS
each bond was completed 1t was passed
over to Lord Rothschild, and when days
work was ended no gave receipt to AS
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury Curtis
for the number delivered. Meanwhile the
entire IL boxes containing the bonds were
secured In the safety vault in the Roths-
child bank.
On June 90 Lord Rothschild took the
treasury agents to the Ascot races on his
coach, and they enjoyed drive of ii miles
through Windsor park.
The treasury officials say that the trans
action was marked by the greatest display
of confidence on both sides 1t Is fact,
given unofficially, that the Rothschilds
had paid in nearly all the money before
the bonds were delivered, or even before
they were perfected and rendered valid by
the necessary signatures. For months be-
fore the delivery the entire amount Of mon
ey had been at the disposal Of the treasury
officials. York Mail and Express.