The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-22
PUZZLES FOR THE POLICE.
Opening of Strong Boxes by
Persons Familiar With the
Com binations.
NO CLEWs TO THE RoGUEs
The Value of the Gold and Coin
Taken Amounts to Thirty
Thousand Dollars.

SAN DIEGO, March 21.-The little Mex
ican town of Ensenada, sixty miles south
OF San Diego, is in a fever of excitement
over the robbery of the commission-house
OF M. Rlveroll G Co. and the bank of Godbe
d Co. last night. In the first place gold
bar weighing 636 ounces, valued at $12, ,60S,
and several smaller bars were stolen, be-
sides coin said to amount to $26, 900 In ALL
From the bank $4,000 in gold was taken,
according to the officials, but much more
is believed to have been lost. Absolutely
no clew was left behind by the robbers, and
as the safes were opened by the combina-
tlons the affair assumes a mysterious
aspect.
The gasoline schooner Anita, owned by
the Ibarra Gold Mining Company, arrived
at Ensenada Monday from Santo Domingo
with the big gold bar. 1t was placed in
charge of the Riverolls' agency to be
shipped to this city on the steamer Pacheco.
Other gold bars of much smaller value
were also in the Riverolls' possession,
awaiting shipment to banks here They
were placed, together with the big bar
from the Ibarra mines, in the safes in the
Office. Yesterday morning when the office
was opened it was seen at once that some
thing was wrong. Only one safe, however
showed signs of having been tampered
with. 1t appeared to have been blown
open with dynamite, or, at least, as if dy-
Mantle had been used to give the impress
sion that forcible entry had been made.
The other safes had been opened by means
of their combinations and the gold was all
gone. Considerable Mexican money was
left untouched. The total amount secured
ind fbaO ID
$12, 800, but another report was received
that something like $4,000 had been taken.
Seymour Jackson, cashier of Goddess
bank, opened that institution at o'clock
this morning and found the vault and
steel safe inside wide open and $4,000 in
gold gone.
The safe was uniniured as was the time
lock of the vault itself, and both had evil
IDENTIFY been opened by some one who knew
the combination. Here also a lot of Mexi-
can money had been left behind. The loss
at the bank is said by Godbe to be not
more than $4,000.
Within an hour every avenue from town
was guarded by armed rurales and posses
left in every direction. Governor Sangines
ordered that every effort be made to ap-
prehend the robbers, and word was sent to
San Quentin, Alamo, Tia Juana and other
points on the border. The authorities are
utterly in the dark as to the identity of the
daring rogues. 1t was argued that they
were not intruders from this side of the
line, as the telegraph wires were left uncut,
thus allowing Tia Juana authorities to be
notified. In all probability the thieves are
right in Ensenada hiding their plunder,
This was the view taken by the authorities
there tonight, though the surrounding
country is being secured.
Henry Schacht of San Francisco, vice
president and one of the heaviest owners
in the Ibarra Mining Company, was in this
city yesterday and was notified of the rob-
berry by Mr.. Riveroll. Schacht had Just
made visit to the mines on the schooner
Anita, and had personally given the bar to
Mr.. Riveroll to be shipped here.
Mr.. Schacht sent word to Juez de Para,
at Tia Juana, and in the afternoon went to
the line to be on the lookout for any sus-
picious characters coming up from En-
senada. Detective Russell was put upou
the case by Mr.. Schacht, and the former
issued circulars last evening, offering lib
eral reward for the apprehension of the
robbers