Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-19

A DIFFICULT TASK OFTEN SUCCESS
FULLY Accomplished.

The Ar, ,-nlinn Coast the Tavorltc Flol'
Tor TAp.a Daring Feats of burglary
Some OF tie More Notable The.ts tina
Have Taken Place.
1a Several times in each year Australian
newspapers announce the departure tt
\ England or San Francisco OF vessels
= carrying hundreds CT thousands OF
n pounds value in gold. III 1896 the three
1 colonies OF Queen Sand New South
Wales and Victoria sent away over $40, =
:. 600, coo.
1t is not a matter CT surprise that
such announcements excite the cupidlty
of soction of the community or that
from ttmo to time attempts are made to
surreptitiously lay hands on some por-
tion of the seductive treasure.
Robbing a ships safe on tho Austria
liam coast is now conducted with the
Same silent and thoughtful elaboration
as is tho solving Of difficult chess
problem. The first thing the rifler sets
his heart upon is how to get the key.
The theory, and indeed the general prac-
tice is that the captain checks the boxes
as they arc stored in the bullion room,
locks the door when the transaction is
complete and, sleeping or waking, car
ries tho key in Il leather pouch around
his neck till he unlocks the door at the
end of the voyage.
But theory and practice arc often set |
aside, In tho Tararua case, at Mel
| bourne, in 1850, when $40, 600 worth |
of gold bars were stolen, the police dis
covered that two keys either CT which
opened the bullion room used to hang
against the wall i'll the public bar. 1t
was also discovered that one of these
keys mysteriously disappeared II months
before the robbery aud that 10 serious
investigation was then made into tho
loss, nor WAS aIy alteration made in
the lock Of the bullion room.
This Tararua was running between
New Zealand and Australia and had
shipped boxes of gold at various ports.
Altogether she was supposed to carry
II boxes. On arriving ut Melbourne it
was found that one Of these boxes was
missing. Examination showed that some
ono had simply opened the door with
key, extracted the box and locked the
door again.
The robbery from the Iberia, which
left Melbourne for London in March,
1889, is supposed to have been also ef-
fected by means Of a key surreptitiously
procured. III that case the robbery was
not discovered till tho arrival Of tho ,
vessel in London.
The robbery from tho China develop
cd in remarkable way. Hero the ORR ,
entail kanll in sydney placed the gold on
board coast steamer called tho Avoca. =
at Melbourne the gold was transship- y
ped to The China. Tho China touched
1t Adelaide and other ports, but it was e
)hly ut Gallo the discovery Of the rob- 2
)eIy was made. Detectives operated on
III the ports simultaneously, but no.
Vhero could clGW he found. Tho n
mount missing was the usual SEQ, 600, 4
Iii 1913 man named Neiberg, who U
au been carpenter ca the China. took
p selection III the interior Of Nicto-
ia. Before settling down he married a
loloonrno bafmaid and appears to have
onllded to her some shady particulars IA
his past history. The Samson and W
eillah story was IN part repeated and
le pubic laid themselves out to watch
elDefR. Ihe upshOt was the arrest Of
le man aS the safe rifltr Of the China,
One thousand s0voreigus were found
i. tln OF lat stored away by him in
oIbourno. In his hut was discovered
wooden plane stuffed with gold. Tho
Ood was followed out and the gold
oppod III. In the hut was also discov-
Cd a bar OF soap containing 200 s0ver.
ms.
Lilo told the detectives that ho had
'oo soyereigns concealed on his seloc-
ii and offered if they ACCOMPANIED
il to point out where the booty law lin
may DC surmlsod, he fooled the DO
into a wild, thick timberod region =,
TX them suddenly Off guard and made
escape. lie was recQpturod, howev. a
some months later
me mystery of the Iberia was cleared a
IN astlll more singular manner. One
Two boys playing at Williamstown
- '''SNSS az IINO IL nOlD under flo
fform of the railway pier. One Of
boys started to dig the mouse o7t .
a stick and to his surprise nm. =
'hed ma of sovereigns The no.
We're informed, and before the iav
out j, 742 sovereigns were recovered . I
nc recovery Of tho Arodalo gold wac -
q satisfactory as far as amount il
'orned. For nearly two wears tbo
&c labored in vain. The rystorv "
III never have leon cleared IN but
~ acc'ddnt y wharf lumncr fish. FH'
at Nelson pier, where the Aredale to-
been Lcl'hed, hooked on to soma.
8 which excited his curiosity. oh. III
NY assistance, the Jumper succeed. --
Dlln&lns to tho surface the miss.
'oS' Wlth its treasure intact. Tha ,n
II had evidently sunk the box in. r.,, ne
'nG TO return for it when oDnortn. such !
vi red'-Chambera' Journal copt b
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