The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-11-02
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ho gets. llo is responsible for all
moneys that may be stolen, and on
NOR" than ono occasion Congress has
had to relieve by formal act an Off.
clal in the position who would 9th.
crw'sc have been liable for tho pay
m"nt Of largo losses. On ono occa.
caSion two men named Mardcn and
johnson, the latter an assistant pay
ing teller, took $4,000 by collusiou.
Tho government got back SD, 700 of
TINS money, and tho offenders escaped
with year in prison for each. There
nav" been good many thcfts in the
redemption division, whcro tcmpta.
t'ons arc exceptionally great, tho
most famous of them being that per
petratcd by woman who invented Il
method for making nino notes out of
eight, incidentally to the process of
putting together scraps Of torn bills
sent IN to bo redeemed Nobody
over knew how much sho stole,
though it was probably very largo
amount, but hho gavo up Il portion
OF her Ill gotten gains and was nrt
prosecuted.
In 1850 there was much cxcite-
ment over the loss Of $l,O0O,O0O in
paper money, which had been ship
ped from Washington to tho assist.
ant treasurer in San Francisco. Tho
shipment was mado by u sailing vos
sol callcd tho Golden Rulc, and con.
sisted Of 1000 $1,000 notes. Unfor-
tunatoly tho ship was wrecked on
Roncndor Reef, and tho safe that
contained tho cash was lost with il,
Nevertheless Il conspsricy WAS sug-
gestcd, and Il theory WAS formed to
tho effect that the vessel had bocn
deliberately east away for tho sake
Of stealing the money. If this had
been truo somo cf tho notes would
certainly havo turned up later, but
rs Il matter Of fact mono Of them has
ever hocn soon since, and 1t may
therefore be taken for granted that
tho misoing wealth still lies at tho
bottom Of the sea. OF course, boiny
only papc> money, it was not loss to
Uncle Sam.
Immense quantities Of gold arc
shipped nowadays across tho ocean,
and tho danger Of loss is so small
that tho precious stuff may bo in
surcd ut SO low n ratio rs ono tenth
OF ono per cent. 1t is insured Just
like 80 much grain, and tho docu,
mcnts writton in old style legal
phrases, guarantee it's safety against
all perils Of tho seas, including mon
Of war, fires, enemies pirates, rovers,
thieves, j"ttisons, lcttors Of maruue,
reprisals, taking ut sca, arrests and
detninments Of all kings, princes,
etc. Every large trans Atlantic steam
ship has on board Il treasure room,
which is Il great steel box built much
liko Il vault on land.
Shipments Of gold coin from this
country to Europo havo been extra.
ordinarily largo recently, Tho bank
or in Now York buys ii from tho
snbtroasury thorc, receiving it in
sacks Of $4,000 each IT il care
fully weighed, because Europe will
accept our gold only by weight,
though the quality Of tho coin--its
purity and degree Of linoncss-is
guaranteed by Uncle ST m's stamp.
Usually it is packed in casks that
look liko herring casks, ten sacks to
ench cnsll, which weigh $50 pounds
when thus filled. I'hcfs on the voy.
age arc practically unknown, but in
lS9 Il cnsk Of gold coiu was lost on
its way to Paris, being finally 10
Gated Oh the platform Of II railroad
station between IInvro and Paris.
Tho station agent had thought it
contained white load.
SCRAPS or HISTORY.
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