New-York tribune., 1901-04-11
NO TRACE OF STOLEN GOLD.
PART OF HALF MILLION SENT
ABROAD BY NATIONAL CITY BANK.
EFFORTS TO FIND THE BARS AT SOUTH
AMPToN CHERBOURG AND BREMER-
HAVEN UNSUCCESSFUI-A RE-
WARD OFFERED
WARD OFFERED.

Bremerhaven, April 1O-It is officially
nounced that three bars of gold were stolen
! during the voyage of the North German Lloyd
| steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. which left
! New-York on April , and arrived at Cher
! bourg April O. The company has offered
reward of 10000 marks for their restitution
or for the discovery of the thieves. The bars
are worth about $4,000. All the baggage land
ed at Cherbourg examined with the utmost
care by the customs officers and detectives. but
the gold was not discovered. Several detectives
travelled to Paris the special train which
took the 80 passengers who were landed at
Cherbourg.
The directors of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company have apparently learned
nothing definite as to when where the theft
of the gold ba"s took place. Captain Engeloart
of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is OF the
opinion that the gold was stolen either at New
York or Southampton. The police mere, as
result of their inquiries, think the robbery was
probably committed in NeW-Iork
Paris April 1O.-Neither the Cherbourg nor
the Paris police have found any trace of the
missing gold bars Of the thieves. They are
confident that the bars were not landed In
France, and think they still aboard the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and will be found
concealed in the hold.
The only suspicious incident on board the
the the of her arrival at Cherbourg,
in which both men were stabbed with knives.
A little later the robbery discovered. These
particulars have been teegraphed 10 Bremen
London April 1O-The offer of a reward for
the return of the gold stolen from the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse or for the discovery of the
thieves appears to effectually dispose Of the
theory first advanced that the bars were stolen
previous to having been put on board the
steamer. No clews however, seem to be forth
coming regarding the perpetrator Of the robbery
Passengers of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
who were landed at Southampton said that
Of it in the newspapers this morning. 1t was
observed that there special precautions
or searchings when the passengers dsembarked,
though there was some comment caused by the
delay OF seven hours in landing the passengers
at Cherbourg where the steamer arrived at II
o'clock on Monday night But, contrary to Gus
tom the passengers were kept on board until
o'clock in the morning. The officers of the
steamer explained that the tender would not
out but this failed to satisfy the impatient
passengers. whO however. were ignorant until
they landed that their detention due to the
initial investigation consequent upon the theft
and the precautions exercised at CherbourG. but
the fact that these precautions We're not OBJ
served subsequently, at Southampton was taken
to indicate that the officials believed the con-
spiracy has its chief end on the Continent. The
passengers are inclined to believe that the rob
berry must have been accomplished by an indi-
vidual exceptionally Conversant with the ar
rangements of the steamship company, for not
one of the cabin passengers apparently, knew
there specie on board. much less where ii
was kept.