The Washington times., 1901-10-16
TRACING MISSING FUNDS.
An EmpIoyc or the New York Sub
Trcnsurn S,-sncrtc,i Of the Theft.

The chief Of the Secret Service. speak
ing of the recent theft Of $500 from an
| express package en- route from Buffalo to
New York, said yesterday that, while not
confirming the rumored connection Of an
employe of the Sub-Treasury at New
York with the moneys disappearance he
| believed the report TO be probably cor
rect. The money was sent from the col
| leCtor of customs in the Rainbow City to
I the Sub-Treasury in the metropolis, but
! the fun amount Of the invoice, 1t is al
| legged, was not recorded there as having
! been received. However, no operative of
the Secret Service, Chief Wilkie added,
would have given out any statement, such
as quoted until the matter was fully and
finally Investigated and settled.
The utmost secrecy Is maintained by
the officers and the Sub-Treasury and
customs officials of both New York and
Buffalo. but it was stated In the former
city yesterday on good authority that cir
cumstautial evidence tends to show that
the money was extracted from the pack
age after it had reached the Sub-Treas-
ury aad been rcceipted for. SO strongly
docs the evidence point to this fact that
". II. Brendel. collector of customs at
Buffalo, was summoned to New York and
yesterday was in close consultation with
Secret Service and Sub-Treasury officials.
Collector Brendel and the Secret Service
men made a careful examination of the
money package. Before shipping the cash
Collector Brendel placed Il paper band
4 around 1t and then folded it in a paste
board package. which he sealed. The top
Of the package overlapped, and as an
| extra precaution the overlapping side had
been punctured in three places with pin
The progress of the package was care
fully traced. and it was shown conclusive
ly that it had not been tampered with
from the time it was receipted for by the
express company until it was delivered
at the Sub Treasury 1t was also proved
that it had been receipted for in good
order at the Sub-Treasury and that the
seals were unbroken. These conclusions
exonerated the express company, and it
became evident that the money had been
extracted either before its shipment in
Buffalo or after fits receipt in New York
The expert examination yesterday ap-
parently establishes the fact that the
money was not taken from the package
at Buffalo. a test was conducted by the
Secrete Service men, as follows: Bills of
the same denomination as those contain
ed in the original package were folded in
the package yesterday, and it was found
that with 5000 therein the original folds
of the package were exactly in conformity
and the pin-holes matched. The seals
fitted. and every other evidence unmis-
takably indicated that the amount of
money which Collector Brendel claimed
TO have shipped was actually in the pack
age when it was delivered to the express
company, and by it delivered at the Sub
Treasury. With Sl,s0O in bills none of the
original markings of the package fitted
in place Later in the day the paper band
was found 1t fitted snugly around the
s. go roll of bills.
When 4 reporter called at the New York
Sub-Trcasury yesterday the officials ap-
peared to be absolutely in the dark as
to MIR. Brendel's discoveries. The Assist
ant United States Treasurer. c. n. Jor-
dan. when asked if 1t re true that the
responsibility for the theft had been fixed
upon the Sub-Treasury, replied:
las far as / am informed, there are
no new developments in the case