The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02

his drm eisn upon each ingot with a s,.c,
die punched by a heavy hammer. r,v.
his receipt for the cargo and moved ava
- any slab of silver in the load.
WIN him was a smaller. moro ac ,ye-
IooFing man with a dash Of the W..i al
parent IN h,s black mustache and shabby
t nroTn som ni u the hui,d Of tbe.los;
feli any iil-intentioned crook with one blow
81 his big nat the N her man looked a. though
ne WOnid surely have q revolver in his hip
pocket ard would know how TO uso H.
BESIDES the pair there were on the truck with
me criytr couple Of 81 ls arr men who had
assisted In loading the silver when IL came
ur on the httle sidewalk elevator from the
safe deposit vaults beneath.
JuN few pas~ersby recognized the
value Of the frcigh, a. Il was carried at
to the truck. and commented on i,
Gee rernarked a wea - al Iaed, over.
drrssed y'urG nav whose trousers were
turned Up To gladden. beh~,'ers with
,sE o. yo NJ sSrseou" hose w uldnt that
Yer couldn't GET rome If il" responded
me bafchet faced youth who aroo'npanied
MIN. and II yer could, yer couldn't get
sway Nth II. II yer could. no more dodgers
Sometimes there il q million dollars
worth in one Of those truck loads. some
times there u more, but not ,nuch.
A million IN G. ID with its aHoompanyins
marking case. will weigh nearly three tons:
a million IN silver more than a dozen times
~ much again.
Wall Street has At times m ~ d rs much a.
s'N $4,000 or Sn,Ooo.0 900. all Of this huge
sum in b,nlior. In d6v fro "a Il Isrs II poi 10
u the dtHtrict 10 other points or out Of II.
4 single hank or firm ~ money brokers
has tra-sferrei 3s.OOD.OOo or SO .OOO. 900 In
single stipme't abroad
The money trucisma1 carries all this
and no has never lost single cargo. how.
ever small the amount. Once there was
hr'IAhalno about q missing sla, of silver,
bat 1t turned IN in very short order. through
the "ry was raisei that 1t hs | hee stolen.
l!e carries the gold which is shipped
sI'road to the vessel which has to carry Il
and brings back to Wall Street the i'm.
cor'eA bullion. II II lu'ririve business
And he and his family have mad monopoly
If u sirce II bo1an
They ara likely to keep it. No good
end H. served bv taking chances with new
va'is,n Of Bark'ey quits Wal! S reet we'll
Bullion ~ per aps the a,e-t kind of
commodity To transfer in this city II 10
IN transferring othor kinds Of money that
the banks take cha 1ces. n was not for
the cake Of the. gold car'.l THROUGH tho
st-eets thar N" dead line for crooks was
a tlbshed az Fulton street
Tha hank m '-san yer coming from tho
Clearing Housa after the dav's balance has
e,on struck viii y,en cary back to his
In his leather pouch or IN mis- trousers
pocket; that is, in bills Of large denomina.
tons. usu H. $4,000 aotes'.
A p INKS b ,lanc, a. ~" Clearing HOUSE
| " range from II .W0 600 t. ~, o. or even
| more The b y9est b NIX 10 tv National.
| IA, often have q; tn. close Of b i-iness from
| 1900, 20 10 SS,0O1.pOO to its crsdii. The
messenger takes buck TO the bunk thai
| amount H. bills
! He does not 20 alone. Usually il il a
party of thpee that escorts the millions.
| There il the messenger with the money in
his nocket, clerk and The mkt detective
| or b 'Inocr. whose physique and quicknass
have usually earned for him his job. Tho
So though u b nk messengers millions
| are In shape 90 b carried Of. Il would prac-
tically b impossible 10 get them at any
cost, 1nev arc not carried where a lucky
crab would make them even temporarily
change ownership.
The most V liibl, hund,e OF wealth
| taken through the streets In this citv. how
eve, Ia not moved In the fnenci die, riot
at II II passes b tveer the Comptr II r's
| oH'c In the Stewart Blu ling and the City
" II and Eddie. who has been the Comp
n II RS messenger from time imrnemoriA-
| carries II.
II consists Of newly signed city bonds.
Wherever an issue of these bonds has been
| made. after having been filed out In the
Cotnptroller's office, they must be signed
by me Mayor They are not then regis
tered, hut with the MAYORS signature
upon them they seem and might POSSIBLY
be accepted in practice az negotiable.
Eddie carries the bonds. a few millions
NJ time. to the Mayors Office, and whei,
signed. cNrries them back again. How
many millions he has carried IN a single
trip only he knows and like the money truck
man, he isn't telling his business. But
the amount has certainly reached twenty
millions On occasion.
No crook has ever had the nerve to tackle
Eddie and really none would think it worth
while. The hue and cry which would be-
raised over such theft would In all prob
ability at once bar the bonds a. negotia bic
aecur1ties. even In the world Of graft. And
no thief would get far with the plumber
The city sees to that
But the sight of the messenger with
millions In bopds. the little posses OF three
or more bearing millions Ia real cash
through the financial quarter TO the banks,
the bare silver in the money truck. the
kegs of gold bars and the strong boxes
fun OF gold coin must sometimes mako
some evil winds dream dreams such as
made Supt Byrnes long ago establish
that dead line above the streets Of tsmpta-
ton.