The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

valise from the moment they left the
bank until they had delivered the
package through the window of the
express company's money department.
Accepting these statements as true, ii
was impossible that the package had
been tempered with in this part of its
journey; while the assumption that
they were no. true implied apparently
a collision between the two messen-
gers, which was highly improbable,
since Dominic Earle had been serv-
ant of the bank for thirty-five years,
and had never i'm that long term failed
in his duty or done anything to arouse
distrust. Before entering the bank 3
employ he had been a preacher, and
his whole life seemed TO have been one
of simplicity and honest dealing.
AS for Crawford. who was. indeed
a new man, it was plain that if the
dominic told the truth, and had really
kept his hold on the Valise handle all
the way to the express cOmpany's VIM
dow. his companion. honest or dishOn-
est would have had no opportunity TO
cut off the label. paste ii on the bogus
package and make the substitution.
Finally came the theory that the
money package had been stolen while
in the care of the express company.
In considering this possibility it be-
came necessary TO know exactly what
had happened to the package, from
the moment it was taken through the
window of the money department up
to the time Of its delivery at the
treasury. The package was first re-
ceipted for by the head of the money
department, Mr.. j. c. Young. Having
handed the receipt to the bank mes
sengers, he passed the package to his
assistant, Mr.. Littlefield who in turn
passed it on to another clerk, Mr..
Moody, who waybilled it in due form
for Washington, and then placed it in
the iron safe which was to carry it on
on its journey. Two or three hours
may have elapsed between the receipt
of the package and the shipment of the
safe, but during this time the package
was constantly in view of five or six
clerks in the money department, and,
unless they We're all in collision, ii
could scarcely have been stolen by
any one there. AS for the express
messenger who accompanied the safe
on the wagon to the train, and then
on the train TO Washington, and then
on another wagon to the treasury
building his innocence seemed clearly
established. since the safe had been
locked and sealed. according to Gus
AOllls DOlOlC ITO III HILL dIu
showed no signs of having been TAM
pered with when opened in Washing
ton the following morning by another
representative of the express company.
The messenger who accompanies a
through safe to its destination, indeed,
has small chance of getting inside,
not only because of the protecting
seal, but also because he is never al
lowed to have the key to the safe or
to know its combination. Later, as a
still further safeguard, the Adams Ex-
press company introduced into it's cars
an equipment of large burglar-proof
and fire-proof safes. especially as a
guard against train robbers, who
found It comparatively easy to break
open the small safes once in use. In
the present instance, of course, there
was no question of train robbers.
One important fact stood out plain
and uncontrovertible: That a respon-
sible clerk in the money department
of the Adams Express company had
receipted for a package supposed to
contain $41 900 entrusted TO the COM
pany by the bank. This threw the re-
sponsibility on the company, at least
until it could be shown that the pack
age as delivered contained brown pa
per. and not bank notes. In accord
ance with their usual polio of prompt
ness and liberality. the Adams people
paid over to the American Exchange
bank the sum OF SAL 900, and said no