The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-02
CHIEF WlLkE SATISFIED THAT
SUBTREASURY WAS ROBBED
BY EMPLOYEES.
THIEF lHWARTSSLEUTHS
Ard Government Detectives Fan 10
Solve Mystery OF Missing Thou
sands-suspicion is Gradually
Narrowing Down.

AHlNNbO, NAtt4 VI / 80 ~ NAN 49,
of the United states government, per
sonally directed By Chief Wilkie OF
the Secret Service. are battering
away at human con cience as the
one chance to solve the mystery OF
the $l73.000 theft f.om the Chicago
sgbtrcasury.
The spec acular duel between the
little inner voice and tn mighty
forces Of the government today reach
ed a tense sage, with the gantic ma
chine hopelessly at sea and the still,
small voice the victor.
When the sdll small voice sue
cumbs to the force Of he incessant at
tack the mystery will be cleared as
to when and how the subtreasury was
robbed In the meandm the gov
ernment has set to work slow and
ard agcnizing ordeal for the guilty
conscious. 1t is the purpose 10 have
the suspcc ed pc, sons placed where
they will bear hour after hour each
beating pulsation say Thief. Thief, y
until the neyerending repetition Of
me word shall have racked the
nerves Of the victim and he shall cry
in de pair for mercy and for the re-
lief of confession.
Thief Thwarts the Seuths.
In this intensely interesting human
interest lies The whole problem of the
subgeasury. Aft7r a day Of tol the
bost talent known to the government
service had made no progress toward
the detection of the thief or the recoy-
cry ftho money.
Once. in the morning, the Secret
Service thought that it had the prey.
The prom sing lead fell to the ground.
No arrest cosld be made for the
ason that the government had no
evidence. and had the suspected man
been taken he would have faced trial
with all fthe benefit of the doubt and
q certainty of acquitta.
Chief Wilka came early to take
charge OF the Gaze He went to the
office Of Captain Thomas !. Porter.
There he heard what had been done
by Cap Porter in the case.
Then he went to see Deputy Treas
urer Bantz Witnesses were called be
fore the chief and he heard again the
stories that had been told by the en-
rloyes at other nferences. Notes
were taken of the talks.
The vidence placed before the
chief led o The firm conviction that
one man had taken the money-from
the inside. The overt act was practic-
ally settled upon a single individual
who. having studied The action Of the
St Louis court in the subtreasurv
there had followed a carefully plan
ned schedule ard taken the funds
Working on Two Suspects.
The name of this individual was not
given. Two aiding suspects stood
prominently before the light They are
treated in radically different styles.
One is almost openly discredited; the
other openly approved. The one is
left 10 think that the government real
" suspect him. the other is led to be
lieve thai the government has every
confd nee in him. From this curious
catand-mouse situation the govern
ment hopes TO evolve something.
There is no hope of speedy action.
The programme is to sque re the vic
m as a boa constructor squeezes its
prey II is planned to crush the un-
willing mind and heart into desperate
action. and then t5 make the pyscholo-
cical nom Mt precious one.
At the close of hfs day Chief Wilkio
said: va
II am going to the Auditorium Hotel
and take a bath and get some rest
That is all that | care to say
The chief talked generally of TIL
siiuat on and chatted pleasantly He
did not add to the total OF informa-
lion now possessed by the peopie of
Chicago.
Employe Stole the Money.
The government is not enterested
particularly in rabbit chasing narra-
tives that involve mysterious persons
n no flashed 81 000 bills in the red
light district. TIL re is no doubt in the
minds of he officials that the money
was stolen by an employe OF the gov
eminent. who is not the sort of ue
10 take any chances in such districts.
nor with such offers for the exchange
C., money.
The money is thought to be all to-
rether in one lump sum. and no sane
excuse can be presented for any the
ory that the peopl who have this
money have OF viii try TO work it
N in Chicago in localities where GER
tain detection wOcid be imminent.