New-York tribune., 1908-03-29
PRECAUTIONS CONCEALED.

i is not policy, however. 10 make display OF
1he iron hand beneath the velvet glove Of finance
and SO precautions taken conceal precau-
hons Honor is supposed rule modern business
= mans word presumed be good his
bond and cashiers and bank messengers are as
sumed never go astray- II would spoil the ef-
of these assumptions If the army of detec-
tives and shadows put on uniforms and if peo-
PIE saw deadly weapons stacked In corners of
financial institutions The hidden protection is.
besides more efficient A show of force attracts
Z crowd and increases danger. AS il is. bank
employe has comfortable sense OF being trusted
with vast sums. while he is constantly under the
eve Of an armed escort. Perhaps the escort is not
=, much TO dishonesty on the part of the
ernploye TO guard him against attack by a third
person.
once there was an express company that sent
2 load Of money TO the SubTreasury in wagon
guarded by men with rifles in their laps The
sight drew such q mob that the company took ad-
and less obtrusve IN Its precautions aIlei
ward Automobiles. used cash in a
hurry during last falls panic, MADE too much
sensation for the quiet loving guardians OF the
district. They would have sent the money In a
ragpicker's wagon a truck or any common HOOK
ing vehicle
There is free and easy atmosphere in the spa
cious marble 1oored government building Win us
Ioric columns and statue of Washington. az ->as-
sau and Wall streets You told that it is a
public thoroughfa-e in business hours. Millions OF
cash in gold. silver and notes enter and leave is
portals every day without the least fuss A young
sings q baEful Of greenbacks Tor reoeihptioh
upon the counter IN the central plliareo chaipei
Back the door another man, VINO Is MS
shadow" stops and returns 10 the bank, report
ing that the money duly delivered ferhaps
the shadow was content see that the bag
carrier ascended the long flight OF steps on me
Wall street side in safety. Men In the Hiiahcidi
region who stand corner looking preocculieu
and undecided may be thinking OF stocks and they
may be watching entry exit OF treasure car
riers al appointed places. But within the SUD
Treasury you notice no police and only one hiai
who might be detective There are only custom
CTS and q few polite. bareheaded clerks VINO carry
slips of paper between the barred windows OF oii-
ferert departments
Watch that clerk beckoned 10 the rear Of the
hail He goes there and merely stands looking on
while door opens and a hand truck ioaoed Win
white bags is wheeled fifteen feet across the
corridor The truck is pulled through the opposi'e
door and the clerk, losing his curiosity returns 10
rlav The messenger as before AS matter Of fact,
the status of the clerk is detective; he carries A
revolver his hip pocket, and he was pef1ofiins
regular DUTY in guarding the snort journey Oh
that truck, which was loaded win MY pdes vi
gold each weighing eighteen pounds and worth
s5eo
There are seven neat clerkIy looking young men
In the sub-Treasury under the supervision Oh
Thomas A. Ryan, chief OF detectives Two oi
them always stand hareheaded in the corrioof near
important Pine street entrance. where express
esgons and trucks bring in millions In oay'
The rattle and clash of coins being counted In
roorrs on either side Of the corridor are Inc
Ioudest sounds heard Two porters come stfue-
cling I'm with a sort OF leather telescope case WHICH
IS fpIl NJ rennies from the ONCE newspaper or
nickeIs and dimes ar receipts OF the subway.
They are directed to the room on the left hand'
where q machine turned by q crank counts about
seven hundred coins q minute. A tall. stout man
and a email, thin mar, composing the nrm OF
Bartey & Reiyea, truckmen approach Detective
John White With the information that they have a
small consignment OF 100000 gold outside 1t
came on q French steamship to a West Side dock.
where the truckmen got It.
Detective White hastens to perform .he courtesies
Of the occasion by opening the swinging doors OF
the vestihue and standing outside watching the
sproneo vhiskery helpers OF the gold conveyers