The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-15
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY
LONG BAffLEO AUTHORITIES
For Three Years Suspected
Man Was Shadowed BY
Secret Service Agents
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Chicago, Sept. l5- George w. Fitz
gerald, a former asserting teller In
/ the Chicago sub-treasury, was arrest,
ed late Wednesday by Deputy United
States marshals. charged with the
mysterious theft OF $i7S.000 from the
sub-treasury on February 10, 1901
Fitzgerald was arrested on bench
warrant based on indictment return
( ed secretly by a Federal grand jury
February n, 1910.
Three days after tho indictment
was secretelv returned ara suppress
cd on February 20. 1t was announced
that the statute OF limitations had
operated 20 stop possible criminal ac-
ton in the peculiar case. Coincident
with this iuse by the authorities. Sc
cret service men were detailed TO
watch Fitzgtrald constantly and make
rigid Investigation OF the former
Iteller's financial interests and Affairs.
Discoveries made by these secret
service operatives resulted in the or
der for Fitzgerald's arrest
Has Many Irons In Fire
Attaches at the district attorneys
Office declare that since the strange
disappearance Of the $4,000 from
he subtreasury. Fitzgerald has done
the following things:
Organized tie Illinois Car Manu-
featuring company with S50.OOo
plant al Hammond, Ind.
Organized the Illinois Bolt Nut
Forging comDany. with a large plant
ir Chicago.
Dealt extensively in stocks aud
bonds.
Moved from modest flat a s70-
ono residence in Rogers park, q sub
urb OF Chicago paid Tor this new
house and furnished II eXpensively,
Lived In expensive style and enter
iained friends layishly
From the time of tie returning OF
the suppressed Indictment on Febrr'
ary II. the greatest secrecy was used
hy the government officials in hand.
ling the sitnaiioon. TIE indictment
MAS locked m In q vault in the offices
of the United states district court
clerk 10 await such time rs the fed
eral lawyers felt they had sufficient
evidence 10 warrant the arrest oI
Fitzgerald.
Tho fact that secret service men
searched for Fitzgeralds office and
his residence Immediately following
his arrest leads 20 the belief that he
did something which hastnned MS ar
rest though United states district at,
torney refused TO say what prompted
the arrest
Story OF The Theft
The sub treasury robbery. which
has heen one OF the most banning
mysteries in wears which the secret
service has been required to investl-
este occurred wednesday, Febru'
arv 20, 1907. The money was all III
81 600 anl $4,000 bills Federal OF
iicers roughout the country were
brought into the hunt for The missing
money. For three years all persons
found 20 Rave 81 600 or $4,000 bills
we're subject 10 open or covert seru'
imv by secret service agents
Tho Si73.0 coo disappeared from fitz-
eeralf's cage In the snb-treasury.
ri,zeerald said he had gone ont to
lunch ana tlAt WhtH ne It'ulh'u Wv
money was gone He was closely
questioned ut the time and was ; adj
owed for months. A year after The
robbery occurred. Fitzgerald was ar
rested hy private detective agency
acting for william Bolienweck, the
suh.treasurer. The suit was not
pressed at this time, however, and
FITZGERALD proceeded to institute
damage suits against Boldenweck ana
the detective agency for the false ar
r.sl
From that time until his indiel-
ment last February. Fitzgerald was
not mulested. When asked .how he
had accumulated certain sums OF
money he explained tat he had made
tie money IN speculation and showed
records Of certain deals in which ne
engaged