The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04

This resulted in tho discovery that she
maintained an establishment not only
IN Washington. but in the country. and
that she had sent her son TO Europe
TO be educated. Further inquiry de-
veioped also that in her social ca
recr she lived under d name distinct
from that by which she was known
in the Treasury.
a, last, after keeping her under
careful scrunity. the two officials
traced to her desk an error in the re-
dcmption account Investigation dis
closed that in three DAYS she had
stolen $3.50 in old money winch she
should have sent to the macerater. TO
he ground into pulp. Later it was es-
timated that she had probably been
stealing at this rate over $500 day
for long period
Her Mother Was Clever.
She had Invented an ingenious
method for concealins these thefts
After taking ten worn bills. she
would. By system OF tearing and
pastlng, so manipulate them that she
could make ten torn bills out of nine
almost whole ones. This having been
L. good bili--in her pocket and pass
the others on to the macerater. 1t
was never discovered whether her
deft fingers did this work at home or
at her desk. She had a lovcr-a mar
ried man-who was suspected as her
confederate. 1t was Nisclosed mat
she had loaned him generous sums
Faced with the evidence against her.
she confessed to having stolen 81 .o0e
and by morigasing her property made
good this amount. Soon afterward she
was stricken with cancer and died
without having faced a jury.
~ irehsurcrs % tho United states b,y.
NaH 10 MAKE sood amourss stolen hv ,hei~
,Sai , en' nnies5 the guilty Parties or
rrnet friends have covered the shortas.
during Treasurer Morgan's term il ~
second cleveland administration sheets III
bl!ls 10 the value Of 500 disapnasrca md
MI Morgan gave the Treasury bie chf,.t'
Tor the amount. Again. In lsai san a.,
stNer was anstracied from one Of the yetfts
reimbursed tho government for ,hts ,n,o,,,,
'ne treasurer had to pay nothing
Substituted Lead Disks.
gan When his term expired. In 1871 a
count OF all the billions in tho Treast,,S
was made that no might obtain roccir.
LOT the exact amount from his successor
Troasrer Roberts. During tho rn,,ni
ipsten empioNo assisting IN the handlinc
=" ,he money gained access TO the hays
While the official counters were not lookup
and stole 500 silver dollars for ,,hIcL a.
substituted disks % lead OF equal weigh.
The man was sent to the peni;eniior, srd
the retiring Treasurer had to nav tbc ss5d
onek 10 Uncle Sam.
mas been tho inva rule OF con
sress "a reimburse treasurers OF the frn,,nd
states Tor thus covering shortages Two
years ago there was discovered In Inc TO-
compton diy sion mysterious leak throuai,
which $1,000 had passed INTO unlroy.,
hands This unsupported weakness in ,bs
IIeasurvs great cash register with It's
human ooss was at once repaired hevond
possipiliiy Of repetition. and Congress
made eood the shortage
y young Treasury clerk is NOW In tronb,s
tsr iAislhS notes which nc disposed of In
b'lhnore during the Democratic convc,-
non hnt he IS not connected with no
ifeasurers officc. and is not engaged nm
ihr handling of Uncle Sans heard MS
criminal status is that Of any outside ,,bo
may FISK his liberty and reputation ~ .n-
gag. in The porilous occupation or r.i,,...
states vii not hnvo To squsr, IA, account
''onNFshi 1912. 10y John Elfrcih watkins