Year: 1875

anced the stubborn fact remained.
This led to the first conclusion, that
the money had been properly done up,
scheduled and sealed and then stolen.
But by whom and how is what puzzled
the oldest head. 1t is supposed, how
ever, that it might have been taken in
this way: The cash room has corridors
facing the open court yard of the Treas
ury. There the windows are protected
by wire screen, which reaches about
half the length of the windows. Be
tween the upper part and the screen, in
warm weather, there is usually an ap-
erture to admit air. This was the case
on Tuesday last, and it might have been
possible for two confederates to have
operated in this manner: First, the
dow by the inside man and received by
the one outside. The package being
made up of offivehundred dollar bills, could
easily have been passed through the
aperature, although it is only about six
inches in width. From the cash room
window TO the court yard below is
distance of only twelve or fifteen feet.
Almost under the express Office and
opening on the court yard are the two
windows in the cook room of the res
taurant. This is usually occupied by
two cOlOred men. 1t might have been
possible for an outsider to have passed
from the court yard, through these
windows into the cook room and reach
ed the corridors without being observed.
The stubborn fact remains that in such
a case the inside man would have to be
an employe in the cash room to secure
the package.


Another theory is, the package might
have been "captured'' by some one of
the many visitors who are permitted
to visit the vaults each day, and who
i'm order to reach the vault must neces-
sarlly pass near where the missing
package is supposed to have laid. At
any rate the money is gone and the
tective force has failed to discover the
least clue as to its whereabouts.


The loss just at this time affects Gen
eral Spinner more seriously than it
would have done had it come upon him
some tine ago. With the close of the
present month he is to retire from
office, and it was his expressed wish
that all might run smoothly with his
office until he bid it final adieu. At
two O'Clock Tuesday, he was in the best
of spirits, and remarked to a friend,
"Well, have only twenty-nine days of
official life, and it gratifies me to antici-
pate that | shall leave the responsible
position l hold, with a clean sheet"
The loss, of course annOys him very
much. Under the law he is responsible
but congress heretofore has made good
to him defalcations by his clerks. What
particularly grieves him is the fear that
the robbery has been committed by one
of his favored employees.


The Presidents third term" letter
was well received here and has had the
effect to strengthens rather than dimin-
ish his popularity.


Postmaster General Jewell will visit
the west next week, on tour of OBJ
servation through the Postoffices. His
private secreatry and one or two special
agents will accompany him. He will
be absent two weeks.


The Scott Garrett postal car war has
ended. Scott will carry the Washington
mail to New York, and Garrett the
through western mails to Baltimore.


The President and family left for
Long branch OH Wednesday.


The big Ingins" will depart for
the west to-day. Their visit here
amounted to nothing-all negotiations
of the government for the pure hase of
the Black Hills country having failed.
1t is now thought an Indian war will be
in order.


Second Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner, returned from a three weeks
visit i'm Indiana and the west OH Satur-
day evening last. He reports Republi- |
can stock on the rise.


Tom.