Show SOLVING MYSTERY OF TREASURY TUMI LOSS Assorting Teller of SUD- SUD Treasury Sub Treasury at Chicago Accused of Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating Attempted to Get Rid of One Thousand Thou sand und Dollar Bills and Suspicion of Detectives is Aroused Money Aroused Money W Was S Stolen Eighteen Months Ago Chicago The The The mystery of the theft of f f from the United St Stages States tes treasury sub a year and a half ago one ono of the largest losses the government govern ment mont has ev ever r suffered in this manner manner man man- ner ncr is believed to have been solved by tho the arrest at an early hour Sunday of George W. W Fitzgerald Others are believed to have been implicated I Ithe Iq itt the crime which for months complete completely ly Iy baffled the government secret servIce service ser set vice men Fitzgerald was an assortIng assorting assort assort- ing tag teller under Assistant United States Treasurer William Bolden Bolden- week weck Suspicion at the time of the theft February 20 1907 rested on him but so plausible was his story and so intense his apparent Interest in discovering the real culprit that interest in in- terest ceased to center on him Much work was done on the theory that the crime had been perpetrated by a colored man Meanwhile Fitzgerald Fitz gerald was discharged from the government government gov gov- employ for culpable negligence negligence negligence gence in allowing such a theft to bo consummated under his very eyes The money stolen had been used and was tied up in packages some o 0 of which had been marked for destruction tion lion in Washington Any of them would readily have passed anywhere except for far the large denominations None of the bills bille was ras under and some Borne were of the 1000 and denominations de de- de- de nominations p the 1000 ones mating It was in attempting to pass two of ot the 1000 bills that suspicion was again aroused against Fitzgerald He had also purchased sed a home and ha had been engaged in extensive purchase of eggs Involving the outlay of 2 considerable sum of money |