Show ROBBED STRONG BOX GOLD BULLION STOLEN BY BV CLEVER CRIMINALS AND LEAD LEADIS IS SUBSTITUTED Robbers Secured Bullion Valued at of a Shipment From Alaska Alaska Alas Alas- ka Without Leaving a il Trace Their Identity Seattle Wash Gold Vash Gold bullion bumon valued at t part of ot a shipment of from the Washington Alaska I bank of Fairbanks Alaska to the Dex Dex- Horton ter-Horton National bank of Seattle SeattIe on the steamship Humboldt was stolen In transit and lead substituted in the strong box that had contained It When it left Fairbanks on a Yukon river steamer for Dawson and Whitehorse Whitehorse White White- horse the gold was contained In three wooden boxes and was In the care of the Alaska Pacific Express company When the boxes were opened by the thc Canadian customs officers at Dawson the gold bars were found to be as stated stated stat stat- ed in the express company's papers The boxes were opened again at the United States assa assay office in Seattle Friday noon and the theft discovered One contained pigs of lead instead of gold The seals of the box were intact intact intact in in- tact when hen It reached the assay office and it was evident that the robbery had been committed on board ship The gold was insured against loss by bythe bythe bythe the express company |