Show I ROBBED STRONG BOX STOLEN GOLD BULLION STOLEN BY CLEVER CRIMINALS AND LEAD IS SUBSTITUTED Robbers Secured Bullion Valued at 57500 of a Shipment From Alaska Alas-ka Without Leaving a Trace of Their Identity Gold Seattle Wash Gold bullion valued at = 57uOO part of a shipment of 170 000 from the waslnington Alaska bank of Fairbanks Alaska to the Dexter Dex-ter Hortoa National bank of Seattle 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 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 Canadian customs oftlcers at Dawson the gold bars were found to be as stated stat-ed In the express companys papers The boxes were opened again at the United States 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 In-tact when 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 tho express company |