Show A 40000 TREASURY ROBBERY Clever Work of Detective Revealed the Thief Tho robbery of the subtreasury in Chicago recalls tho fact that the treasury department in Washington was the victim of a 40000 theft about 30 years ago At first although no reasonable explanation of how the thing could have been dono by an outsider out-sider could be given It was assumed that It was the work of some ono unconnected un-connected with the office in which tho robbery occurred It was not long however before a clover detective became acquainted with tho fact that one of the clerks who might have had access to the bundle of bills was acquainted ac-quainted with a professional gambler of shady antecedents That discovery solved the problem A little patient watching resulted in catching the gambler with time stolen notes and the rest was easy The clerk was arrested ar-rested and while in confinement wan given to understand that ho was betrayed be-trayed whereupon he confesesd the robbery which was accomplished by shoving the package of notes all of large denominations into a position where they could bo snaked up f with a cane provided with a hook |