Show U 8 TREASURY ROBBED many thousands of silver dollars dollar said to be washington oct 31 21 silver dollars ire aro missing from the strong box of the reas uary und may number num ber buatt thousands treasurer roberts roberta has employed experts to count piece by piece the which ought to be in fit the vaults recently the coin was counted by the weighing process sn but roberts will not give a receipt to his predecessor morgan until he knows the full extent of the robbery which ho suspects has been carried on for or some time thue during this count a trusted employed e was caught opening blips bags which contain 1000 balver dollars cadi cacti enking out BH is many na as he tv wished ishad anil and making up the weight eight of the extracted silver with lend lead at the conclusion of the count all the bays allowed the required weight upon the treasurer a suggestion annest ion of the bay bags wore were opened ho much lead w as discovered that a consultation was held field with secretary lags and it was decided to employ a foice of efty flit clerks to go over the counting in detail blits tack task will consume ox months and will cost the government 25 |