Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-11 | Page 5 | Those Missing Gold Bars

i GOLD OOM lIARS HAnS HAnSAn An O lon Sure Stun They sera cre Put on the tho d New York April 11 On being asked If It the bars bara of gold gol stolen from Cram the specie room of at the tire North German Lloyd Ilot liner Kaiser iaiser Wilhelm tier der Grosse drosse tho the discovery of ot which theft was as made marie at It Cherbourg France could coult have hare possibly been lost In transit between the United States assay uasa and the vessels pier an on officer of ot the assay office said The Tire bars were not Pot lost In transit They were placed on board the tle Kaiser Wilhelm der G rosso ns as our receipt from tIm the National City bank shows The amount carried to tt the pier bier was lIas O or a little In excess of ot the amount called for tor by b the tire bank Frederick the who transferred the gold gol l from the tM assay to the steamship was accompanied by b two bank lie He In IA positive that tho the gold Bold was wa ns placed on board The gold old was packed parked In kegs each of or which held between and ond Several men witnessed the nailing and sealing of each ench keg It was wa aH the tho work of at clever clevor thieves for the tho precautions taken In such cases are extraordinary A representative of ot f Chubb Sons marine Insurance agents said paid that the tire underwriters would have to suffer lurter the loss If It It could not lie he proved that the steamship company compan had been negligent in the tho care of ot the tire cold gold He lie hoped that the tire loss lose would intro have the tho effect of ot rais rals ing log the rates notes of ot marine Insurance The Tire policies Issued by underwriters vary ary n a little In wording but hut all al companies or of for fer the Ille same protection pr An officer oI of ot the National City elty bank said Mid he could tint not account acc lunt for tor the theft He lie added that the sold gold old won fully tul in insured and that tho bank would not suffer