Show smine EH y OF LOSS assorting teller cf ef sub treasury at chicago accused of appropriating attempted to get rid of one thou sand dollar bills and suspicion of detectives is aroused money wa was stolen eighteen months ago chicago the of the theft of from the united states sub treasury a year and a half ago one of the largest losses the govern ment baa has ever suffered in this man ner Is believed to have been solved by the arrest at an early hour sunday of george W fitzgerald others are believed to have been implicated in the crime which for months complete ly baffled the government secret ser vice men fitzgerald was an assort ing teller under assistant united states treasurer Vi illiam bolden week weck suspicion at the time ot of the theft february 20 1907 rested on him but so plausible was his story and end so intense his AI apparent parent interest in discovering the real culprit that in terest ceased to center on him much work was done on the theory that the crime had been perpetrated by a colored man meanwhile alltz 1 itz gerald was discharged from the gov eminent employ for culpable negia gence in allowing such a theft to be consummated under his very eyes the money stolen bad had been used and was tied up in packages some ot of which had been marked for destrie tion in washington any of them would readily have passed anywhere except fr for the large denominations none of the bills was under and some were of the 1000 1 and 5 de nominations the 1000 ones it was in attempt attempting ine to pass two of the 1000 bills that suspicion waa was again aroused against fitzgerald he had also purchased a home and had been engaged in extensive purchase of eggs involving the outlay of a considerable sum of money |