| Show I Robbing Your Uncle Samuel By Big Hauls on onI Treasury Supplies Made Difficult By Presence Pres Pres- I I I ence of Many Big Bills Bis I I The Fhe revOlt recent mysterious raids on the national strong boxes In the sub- sub treasuries at Chicago and ami St. St 81 Louis from Crom which and anti re respectively respectively re- re cl were looted are paralleled in their baffling aspects b by several treasury treasur robberies of or the lie past ast In th the St. St Louis It will St case csc wi be he re recal recalled re- re cal called I a man was tried for Cor the rober rob- rob tier er but a acquitted and In iii the Chi Chicago ca cago o case the lie officials al are still as much in th the air al' al as ns ever er I hInd Had Hl the money mom been equipped with wings anti and flown fown off of the tIme present whereabouts of oC the hull bundles of 1000 1000 and anI lulls bills bis could nut not be enwrapped In more m mys nis s 's t cry tery It I Is the thc belief belef of or some ome officials that the he thieves who got ot awa away avay with the S bills in Chicago o will wi Ill never nc el he be If I the tIme government gO has hUts a re record nc IC cord conI of or the bills his they will wi viI be lie dis clis- clis covered ered If it otherwise the they will wi go gohe gothe gothe the he way of oC all al hl lulls bills Of course every cr b banking house h the country countr will wil beon be beon beon on the thC lookout for fot or the bl bills and nOl if Ir the they arc are newly new new- printed It Is probable that the secret ecret service men may get geton geton on oil the trail of the looters Xu No of t l Kept It I was as in 1875 that a case of or treas treasury treasury UI ury looting that bothered the government government govern govern- ment mont detectives cs marked marker one ono of of the biggest cst raids on a. a United States tes treas ti-ens- lr ury A man named Haleck employed employ ed cd in Washington ashIngton temporarily got ot otaway away avay with In bills lis He worked woi with wih a 0 confederate n al on- on keeper leper named Dill Billy Diy Otmann At t lunch tine time with the bundle jf or hil bills stowed stowel awa away aay under his coat went to the washroom of or the tho Irons Irons- ho met b by LII I iry There was wa Otmann and ind the mone money After ACer lunch Haleck discovered erel that the money mone was ras missing and a terrible hullabaloo was s-as ml raised cl The bills bis stolen tolen were of mixed I issues ues and there was no record 0 of or theIr thell numbers Treasurer Sp Spinner I ii ncr was heartbroken heart heart-brok- k- k cn en over 1 0 the affair For FOI weeks time the hue fund and nd Ct Cl cry Cla WitS was a kept up hut but with wih no re re- re sui stilts kept at his desk and no one suspected that lint the quiet t lit little littie litle lit lit- li- li tle tie headed bald hald teJo fellow of or humdrum habits habis was tho the daring looter of or the vaults Then one nile of or thO those f unaccountable able ahle missteps that mo most t criminals make maim occurred gave e a a worthless racetrack on hanger a aman aman aman man named P leg Peg g one One Brown one of 0 O the his bills to The Titi detectives cs got 01 wind of or Pe Peg legs leR sudden Rudden wealth antI and arrested him hint on general s. Then hen h he I con confessed E and 11 Otmann and landed In the thc frt et 11 HI S During the civil war var a 0 party of or visitors was wa as being being shown hown as the guests of ot a n senator through the treasury treas trem ill l' l ury bu building I I I 1 One of or the party part was wasa wosa a a lapper flapper young oun man whose only striking characteristic lic was his Jils extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary politeness He Ife carried his hat hint under his arm aria and nt seemed to take lk a tremendous interest in In- l est terest INt In everything e After Arter the thc party part left lef it was wag dl discovered co cle that a bundle of or various de denominations denominations de- de of or OOOO In itt notes tlC tlC- nominations haul had hat disappeared The Tue dapper young youn man was waN traced to lo a n clipper bound for fOI En England hut but a nu nf she was vas h by that time three la days s 's out and amI there was no cable in those days asIt as It was vas hopeless to l attempt to catch him What hat became of oC the tho money OS was pr lo never learned but visitors vIsitor to the that cd of dl Y I Wore their flick hats How JIow he lie spent the tIme money or m who hio lie he was tas were tere matters mattel that thiat were never learned The senator whose who party part he lie had hind accompanied said ahl h he lie was a 0 stranger er to him and amI all nil the tho members of the sight seeing party S 'S said the same ame Bi Big hill Hills ts NOt Com Common mOil Since the disappearance from front the thc United States Slates treasury sub In Chicago of or some bills much interest has been manifested In bills of such large d denomination and anal much curiosIty curios curios- it 1 Ity ha has been aroused as to lo the lI use e of oC such bills hills and th the manner mannI In a hichi thc they are nic circulated Inquiry at different banks 8 In the city brings s nit lut tho the information that th these largo large mils bills are arc in lIl l' reality not nol In I circulation The They sue are u used cl for Cor the most part palt In house clearing e c transactions lions and are arc not frequently used oven then lien The Tho only time we see sec one of or those bills coming over o the count count- er Ir said one ca cashier 1 Is when a hank bank sends Mends it over o as to the credit creditor of or some other bank or business con- con corn Bills of or the denomination of oC 10 I are arc sometimes made malle payable to order and antI they must bo 10 Indorsed the aine as a check There are arc no bills hills of or a higher his denomination but hut there are arc many and anti 1000 bills and the lall latter t especially arc are In cIrca cIrca- lion tion more mora free freely I than titan those of higher denominations It I Is said saW that thai about aboul the only way a thief could dispose c cor of or a lull bill m would b be to find some confederate In a a hank bank or the thc sub treasury If IC a man should attempt to pa pass s a abill abill abill bill of oC that denomination Just now flow he would probably have some trouble said an nn assistant cashier In one on one of the most prominent bonks In Chicago oThe o. o The only wa way tot for him him to get rid 1111 of or it is to get In collusion with some one In iii a bank bani and get the bill changed Into bills hills of or smaller denominations This might ht not be such a difficult thins thing to do I ht Ih Deposit tile the Bill Hill again a thief might deposit the lie bill in some somo bank hanl as os most of or the thc hills bills are aIO kept in the vaults of or tho Ito banks hanks the most of or the time line anyway Bills of such large laige denominations do llo donot donot not see the lie light of day Jay very ery fre fre- They are mo not noL uS used by some banks at all Others use uso tile them to Lo de deposit lIe lIe- posit for 01 the lie credit lt of or big Institutions Instead of or using n cash cashiers cashier's checks 1 Geo George c W. W Fitzgerald the time l. l a teller of lIr the lIu treasury sub says Kays he Ito is IR that the he money taken was waR waRIn in bills of or the till highest denominations and 1000 Mr 11 Fitzgerald Fitz gerald also ulso says that limit the lie talk of ot tracing trac tn ing the bills I Is absurd It would ho bo impossible to identify the he bills 1115 hint dill dali all for Cor as there thero are of or them Item In circulation and no otto one knows the lie number of or the lie ones The rite mystery surrounding the hi e disappearance d of or the money has hus but op di-op- cn from day to lo du day and anti It may bo lit that the thief l be 1 possible inn may never discovered It Is will saul that there ther was 11 no shortage on an tho lie morning of or February am ary 20 20 hut but that there was aM that All AH sorts of oC theories s have 0 been hn ad advanced 1 as to how the lIH theft Cl was committed com om and secret service men muon have e been bus busy husy on Oil tho tint COst case since the the- hI shortage short short- as age wa was vas discovered Secretary Cortelyou tool ook a hand hantl Inthe in inthe inthe the matter last wc week I. I also and one of or orthe the first fust things he demanded Ic wan that the time keep silon about the nuttier mutter A As It Is lit bank cash lei lea lea-A in Chicago arc gro J keeping a lookout for Cor 1 I bills and antl If It one should come over O any counter not in lii the usual channels there is every Iy In indication that hint It H would cause sonic some little excitement lIt |
