Show v SLEUTHS s BAFfLED I BY BANK BANI ROBBERY Utah Nationals National's Loss Like That of the Sub Treasury Sub Treasury I in Chicago MAY SEND FOR HELP Officials 5 About Ready to Bring 5 Best Pinkerton Detectives Detectives Detect Detect- I ives ives Here Herel Herell l Tho The Utah National l bank robbery robbery- was patterned after the steal i r. r from the Chicago treasury sub which t fo a a year has bas b baffled fled the entire secret service of the government The Chicago Chi dl- J or J S cago caso bank robbery robber was vas committed by 4 someone In the bank and no clew elew was left upon which to The government gov gov- agents immediately started to work but have not yet located the H 1 money y or the tM thief I The theft of ot between and andI I i O from the Utah National bank bant f w was s modeled along the lines IInes of the Chicago crime and while tho the amount involved In w was was not so great reat every detail r tj tH of or the affair was carried out to such r perfection that no trace has been left lett 1 a and d the dc detectives now working on the case se are reaching the point of utter de tic tic- i teat feat t I With lih a 1 determination to catch rotch the j thief and proc procure rc the money that was wasy y taken the bank officials are arc exhausting I t ever every effort and have about reached th the e decision to send for Cor the tho best de dete detective tiete tie tie- te Uve tive in the Pinkerton service to come to Sa Salt t Lake and probe th the mystery mys- mys tery to the bott bottom m. m Jon Money T Nut Not Disposed or Of tF The officials of the tho Utah National bank believe that the money has not 1 yet yot b been cn disposed of and that th the theman ther r man or men who stole It are keeping I it Jt under cover until tho the excitement 4 wears away and when suspicion will not so readily attach to an anything thing they might do to get et rid of the coin Most of the money taken was nas Ingold in ingold gold and for tor this reason It Is much harder to trace Bank notes would leave lea some clew If tr the they were disposed d of How much of the money moncy was in inA A currency it is impossible for the officers off off- cers of the bank to determine Defective Detectives ut at York Work i Superintendent Carey arey of or the tile Pinkerton Pinkerton Pinker Pinker- ton ton office at Denver Den detailed a man manon manon l on the case as soon as it was reported to him One of or the theories of dete de- de te tl es Is that tho the theft of ot so great grent I an an amount of money Is Iolj followed fol fol- Iol- Iol j lowed 1 by Ji n lust to allay sUl subsequent sequent ex excitement and this they have found Is as common among men whose hose lives have ha been absolutely moral and nd up upright upright up- up right us ns In men whose whoso habits have been of the looser sort y Proceeding c eding upon this U theory or detectives detectives detect detect- ives l have be been bean n watching every place t j sj In Salt Lake where a a. a aman man might go goi goto i to satisfy MUsty that desire to relieve the mental strain but the tho utmost vigilance vigilance lance has failed to turn up anything th that t would aid In clearing tho mys mys- tery 5 A Dank Boot Policy v f e f The loss of or the tho small fortune at tho the i Utah National was the direct result of ofa i a seemingly harmless violation of ot the 1 banks bank's policy The Tile same sarno thing might occur In on any bank and It probably has hns f occurred In any Salt Lake e banks i Tile The The combination on to the reserve chest was In a sealed envelope and when J the national bank examiner arrived In September 1907 1901 the seal of the envelope enve enve- j lope was broken broen and the chest was en en- en en- en Then Instead of placing the I combination in a 0 scaled sealed envelope lope again tho the bank who had aided allIed the tho bank examiner In opening the chest r placed the combination In an on unsealed t envelope elope where other othor of or the tho hank bank might find It At th the time nothing was thought of or J. J this but hut had the combination to the reserve chest remained as os It itI I was before the bank examiner arrived the theft could not have happened without with with- J 1 out the responsibility for tor It being laid upon one or two n nen en The detection r ii of ot the tho thief thier In this case would have 4 been comparatively ens easy As It was wn r L several of th the bank bank may have ha havel l had ac access ess to the figures figure showing the ther r to the chest using the tho fl knowledge later to take the money Iii i Dank Bank Officials Official 7 Tho The theft of money from a bank Is always a delicate matter motter and the officials daIs of the tho Utah National have o been r.- r. l' l extremely careful not to cast the slightest slight slight- ir cst est suspicion upon any of the attaches or to say anything which might indicate indi p cate that any particular employs was f suspected of tho theft It Is explained by the tho bank officials l. l th that t tho the reason the robbery was kept i secret for s sp Ion long was to give tho the de detectives tie tie- a better chance to turn up some somo clew and to allow the investigation In Inthe r the tho bank to proceed with more precision precision preci preci- sion slon and secrecy In this way n It was figured more effective work could be bedone bedone done than by publishing the story and possibly thwarting the very ends which the bank sought to attain At the same came time there was a ticklish financial condition when hen the robbery robber occurred and the tho news of ot a robbery rObber would woud h have vo a bad effect upon tho the public and resulting Injury to theS tho the S I bank might be bo great The bank at that time as ns well as 08 at nt the present was in good condition and ond an injustice would haye hare been worked by Ly any undue excitement created by the tho loss of so much money honey |