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Show liEiif- Bullion to the Value of $57,500 Taken From x Alaska Steamer Sealtle. Wa.-h.. Sept. l. A xcoro of detective have been :-r( to v.orii in Alaska to trace Ihe $57,000 in gold ingMs stolen in transit on the sleani-hip sleani-hip Humboldt Ironi the Washington-Alaska bank of Fairbanks. Alaska, Alas-ka, to the rievter-llorto'i NuIIol.U bank of Seattle. The Humboldt is due to arrive at Sk-agway today. The ship makes '.v-eral '.v-eral stops en routf to Seattle, ,md Mti steamboat ofllclals fay that the robbers rob-bers may luive left ihe boat at ono of the intcrnirdiat? point. The looted box had not. been rougii-ly rougii-ly broken open. Apparently th- t hievc-s had removed one side by tho use of a nail puller. The bank am. express company . f-fi' f-fi' lals intere-ted express the conviction convic-tion the robbery occurred before th. steamship Humboldt arrived at Se;-t-if. The Canadian custom; official.0 are supposed to have unpacked th" ritlie consignment and examined it at Dawson. From that point to Un assay office here, a distanee of pro'-abiy pro'-abiy noo miles, the boxes pu a.-t d vviiliout more than casual sen. tiny. From Fairbanks (lie Rold wis ia-cn ia-cn by steamboat to Daw.-on, in the 1 ukoti territory. Canada. During thr.t-journey thr.t-journey it was in the care of tbe purser, and, according to custom, was kept In room, with no other tr lection than the lock. At Dawson the Canadian custoie-i officials, after examining the gold, repacked it and left it In the ea'0 of the purser of one of the river boats owned by the Whie Pass 1 Yukon Railway company, which ch -ried it to Whliehorse It was iran-!-lerred at that plac to a calked compartment com-partment of ihe express car of the White Pass & Yukon railway. From Whiteboric to Skagwav. a distance of about ninety miles, the precious metal was carried practically practical-ly unguarded, save by one man. When the train was about twenty-one miles from Skngway, the Faited Stuts ustorns officers broke the r.eal of the compartment to count und test tke boxes. It is understood that In this stance the boxes were not broken. The transfer of the gob! was hastily made to the steamship at Skagwny, SKATTLK. Wash., Sept. 11.-Gobi j bullion valued at 557.500. pan. of n. shipment of $170,000 from the Waii- Ington-Alaska hank of Fairbanks. Alaska, to the Pexlor-Horioa National Nation-al bank of Seattle, on the stcamshi.i Humboldt, was stolen In transit and lead substituted In the strong box that had contained IL Stolen on the Yukon-"When Yukon-"When it left Fairbanks oiT a Yukon Yu-kon river steamer for Dawson and White Horse, the ;old was contained contain-ed in three wooden boxes and were In the care of Ihe Alaska Express company. com-pany. When tin- boxes were opem il by the Canadian customs officers at Dawson the gold bars were fouu.l to be as stated in the express company's com-pany's papers. The boxes were opened again -. the United S'atcs assay office in Seattle Se-attle Friday noon, and (be theft ijU-c.ivered. ijU-c.ivered. One contained pirs of b : d Instead of gold. The seals of tie box were intact when It reached tho assay office and it was evident that th? roljbery had been committed on board ship. The gold was insured against loss by the express company. com-pany. Boxes Received Thursday. The boxes were received at tlx-.'V'Say tlx-.'V'Say office on Thursday morning, and remained there until the ugeui-4 of the consignee arrived next day to check up the ingots. It Is suppo il that the gold was stolen on the Yukon Yu-kon steamer between Dawson anJ White. Horse or on the steamer Humboldt Hum-boldt between Skagway and Seattle, There would have been small opportunity oppor-tunity for robbery in the assay of fice or In the short railroad run fro a-. While Horny to Skagway. The gold weighed 20 pounds, and the disposal of such heavy plunder inusi have required time and preparation. prepa-ration. The gold wa In the pnri-r'J cahin. arid it is not customary on the gold shipments to take clabcrjin precautions against robbery. Detectives working on the r.-i-q have made no arrests nnd bay the.7 have no clue on which to work. A Similar Robbery. The robbery was very much Hko one four years ago. In this casj SCn.nuu consigned to Seattle by the Washington-Alaska bank of Falrbaui 3 over the Yukon river Skagway rout was stolen from a wooden strong hor and lead substituted by Bobby Miller, night watohman on a Tacoma river steamer which ivis carrying the gold from Fairbanks to the Yukon steam er that w;u to convey It to WhiM Horse. Miller concealed the gold la his state room, got It back to Fairbanks Fair-banks and secreted It so well tt.iit :ui"ter his arrest on suspicion xh-i owners of the bullion were glad t make terms with him. He was prom ised a short prison sentence it i.o ' returned the gold and he produced $5(1,000. alleging that the other Ji:.-000 Ji:.-000 haJ been stolen from hlui. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 11 United Stales Assayer Calvin E. Vilas said today that the federal authorities were absolved from nil responsibility by . tiie vault being opened and locked by I tin- telephone company electrical! . Trie box arrived at the office with ,-ealn unbroken, was looked up. an t tbe next day aj brought out wit:i the seals Intact The United States has n concern in the matter snd will make no '-fort '-fort to capture the robber The Humboldt sailed from Sk-- wv before the ro'da-rv was disrov-l disrov-l crtd aiid Ls now at sea. |