Show j j A MINT SENSATION Ucoverj oi I Secvit Tunnel Hun lHr Towards tutu Sim Fran I I clNco EEraiich Mint I Tho San Fiancisco Gal of Friday morn ing contains a sensational account of an I alleged attempt to rob the Tnilod States I branch mint by jneans of underground I workings According to this narrative r the ttouldbe robbers attempted to gain I access to the main sewer on Mission street and follow it up to the mint where they I intended to run u tunnel from the sewer I penetrate the basement wall and thus I gain access to thevaills A few months since two men rented the basement of the building at 775 Mission street and immediately took possession thereof The paid a months rent in advance and for some time nothing was thought of the matter At length however the curiosity of the neighbors was aroused by tho apparent secrecy with which thonew comers conducted their business When asked what they were doing they said they were working on an invention Recently both men disappeared leaving rent unpaid and the door of the basement was burst open by the proprietor It was then found that a tunnel a foot and a hal square had been dug under the street to I a distunce of sixteen feet in the direction of the main sewer The Call says the case was put into the hands of a detective but nothing further could be discovered I |