Show THEFT OF 3 I AT SAN FRANCISCO MINT IS RUMORED Superintendent Shanahan Refuses Re Refuses Refuses Re- Re fuses Either to Confirm or orDeny orr orr r r Deny Report CAN FRANCISCO Sept A A circumstantial circumstantial cir cm- SA SAN i. i report published here late today of ot tho the discovery of or extensive exten exten- sire sive thefts In tho time United Status States mint brought ht neither confirmation not not- denial from tho time officials of oC the mint Superintendent W W. v. v H H. H T T. Shanahan who recently succeeded s Prank Frank Leach beach In that Institution said Bald in response to 10 tot t all inquiries that any iny statement conI con- con Corning the time report must come from I Washington According to the rumor which Is said laid H to 10 have havo had hac its origin in the time gossip of or I mint employees a n. count Of f the time coin stored In tho tito mint which has s been boon In progress for tor some somo weeks meeks has revealed J systematic pilfering from front the sacks In n most instances the time thefts amounted 1 to no more than two or three dollars i from front an any ono sack but hut there thero were persistent per per- reports toda today that a a. bag g o of IronI iron I washers hud had been found in thu tho vaults It having ha been substituted for tor gold old Thirty government go agents have hae been at wor work on on time the count of or time the coin Which v was was ordered preparatory to a ath th change lIge in Jim the time office of ot the time tier in iii this city Some Sonic days dars will be t to complete the count According to tm time the rumor hn has been directed to one or 01 moi em cm- ID o of ot tIme the mint I |