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Domestic News
October 20, 1913
The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
A reported $30,000 theft at the San Francisco Mint dwindled to just $7 missing, with silver dollars replaced by washers in vault bags. Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo received the report, disappointing Secret Service investigators.
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$30,000 THEFT NOW $7.
Amount Reported Taken From San Francisco Mint Dwindles
Washington.--Secret service men lost a chance to unravel a mysterious robbery in the mint at San Francisco when it developed that $7, not $30,000 is missing.
William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, received a report on the robbery. The amount taken, according to advices, came from the bags of silver dollars which are piled a thousand in a pack in the vaults of the mint. Huge washers had been substituted for the "cart wheels."
Amount Reported Taken From San Francisco Mint Dwindles
Washington.--Secret service men lost a chance to unravel a mysterious robbery in the mint at San Francisco when it developed that $7, not $30,000 is missing.
William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, received a report on the robbery. The amount taken, according to advices, came from the bags of silver dollars which are piled a thousand in a pack in the vaults of the mint. Huge washers had been substituted for the "cart wheels."
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
San Francisco Mint
Theft
Silver Dollars
Washers
Treasury Report
What entities or persons were involved?
William G. Mcadoo
Where did it happen?
San Francisco
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
San Francisco
Key Persons
William G. Mcadoo
Outcome
only $7 missing instead of reported $30,000; silver dollars substituted with huge washers.
Event Details
Reported robbery at San Francisco Mint involved substitution of silver dollars with washers in bags; initial report of $30,000 theft reduced to $7; Secret service men missed chance to investigate; Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo received report.