Image 1 of Las Vegas daily optic (Las Vegas, N.M.), October 17, 1906
author: Anonymous
source date: 1906
availability: public_domain

VEGAS BAILY OPTIC VoL XXVII LAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 1906 No294 LARGE AMOUNT MONEYJISSII LEAK OF 100 IN UNITED STATES TREASURY VAULT AT ST LOUIS CLERK BLAMES BOOKS Chief Wilkes cf Secret Service Hat Been Ordered from Washington to Make an Invcsttgaton Washington 1 C Oct 17 Tbe nffiriala uf the treasury department hate bnit informed by E J Akins as sistant treasurer of IU Inited Stales at St IohU that lucre I a probabH thortaite in the account of the of fice of about SC1VV and at bin re quest the accounts are now being checked by treasury experts At bis icqnest also Chief Wllke of the I n lied States secret service has been ient to 81 lxwla with a view to de termining who It responsible fur thi shortage if it la actually found I a exist It la understood that the as sistant treasurer In checking up the rage n his office found the earn short to the amount stated but on bring confronted with the figures the clerk m charge Insisted Uat he knew nothing of It and that there mum b an error In the booking Aklna hjft eer a of