Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-09-16


IEGENIoUs VILLAINY The Postmaster Gen
gral received this morning report from the
indeiatigable special agent of the Department,
in the section referred to- detailing the partc-
uIars Of d recent case OF fraud.
A man BY the name OF w. P. W. OF
Cairo, Greene county. New York. was indebt
Ell to the Rev. NJ. B. Of Westviiie, Conn.
! III The sa u oil 500. W went 10 Cats
| kill, ten miles distant, on the 29th June last,
aud called on ciergyman an acquaintance Of
! his, and while there wrote letter 10 Mr.
| B, stating al the same time to his friend,
that he " isled to remit In The letter 500, aud
requesting him 10 accompany him W. to
the Catskill bank, for the purpose oi obiai;;ing
500 bank note in exchange for small bills.
The note was placed IN The letter. wafer alb
tanned OF the cashier. and. accompanied by his
witness, W proceeded at once to the post
office and deposited letter in the letter box.
On reaching its ploce OF destination, the letter
was opened b. the person TO whom addressed,
in the presence oil the postmaster, but the
money was missing At the bottom Of the
letter appeared the following notice, written
in very coar.e unnatural hand:
MIR. B.-l take the liberty to borrow this
money, but send the letter. that you need not
blame the man What sent il TO you.
Posr Boy"
Unquesionably a bold robbery had been
committed by some postmaster or postofice
clerk, and each one who was ID vored with an
inspection Of the riiled letter, expressed his
opinion in turn, as 10 which OF the offices
through which the letter had passed was most
directly implicated. The case was at once
put into the hands of The special agent, who,
aliera full investigation, arrived at the follow
Ing result
The letter. with the message from "Post
Boy" affixed was prepared beforehand, not
" IL emitting double and ragged seal, to give
il the appearance OF having been broken open
on the way from the bank 10 the postoffice,
This letter lous substituted for the one contain
ing the money aud thus The honest witness
was completely duped, supposlng he had seen
the letter and money safely put IN the office.
In the course of the Investigation proof was
obtained which fixed this attempt at fraud SO
clearly upon W., that he admitted his guilt.
CoNrRAcrs FOR RAILROAD IRoN The Hart
ford and Providence Railroad Company have
contracted tor three thousand tons OF railroad
iron, weighing go pounds to the yard. The
contract is made with The firm OF Thompson
x furnam OF Boston, al fifty dollars per ton.
The iron IS TO be delivered at New York next
spnng. The contract at present prices abroad
Will leave a very handsome per ceniage OF
profit to the sellers, but at the same time ii is
with two cxceptlons-one Ct the Utica Co.,
al 1880, the other the Erie Railroad Compa
ny at 1913 -us favorable TO the buyers as any
bargain which has been made Tor foreign rail
road iron. by this contract saving 10 the
amount Of $4,000 is effected on the original
estimate OF the expense OF the road, in which
the probable cost oil the iron was set dow at
500 per ION. The total saving made on the
original estimates for grading the bridge over
the Connecticut river. and iron for this road,
exceeds 500 900. -Hartford Times.
MARRIED.