The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-29
The Post Office Robbery In baltimore.
From the Baltimore American. Nov. 27.I

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The charge against William H. Martin, for purloning
letters from the Post Office containing money fur
ther examined INTO on Saturday morning, by United
States Commissioner Hanan, and resulted in his COM
initial to prison for trial in default Of S. 600 bail COL
James L. Mcguire was present. and testified to the
terial facts published in the american of Saturday
morning. He testified that he informed especially
OF the loss of letter containing s43 sent by Mr. Joshua
Cockey from Cockeysvile to Mr. Reese at Westminster
and he therefore determined to the route between
those points by way Of Baltimore. On Saturday he
proceeded to Cockeysve and requested the assistant
old Patapsco Savings Fund.- together with two gold COINS
which were marked, Of the denomination Of $2k and
took the precauon to the letter put into the pouch
He also had another package directed to Pitts6eld
ing that when it arrived at the latter place the mistake
of carriage would be discovered. After the pouches
put upon the bag at Cockeyvlle he entered the
mail and requested the agent to open them, that he
might be the packages there. upon examina
ton he found they tAyre, and endorsed Money
as he had them at the Cockeysville Post Office
The package for Pittsfeld contained two $40 and
s5 bill and s. gold piece He saw the mail agent lock
night he called at the Post ONCE in this city, and exam
ined the pouches for the places to which the letters
directed and discovered that they missed He
then examined the boxes where the matter always put
before mailing and did not succeed in finding them On
Sunday night after the pouches given to the stage
driver to be certain that the missed packages not
in them, they taken into the private Office Of the
Postmaster the contents thrown the floor and care
On Monday morning he communicated to Col Snyder,
the Assistant Postmaster, that the robberes
mitted IN the Baltimore Office Having taken descrip
ton Of the marks the coin and the contents of the
letter he gave duplicate to Col Snyder, intending to
90 to Norfolk Post Office business He waited how
ever, and again Monday night examined the mail
boxes without success. On Tuesday morning suspicious
having rested upon Mr. Flynn the assistant in the dis
trbuting department he was requested to go into the
Office of the Postmaster, when the suspicious
municated to him. and he was asked to submit to
search of his person and premises which were
readily assented to and done. Martin was,
"wednesday morning. called and told Of the sus
picion which rested against him, and like request
TO search IN made Of n M %ae no Objection sS 10 tns
front door, and which the key to the drawer where he
kept his money told him that II to search
pcion in the Office lie Col NJ would meet him at the
corner of Gay and Second streets When they reached
Martins house he showed the drawer which contained
the money. There small box in end Of the
drawer containing half and quarter dollars in silver
coin asked him II he had any gold to which he replied
that containing the silver In this box found the marked
pieces which had been deposited in the letter for Jockeys
replied that he got it from the Chesapeake Bank. He
said that he had some Of them at the Post Oce;
did not say where he got the s2s piece The pieces
were here produced with the paper impressions which
correspondent. There mark across the centre OF
the date and another reaching down to the edge of the
coin Had given Col Snyder description and paper i'm
pressions before the money was found
Col. Henry Snyder testified that the first intmaton
he had Of the suspicious Of Col Mcguire Monday
morning and corroborated the conversation detailed
by the first witness the examination Of the mail boxes,
and the examination of the pouches in the
private His suspicion nrst rested upon rnn,
told that gentleman of his suspicion Tuesday morn
ing searched his person and premises without finding
anything .
Col Mcguire proposed to search Martin and went to
the Post Office Tuesday afternoon, but II was post
poned until Wednesday morning in consequence OF the
absence Martin He fully corroboraed the statements
OF Col M, as TO what passed on "Wednesday morning,
the searching OF the person Of Martin and the departure
from the Office for the residence Of the accused party In
half hour from the time Of the departure, Col NJ re-
turned TO the Post Office with Martin and The missing
coins, and Martin placed in the custody OF the
Marfhal
There were no questions asked for the defence, nor
were any witnesses examined, whcreupon the COMMITS
soner fixed the bail at So oO0 In default OF which ne
was returned 10 prison The sister OF the accused was
with him during the examination, both OF whom were
in another scanned deeply gricved at the
situation in which he was placed.
The family OF the accused knew nothing OF the charge
against him until after his ccmmitalto prison on We'd
ncsday Afternoon when az his request, the fact
communicated 70 them by Col Watkins, the Marshal
The produced the greatest astonshnent
which succeeded by Of truly ptiable
TO behold The accused has wife and three interesting
children. besides whom his mother and sister reside in
his family, and TO the aged parent the shock vas
severe one,