Demoine courier., 1856-01-03
Romance Of the Post Office.

Romance Of tho Post Office. .
We make the following extracts from
a book just published, sold BY Dewey
the title OF which is Zen Years Among
the Nail Bags"iby :. Holbroek, being
Note, f,om the, Diary, Of aspecial Agent
Of the Posi- Office Department. ) sgot
CHEATING THE oLERsY-ANs INGENIOUS
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Our collection Of seuieide" Delinquent
'cies would be incomplete, were We 10
omi, the following case. which was in
,vesugaied by The author not long ago,
and in which nota little Ingenuity, OF
The baser sort, was displayed. l. will
serve as a specimen Of numerous Class
Of cases, characterized by attempts TO
.deftaudaome co,rer pondeat,aan to fas
blame of fraud upon some one
icoanecied, with the pos, office. We
could give mahysinstances of a eimilar
kind, did our limiis permit Z ssm
% A-aperson Of good s,nndiug in conf
mnuity, who laid claim not only 10 nor
al, bu, a religions character, was " isaang
ia a large town on the HUDSON riwsr,
about mid way between New York and
Albanv.ri This person owed clefgy-
man. living in New l1avsn.i Con-, abe
sum OF s$l00;and onel day he gcsIledsai
the houeerof another ~Aclevgyman Of HE
acqusintance in the tow rsiIneulioaed.
aud requested 30 be allowed shs priyi.
lege Of writing'a letter there to his cier'
zeal creditor, in which the sun due tina,
gentleman wac 10 be enclosed. WI iting
materials wersu furnished ssnd he pre-.
pared the letseria the study of his obiig-
ing friend, and IN his presencesaa ssssa
Altar he had finished writing sit,i ne
said, 10 the clergyman, Nov, % the
mails are not always sssis,slI wish 10
be- able 10 prove that | have actually
sent the money! Il shall, therefore, con-
sider il q great favor if you will accom-
pany me to the bank, where | wish 10
ob,ainsa hundred dollar note tor acme
small trash that | have. and bearwilness
hat ! enclose the money anddeposit,he
letter ia the post Office"
The reverend gentleman readily accs-
ded to his request, and wen, with HIM to
The bank, where . bill Of the requirea
denomination vas obtained, and placed
in q letter, which was then sealed with a
wafer, me clergyman all ths while look
ing on.
rhey then went 10 me post ollee
which was directly opposite the bark)
and after calling the attention of his
companion TO the letter and lis address,
the writer thereof dropped il ir.o The
letterbox aud the two persons wen. heir
several ways,
The Letter arrived a, New Haven in
due course of mail. and il SO ha2pened
that the clergyman to whom j, was ad
dressed wac al the pos, Office, waiting
70. the asserting Of the mails. lie saw
a letter thrown, into his box. and called
fot it as the delivery widow was open
ed.
Upon breaking the seal and reading
The letter he found himself requested 10
.'please find one hundred doI;ars."' &c.,
with which request he would cheerful
" Nave complied, but for one slight cir
cums'ance, namely, the absence Of the
bank motel
Thi. fact was apparently accounted
for by q postscrint, ,wiitten in q heavy
rude hand, entirely diferen. from 10 a.
Of the body. Of the letter. and reading as
iYYAHNo s4aoM ~ fsa8 83assalsbs
"P, s. have taken the LIBERTY 10
borrow this money, bu. send the letter.
go thai you need, blame the man whA.
wrote il. 81 s,ln (Sigued.9 SID
81 ~, I'd b4xtssss PosT Box" at
The riaed document was imme date
ly shownslo tks post master, andin his
opinion. 10 well as that of the clergy
man. a darling robbery had been COM
mistsd. The latter gentleman was acs
vised by the post master 4 10 proceed al,
In New York, and confer W ish the
agent. aud al The Same sine TO
lay all the facts before ahss Postmaster
General He did so. and il was not long
before abe agent commenced the inses-
Of the supposed robbery aali
In addition 10 ahe postscript appended,
the letter bore other indications of hav-
ing been iampered with, which at frs,
sight would seem almost coclusiye on
this point. Upon he.enyelope we're two
differing in0 color, zone partly
overlapping the other, as ifs,hey had
been pu, on by different persons a. diff.
timess "a ta3 w2N
Notwithstanding these appearances,
were circumstances strongly con-,
with the supposiiion that the let
Ter had been robbed. The postscript
was an unnatural affair, for no one gull.
y OF opening q letter for the purpose Of
,ppropriating its contents, would STOP 10
write an explanatory postscript, e,pecial.
y as such : cours would increase the
chances Of his own detection. Aud in
he present instance, there had been no
ielav of the letter 10 allow Of such an
addition. sttlradas ,iasAf uaaar9F SCI
By a vis;tto the office where the let
er was mailed, The agent ascertsined that
I must have left Immediately after hav.
ng been deposited. and the sdvanced
'se and excellent character Of tho post.