Litchfield enquirer., 1856-11-27

8HkAP OEIECI1xH = MActIG4 Sa#
Between four and five oclock Saturday ION
In, Dr. II WI. Fellows, : clerk n The Post
0ffce n B1flalo. was arrested BY j. K. Tyler,
Deuuty Sheriff. On q warrant issued By Justice
Wsldfoa, On complaint Of Post Master Dickie,
charRing him with robbing letters passing in
Che mails. Mr.. Fellows has held the situation
II copyinu clerk in the Post Once for about
twsnfy-thrce years, his duties being to transfer
the most bills to the rtcords Of mails sent and
rcceised. He Is o man about forty-ive years
If age, has wife, and one SON about seven
teen years old. He hss hitherto been consid-
cred respectable ma, and borne good
name
For seine six months past. money letters
posted IN the interior of Illinois and mailed to
che interior Of this State and New England,
have been opened on the route, their contents
.absfracted, and the letters rc-seaied and sent
to their destination. These cases were quite
frequent, and puzzled the mail SCENTS and the
Post Office authorities. 1t was long time
before suspicion rested on the Office in this
city, Il having previously borne high charac-
:ter. But the fact that letters from the West
were missed East of here, and letters going to
Canada were also lost, seemed to point with o
degree Of certainty to this Office.
This determined, aconstant watch was kept
on al the clerks In the Office, both in regard to
their conduct in the discharge Of their duties,
and their habits, places Of resort, and money
transactions.
For six or eight weeks, Major Dickie has
been in the habit of visiting the Post Office at
all times Of the night.
On Saturday morning last, between four and
Eve o'clock, Mr.. Uckie, who was watching from
the outside Of the circle, saw Fellows open the
mail bag, remove packages, open them and re-
psatedly put his hands into his pockets. 1t
Wss not his intention to surprise him at this
time, but as Fellows went forward to the light
he turned to the place where Mr.. Dickie was
standing, when he fed to the Office of the As
sistant Postmaster, bnt not quick enough to es-
cape observation. Mr.. Fellows followed him,
when Mr. Dickie told him what he had seen,
which charges he dare not deny. After some
conversation In which Mr.. Fellows wished to
kn0w If the matter could not be settled, Mr..
Dickie sent to Justice Waldron to issue war
rent, and Deputy Sheriff Tyler to make an ar
rest Fellows was conveyed to Jail, and in the
morning partial examination was bad before
Judge Hall of the u. s. District Court, when
q further examination was waived, and Eel
lows was held to bail in two suretics Of $4,000
each, to appear at the next term Of the U. s..
Court, to be held on the End Tuesday of Nov
ember, to answer to the charge Of mail robbery
The sureties being given, he was released from
cnstody.
Since the examination on Saturday, circum-
stances have come to light to fix the guilt upon
Mr.. Fellows still more concusivey than the d.
rect testimony Of Mr.. Dickie 1t may be prop
YER 10 remark that Mr.. Fellows was in indepen-
dent circumstances, was receiving handsome
salary, and had no excuse for the robberies he
has been committing for SO many months. 1t
j. said that he cannot be worth less than $l5,-
000.--Bsgaio Courier.