Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-12-08
Serious Charge against n Mail
AgCmt.+RHis Arrest for Stealing
Money frOuA q Post Omce.

AgCma. .LHEis Arrest for Stealing
Money frOuA q Post Omce.
Yesterday morning. young man named
Edward de Steiguers a route mail agent be-
tween This city and Marietta. was taken into
custody by deputy Sheriff Hirst, in connec-
ton with Thos. Sha,lcroSs. the special mail
agent, on the charge Of robbing the Post-cffice
at Athens of q package of money OF about
$I,0"O. The history OF the matter seems to
be that de Steiguer, whose brother was post
master at Athens, was in the habit of being
about the Office, and that ON the i4th of Oc
tOber last, the package OF money was deiiv
cred to him to be transmitted by mail to Hiram
G.. Daniels, st Pomeroy, but which never
reached it's destination. A letter announcing
the mailing OF the package, however, came
safely to hand. Suspicion at once fastened
upon de Steigusr and the special agent, and
other officers. have since been engaged in fer
reting ou, the matter.
About the same time that this package was
missing, it is stated that another containing
&66 was given him as mail sgent, 10 be deliv-
cred to q Mr.. Whittemore, Of this city, but
which is also missing. The officers thought
the circumstances appearing against the ac-
cused were sufficiently suspicious 10 " arrant
his arrest, and he was therefore taken into
custody in the bar-room Of the Henre House
yesterday forenoon. On being informed of the
nature o. the charge agains him he unequiyt
ocaIly asserted his Innocence. He was "a ken
before Commissioner Newhall, who req quired
bail in the sum Of 81, 900. Steiguer 1ips then
placed in the custody of Deputy Mai1hal w .
L. Mason, and his brother at Athens, f,fi his
brother law Rev. o. NJ. Spencer, OF .eflla,
were telegraphed to. but neither havihg aT-
rived last evening, and bail not being forth
coming, the accused was last night lodged in
the c"unty Jail by the Marshal Between
sixty and seventy dollars in money were found
on his person when arrested. The examina-
ton will take place on Wednesday next.
The above as taken from the Cincinnati
noil, 70 oT fsA AtL
Messenger comments upor it as follows;
We copy the above from the Gazette OF Sat
urdsy. The other daily Journals of the city
contain similar reports OF this affair, all OF
them more or less incorrect in the details
We are not aware that it is ccntended, by any
one, that the Sl, ZOO package was ever en-
trusted to young lie Steiguer. The money was
enclosed in registered letter, and deposited
IN the office here to be mailed for POmeroy
The young man was then acting as mail agent
on the NJ. & G. Railroad. and it remains to be
shown, as we understand, that he was even
ABOUT the ONCE al the time the money was de-
posted an lost.
Numerous sums of money, mailed or depos-
tied for mailing at this place, have been lost
or stolen-these losses extending or running
back through period of several months
| They have furnished theme for conversatlo on
and Surmises by our citizens for a long time
but there are very few, If any, W no are willing
TO believe ha: young de Steiguer is guilty OF
| The charge alleged against him. We have
known Tor some time that the secret agents OF
the Department were on the alert; and many
suspicious circumstances have reached ouI
&c rs in reference to the matter; but these ru.
mors and surmses we have thought best no,
| to make public.
As is very well known in this comm u nifty,
young de Steiguer has inf fluential and highly
respecta BILE connections. His father, brother T,
! (the postm aster here,) and others, are now
with. him. He will unquestionaby receive
the aidsof the very best legal ia lent in his be-
| half; and we trust, as know it is the uni
versal hope of his numerous acquantauces
here, that he may be able to establish his in
nocence beyond all question.
Geo. Lee, Esq, Postmaster at Pomeroy, H.
G. Daniel, Banker, Dan. E. Smith, A. M.
Williams, and w. Gillespie, witnesses in the
case, left Pomeroy on Monday night of las,
week, to attend the trial, which was FIRST sci
| for Wednesday. but afterward postponed till
Friday. Their testimony relates principally
! TO the fact that the money did not arrive at
Pome roy in the mail on the evening in ques-
ton. Mr.. Daniel returned Saturday night
having given his testimony at an early stage
of the proceedings. The others ard expected
to return to day. Mr.. Daniel heard but little
of the evidence, and could give no guess as tc
the result There are reports here to-day o
other arrests, but as they are not authentic
it is perhaps best to say nothing about them.
We shall probably be able to give some of the
particulars next week. The 8 900, we un-
derstand, was sent from the Marietta Bank tc
Daniel & Rathburn for NJ. Nye & Co., millers,
Middleport. 1t is not yet known upon VIII on
the loss will fall Probably suit will be
brought to determine the matter, if the money
Is not recovered.
CLERICAL SHYLoCK.-The Chicago papers
lately unmasked "wolfi in sleeps clothing u
named Rev. Enoch F. Burr. of Lyme, Conn
who, it seems, held deed OF trust upon the