Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-08-27
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sTuF ARREST OF Mr.. BRAYMAN AT CHICAGO.
Our Chicago papers contain accounts OF the
arrest of Mr.. J. O. Bsayman, assistant editor Of
the Democrat, for stealing money letters from
the post Office drawer of Messrs McNally & Co.
The Press says:
Mr.. Brayman has been in the habit of taking
the exchange papers of the Democrat from the
Office early in the morning, before many persons
were about, and MeNally's drawer Is near that
used BY the Democrat office.
on Wednesday morning last Mr.. Brayman
was seen to open McNally's drawer, but took
nothing out there being no letters IN 1t This
was not thought much of by the officer, as Mr..
Brayman was well known, and it was supposed
he had opened the drawer by mistake, suppos-
ing it to be his own. On the following morn
ing, Thursday, another person being on the
watch, Mr.. Brayman was again seen TO open the
drawer and take out seven letters, one of which
was d.coy letter. containing ten dollars in
bank bills. As may be presumed, the officers
we're not a little astonished at this but aware
that Mr.. Brayman was an intimate friend of
McNally's, and still believing it impossible that
he could be guilty of larceny, thought it better
to wait before arresting him and ascertain If the
letters were not returned to McNaily as there
seemed strong probability that they were TAX
,
Friday, the letters not having been returned to
their owner, the signal mentioned above, was
arranged ana strict watch kept. MIR. Bray
man came to the Post Office as usual, ard after
taking the exchange papers out of the Demo
Gratis drawer he 40 ain opened McNally's draw
er and took cut three ietters, putting them in
his pantaloons pocket. As soon as Brayman
commenced unlocking the drawer, Darden sig
nailed officer Dennis who Immediately looked
,,,4o nuh ha Mr.
Brayman shutting the drawer. Mr.. b. then
started through the alley towards Clark street,
followed by Dennis, who took him into custody
before he got GUS OF the alley and brought him
back to the office, where he was searched and
| The letters found upon his person. In his peck
ct was found key which opened MeNally's
drawer.
After his arrest his house and his room at the
Democrat office were searched by the officers,
but none of the missing letters were found.
The le@ocrGt has the following notice of the
affair. ~ 't'
PosT.0FFIcE RoBBERY.-Mr. McNally, of
the News Depot, had been missing letters for
some time and q secret watch was placed over
his post office box. AS Mr. j. O. Brayman
went to the post office on Yesterday, he noticed
a lad run away from the post office box of Mr..
McNally, lasYn~ the key in it and the box
open with several BttDrs in 1t, CIR. i.rsYman
rock the key and the letters and started for Nc
Nallys III order to tell him about the boy as well
rs TO secure him his letters.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Brayman, he happened
to be an employee of this Office So Paul Den
mis-, a discharged policeman and tool of Doug
las, who acts in the capacity or post ON ,e agent,
had Mr. Brayman arrested for robbery of tile
mails and let the boy go.
1t is the general opinion that had Mr.. Bray
man been an employee of the Times, or had he
been anything else but an employee of the Dem
ocrat, he never would have been arrested. Mr.
Brayman has always been behind his account
with us, and we owed him over one nunprea
and fifty dollars yesterday. He is a member of
the Baptist church, and Treasurer of the Illinois
Baptist Association. His examination takes
place two weeks hence, and he has given the
requisite security. No man knowing Mr.. Bray
man can doubt the result of this conspiracy.
WISCONSIN It's RESOURCES with Lake Superior its Com
and Navigation Including Trip up the Missssp
pi and canoe the ST. Croix and Brule Rivers
to Lake Superior 70 which is appended the Constitu-
roads List Of postsofices, &C., with Illustrations and
authentic Maps of Wisconsin and the region of Lake
Superior BY JAMES 5 RIroHIE Philadelphia; Charles
Desilyeri keene & Lee, Chicago.
The above is the title page of a work, Cor .
copy of which we are indebted to the Publishers
The object of the writer is fully set forth in tho
title, and we have only to see how he has sue
ceeded in his undertaking. There is no kind Of
writing more delicate and difficult than this
where it is intended to be authentic and reHa-
bic The writer must content himself with most
ly bare mention and arran cement of a mass
of facts with little opportunity for draWing upon
the fancy, however prolific it may be, and the
reliability of the work constitutes its claim tc
popular favor, judging the work in hand by this
standard, we are happy to bear testimony in its
favor, The writer, as a general thing, has kept
pretty close to nature, as far as we are personally
acquainted with the original of the picture, ant
we commend his book to those who are or ax
pect to be interested in this portion of the great
| Northwest.