The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-04-24
Terrible Affair IN Chicago.


jubilant over delectaLle iocal. which is done
up with any amount Of display lines and
as.onishers. At the first glance, one would
suppose q; least another Brayman affair had
come to light, aud that Mr.. Sheahan, the
editor Of the Times was making arrange
ments 10 take quarters in the splendid State
mansion in course of erection at Joliet On
closer inspection, however, we find the mat
ter issnot quite so serious.
About week ago. we recollect, there
appeared in the Chicago Tines, letter
written Ivy Isaac Cook, the new postmaster
at Chicago, Cor whom the Times editors
ton to one Nehenra Wright, postmaster AZ
Chatham, in ,h $ State. Said letter &C
knowledgcd the receipt Of ten dollars from
Wright, and urged him to attend the Spring.
field convention as Buchanan delegate, &C.
The Times published the letter as proof that
Coos had been levying black mail on said
Wright, as well as on other country post
masters.
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hold OF tie letter? That was the mystery.
On its appearance in the ItDaes Cook tele-
graphed to Wright to know whether he had
ever received the letter. Wright answered
that he had not. Theroupon Wright is
summoned 30 Chicago, where he swears out
a warrant before the L. S. Commissioner.
and arrests Sheatan & Cameron for stealing
the letter from the mail
At the judicial examination which fol-
lowed the arrest, Cook proved that he had
placed the letter in the hands Of the mailing
clerks Of the Chicago post Office. but that it
had never gone to Chatham. TIE inference
was that the Times editors must either have
stolen or had the letter stolen for them from
the Chicago post Office. On bringing for
ward enc Of the publishers of the Tins.
however. he gave this explanation Of the
manner in which the letter got to the 7imos
Office:
"On the afternoon Of THURSDAY last.
about 3 O'Clock, | went into the editorial
room Of the Times; Mr. Sheahan was there
alone; after being there about half or three
quarters OF IN hour, left the room with the
work rooms A. ' open"d -, ,', 10y, a., ''G,s
outside IN the passage ! found this letter
twas enclosed IN an envelope and addressed
TO u, re. Leitor Of the Times took the let
crv' in,c bn. o1 49, i.Sr ~ va an H eilf'
contained an enclosure. tbcrcnro.,
opened t, aud found the letter which haS
been intr Gnced here The address was
banJ H. ~, ,'.' ~ an 81 i1siy disguised
* nov. marked with tobacco in;cc c,c
The envelope was cru;np'ed up. and ap-
peared to have been carried for some length
- '..':s III I'M va one POCKET. l took the
cvnr,s.cG sEr,,,i.a -. rod ;, +,,',,s - .e
times, and asked me if | thought the sigma.
ture was genuine: my reply was that il was
= ooN s'-'''''ie.
" 'l'' mat "'u ho' heiP 10 unravei the
ny ri''n' n"' Il acquitted the editorS
- '''s '"'''' q '.'e charge Of stealing ana
'''aSsu nom arrest. ine proo-
"O"''y Is 'i'4' Tue Ie''er Scciueh'aiiy got on
'"e moor III t'e Ch'caso post oiice' was
swept ou'' anu F''Ncn up 'F some one VINO
sen. Il 'iie '".sS ONCE or lAefe IS traitor
N Inc IiiicaGo posi- once "ho stole the let
toF ana sent IL 10 Inc I'"es.
WIN Ar. "riehts explanation, the letter
appears to .asten nothing On Cock, Wright