New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20
INTENSIVE MAIL ROBBERIES.

From The Chicago J5u,Ral, Jelly u.
From the closing Of the Mississippi River until lts
opeurg or from December las. until Spring, The ms
which, in the Sumner months goes up the river, vas
obi Jed % 20 overland sLd route u pass through
,h. flee Preston, MINI, of which Luther Preston
VAS Postn aster. TIE m.ils from Phi sdephia Troy,
barry ana utici and other Eastern cities, passed
thr, gh this office. For hong time during this peri NJ,
mcuey I'd let ers, draft checks and letters containing
vsusbes were nssei. Some time IN January last,
tstu'y lsfd warrants sent "a parry 10 ST. Paul never
reached :, cir destination Some two weeks after, the
all sgert Uncovered in the following manner, the
where 4bouts Of portion of the MISSING mst'er:
A half brother Of Preston, the Postmaster, named
Join M.rrck, arrested a. PEORIA II. about that
time, for rgiug the name of w. 1. Judd upon two
crss s,rt nom Troy, y. " 10 parties al s.. Peters,
MINI. Previous notice Of the loss and a full descrp-
iion of the drafts had been sent 10 yacus BANKERS and
brokers'
Merck undertook 10 negotiate these drafts al Peoria,
Al they were instantly recognized the msslog
The boz ke requested bin get the landlord OF the Viz
eIis llOuse {" identify him. aud While he was gone
procured officer who arrested him upon his return.
Ga his person found two of the identical land
warrant. which hsd been taken out of the Office at
Preston by his halfbroher the manner of proceeding
berg tor Preston 10 open the letters, take out the
documents, mail them % Mernck under the assumed
Dae # station The latter negotiated them and sent
Preston Laf the money. This Merrick confessed after
bis ariest
The day bef re Merrck's arrest, his wife or mis-
'ress, Who was formerly the wife of one Rines who
kept the r-tretsurant under The Masonic Temple, III
this city, some three year. since, and VINO has one
Lu bar in the Peniiensry al present for forgery and
CONTRIBUTING suddenly left Peous. After hl- ar
rest, G. T. Bradley Il Co. were notified by the 20 IT.
master of Peoria that she hal LEFT. \ dsgueueotype
found in Merrick trunk, gave them clue 20 her pei
sonal appearance.
Mrs. NJ. first came 10 this city and stopped az the
An erican House and left again on the 18th of June
TIE officers got rack of woman, whom they sup
posed 10 be the right one, tracing her 10 Wheston
tleuce TO Nsperve and finding her about three miles
in the country from there She proved, however, to
be the wrong one The officers returned to the city
and once started upon the scent and this time
successfully The woman vas traced through Indiana
to Van Writ, Ohio, and theoce TO Dunkirk, y. Y,
where the 9TH of July, hye days after she left this
city, she found and arrested and brought back 20
Chicago Upon her person stolen trait was found,
which had been sent from Danvie, n. Y, and also
draft for 500 Thus two The accessories 70 the crime
aueed the regulators Of the stolen property at
Preston MINI.
At the time Merick acknowledged the affair at Peo
ria dispatch Instantly sent 10 Worden, the secret
mail agent at Detroit He went down to Peoria and
o ked into the mster and started at for Preston
MerIick at about tne same time, wrote q letter To
Preston warning him, but by an expeditions route
Noren reached there before the letter and arrested
him, all NAV Of ms fate, that his brother and
lister bad been arrested. He taken to 81 Paul
ard committed. Word sent Of the successful
rect of Menick and bis wife, and the United States
Commissioner issued & warrant for them, and armed
with the commission, Sheriff Bracket Of the above
place went TO Peoria secured Menlck. The charge
Of forgery dropped and he brought to this city
Yesterday, To join his wife. United States Judge Drum
mond OF this city, indorsed the warrant aud the guilty
pair left this morning for ST. Paul. 70 join their still
more guilty brother.