New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18

IMPORTANT ARREST FOR RoBBISG THE MAIL
An important arrest for stealing letter packages from
the mails made at the Albany Post. Office 90 Sat
urday morning, by Special Officer HobroOk. For q
number Of months past packages have been OCCASION
ally missed from the mails between tia. city and Bos
ton among them packages 10 Hartford, Westdeld,
Northampton Boston and other ofhces. IhsIs was
evidently systematic stealing somewhere, and the ef
forts Of Postmaster Con.tock AMI Of the cek-
brated Special Agent, Holbrook, have been d.
reoted to locating u and detecting the th.f. Mr.. Ho
brook has visited Albany number Of times, and re
peaedy been over the route TO Boston, and sortsd
to all the arts which his bong experience Suggested
for ferretng out the difficulty Ii vas ooIy ar care
ul psrson Of variety Of crc1m tances, and aftsr
various Ddivi uals had been suspected and
ted, that the officials engage the investigation
ten days ago, arrived AT the CONFUSION that Ge,rgs
Bsrtbol, new, driver Of one Of rhonpsOrs Express
wagons which carries the mails betwesa the Albany
Post Office and the Boston Railroad Depot. wa the
oeprsdator. Measures at once taken u keep an
eye on him, and Mr.. HobrOok having arrived 10 the
city late on Friday night, on saturday morning,
at 81, O'Clock, aided by Dir. James j. johnson, As-
ss.spt Poetnaster wstched bartholomew opsr .,iors
from secret point Of observation, snd say him steal
n large package OF letters, mailei At MlSankes fr
b stop and put u in hs pocket He wis arfeete be-
foie be left the flee, and tho package foand upon
HIM and alsc quite quantity OF postage stamps, and
acme fifty OF eixiy dollars VI western mossy wbca
had doubtIess been abs.acted from letter.. holo-
new Old not attempt to deny his Grim naty, bat
fessed N the taxing Of packages for Bsny months
pact. He wss taken before United safes Csnms-
siorer Hilton ard conn TIED to si. ~ await an ea-
animation. Assistant =. NJ. Johnson ami & sp.4an
Thomas, foreman of the distnontionroom 10 the
Albany Office, contributed materially 10 the detection
81 this crime This arrest lie an iDportsn. one, aIf
viii probably PIT stop to series OF dspsedstioos
Which have FOR time given the Pos.-OGi,e Gn-
thoit.es muck anxiety. Bartholomew gained acesss
70 the pecksgos by 0ficiousy aiding, wnils vai.iog
for biz mail bags, in filing ard locking them. The
offender has wiie, 10 whom he has been married two
years, and father ard mother, all residing in
Albany, and highly respectable upon whom this blo~
has faQen with crussing weight. lie has hitherto
borue groc character.
George Bartholomew, The young n.n VINO was de-
tcctod Saturday lsst in The ~ sIe .ng ak
age of leters f.on the mailing department In the ocs
10 Albany wss srraigred on roesjay aftsrnoon,
sbou. o'c'ock, before United States C,nnisa ,ner
III top Too witoesses were p astsr Com
toek and Assistant Postmaster JohDsoa. The former
fssutad TO tie oss Of packages rioee August ss and
tle latter to witnessing the thsft by B,nc o'one1
The stolen package contained twenty esht essr. "a.
Iee:ed 10 psr'ies in Boston. Taese letters ccn;~nad
bf@een 5000 aid s. 0,y in money sod drsss. we
dsrtand that be will plead guilty ID toe "nsAse aAS
thIow himself upon the mercy ii tie Coarf-