The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-21

The United States Mail translates from r.
paper the following account Of rccen, di,eovssx,
post-office robbery In Vienna, Austria, whi.ha1
veloped the astounding fact that Gle, in Tia, -
had, iu the course Of two or three year. been NJ
to secrete and appropriate, undecided over 80,
two thousand letters-probab.y over a hr,s,,9.
thousand We have been brought officially IN 49,,
tact with mail robbers, the extent OF who's go
tions was BY no means uncomfortable bn, hr -,
side OF their transatlantic confreys ,he.c So,
must hide their diminished heads and ackno.s.,y
themselves but the nerest tyros aud bunsa,s in *.
art of letter stealing.
A colossal post oftice robbery has been detected
which has been going on for several years ~,
name Of the guilty party il Kalab Hi, lu,y !, u.
Vienna post-office was the Asserting Of on,ro;a,
ietters, Tor which purpose he had two table. n, h
disposition, one Of which tables was provided with
drawer, serving as till, above which was an a,
erture Tor the admission OF money. Through hi,
aperture he dropped such letters ma he thousl,
proper to purioin, removing them at u conyepirp,
opportunity TO his home for the double purpo.e a.
rihing them Of their valuable contents and ,skby
on the postage stainps- which be resold-ena N.
sum realized by him from this latter source slop.
zaid to have exceeded 1900 horns--about s. In
For long time past complaints had been made a
the non arrival OF letters pos:ed in the Vienna A.
fice, but the postmaster. with genuine Austrian o,
fetal nselence, habitually treated the reciaiusn,
as calumniators aud revointionis.s The dstectIoo
of the eulprit was brought Aboat by the eircum
stance Of young man calling 10 requss, the with
drawal of u Letter mailed by him ~ minu,ss mo-,
yiously, but which had already been appropriate,
by Kalah. whose Suspicious conduct and embarrs~
ment on the occasion caused an inquiry and search
to be made, which resulted In ths discovery Of Ri,
crime. A short time afterwards largo number a
persons in different parts OF Europe were surprisd
by the receipt of letters from Vienna some da,ra
far back a. le6D. hearing on the envelope uusL
printed notice "Purloined end restored" Ths.,
letters were those which were found In Kalabs k,s
session.
AT the commencement of his operations, Kas,
was accustomed to burn the stolen letters 10 b.
stove. but his landlord complaining of the ineory
nienee CAUSED by the smoke, he was OBLIGED TO q.
continue the practice and preserve the eydeuss Il
his crime. IL IL presumed that be pnrloinsd ~,
less than one hundred thousand letters, Of whi,a
sixty-two thousand seven hundred and W. ant vwes
found in his, possession.
For several days commission Of thirt cen ps,
sons were engaged in the -yieuna Post.ot6s.
from early morning until late At night in count
ing, sorting, and preparing o liz. of the sto.a
Letters. which were contained liz eight large bags
such OF them Rs had been opened were resealrt
and forwarded TO their addresses kalsb had
accumulated an extensive collection of photo
graphs, abstraeted from letters passing through
his bands, and in his room Were found nun,
Der OF cigar boxes containing postage s.slr,ls
OF ali denominations which he had removed afil =
wettng the inside Of the envrlopes by means 81
certain tools. ingeniousfy contrved as leave no
'osc " h' oPctatiou AAS StALhPs ne iuan care
fully dried pressed and gummed; taking Them IN
small quantities tn the office. and re selling them TO
the public, disposing Of about twenty I'VE OF thirty
forms worth per day.
The arrest Of kaIah caused great exciiemfsi
among the citizens Of Vienna and much indicn lion
II expressed by those tn whom bis rascalfiy has
caused so mcch Inconvenience and loss The tisf
man language Is fertile in epnhets, AMI he has r.
ceived the soubriauet of hric marse or .le,,.,.
weasel HIS trial has not yet taken place
In fpsa e.
Is held TO Do sr oSeio nfalible and whoever shout
venture to throw doubt upon the rect itrda Of IN
imperial employee, would be cons red a mslsOr,
slanderer. Bun for this fact, says the paper iruz
which we translate. this gigantic robbery would na
have been carried on so long undeteSied