Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-03-19
Heavy nlail Robbery in Cleveland.
rProm The cleveland Leader Of Nfarch4.l

We are again called upon to record
another outrage upon the Union mails
which was committed at the Union de,
pot in this city, on Monday night.
Owing to the severe snow storm, the
New York express. from Cincinnati,
with the through Eastern mail, due al
Cleveland at 6:20 A. NJ, did not arrive
till 6 P. NJ. The mail agent at the
Cleveland depot, Henry Frissel, upon
the arrival of this train, had not been
informed as TO whether a train would
go east, and he deposited the mail in
his room at the depot, the usual place
of keeping it when connections are
tardy, and lett the building at $50 P.
NJ. Upon returning half an hour
later, he discovered that the room had
been burglariOusly entered through
the only window which opens into the
apartment, from the west end of the
building.
There we're nineteen locked boxes
and pouches in the room, three oi
which we're gone, ana the lucky alarm
probably saved many more from sim
liar fate.
Immediately upon the discovery oi
the robbery, Officer Caster, of the de.
not police, made a thorough search Of
the depot and its surroundings, but
failed to find any traces of the missing
mails. Nothing was discovered, how
ever, till yesterday morning, when
some persons found a large package d
rifled letters in nall up one OF the
stairways on the south side of Superior
street, below the American House. All
the envelopes were missing from these
from some unaccountable reason, and
from the incomplete address and post
marks upon the letters themselves, il
was impossible, in many cases, to as
certain from or to whom they were
sent. Many valuable papers were
found, such as checks, drafts, money
orders, &C., and these could generally
be identified, owing to the strictnest
and care of most business men.
1t was at first thought that this pack
age was all taken from the pouches
but later in the day two other largt
parcels were discovered. One wal
found by Detective Schmitt, just be
fore dark, III a passage way over N.
Heiseps confectionery store, on Su
perior St., a short distance from whert
the first was found. The third pack
age was found by Mr.. s. Featherstone,
lying In the hall, In front Of the dool
to his bindery, No. 144 Superior street
1t contained several hundred letter.
wrapped in q newspaper, aud carefully
tied up. In the latter case, and proba
bly, in the former, the parcel must
have been placed there during the day,
rs it could scarcely have lain through
out the day in frequented hall with.
out being discovered. It is obvionl
that the object of the villains in thuI
scattering the parcels, was to throw
the officers upon the wrong track, aDC
thus assist their own escape. In botf
OF these two packages the envelopes
were with the letters. although sepa
rate. -
So far as ascertained the thieve
reaped lean harvest of greenbscks fol
their pains. Indeed, mail robberiei
don't pay nowadays, but little money
being sent by that agency. 1t is ID
nearly all cases transmitted in money
orders, checks, drafts, &C., which, o.
course, are OF no more value thaniwastt
paper, to persons other than those Il
whom addressed. In the first package
examined, one letter was found from
the house of Jay Cooke & Co., New
York, signed ''ritt Cooke" which con
tanned an enclosure OF $25. In one Of
the others was letter without an envel
ope, dated New York, February q, ad
dressed to " Fannie, "and signed ''Pitt,"
which mentioned an enclosure of $50.
These are all, so far as We could learn
which contained money. Not the least
possible clue has yet been obtained o.
the perpetrators of the bold robbery,
None OF the pouches have been found
Cardinal Antonelli, the Pope's able
Prime Minister. is going to retire Oh
snug fortune of sixty million francs
(Sl2, 900 900 in gold). The Cardinals
health ia also somewhat delicate, hav
ing suffered from over application tc
business and money-making.
The Pope has finally granted a dis
pensstion for the marriage of Princt
IHumbert. heir OF the Italian throne,
-.iAb hin nnr,nix, fhn Pninnnnn MarnIiar.