The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-30
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ACCUSED BENT ON FOR TE1A George WI
Cook, of Culpeper Court ouse, was ayester-
siay brought before United States Commits
sioner aGhahoon on the charge Of rohbing
the United States mail. His counsel init
mated their desire to wniyedn examina-
ton, but the Court thought best to get the
evidence in . form to he presented before
the grand jury. i3S sIss
Captain d. B. Parker, special agent Of
| the Post-ofice Department, testified that
| within the last Six or eight months he ned
received, several different times, cases from;
/ the Post.sfice Department covering conn
plants Of losses Of numb Of valuable
| letters mailed at the post -ofhces Of Luray
i and Alvin, Page county, Liberty Mills, and
/ other points In that part of the State !; !.
/ which letters, he found from the addresses,
had necessarily passed through the post
i Office at Culpeper Courthouse. Visited Luz
i raw on the evening Of January "a; mailed
letter, containing seyen dollars, United
currency, addressed to w. w. Beckwith,
mo. g University Place, New York city.
Il This letter,sin due course Of mail, would
4 leave Luray on the 26th, and would show
the same by the post-mark. II. would be
4 conveyed thence by stage to Culpeper.
mailing the letter, witness left,for
7 anMaper. stopped at q point between Luray
f ing of the rifle, and waited until the morn
: examining the malffn the stage passed "a nd
Z Of his Office as special agefiss keys by virtue
!. the letter was safe. Then rode p9ga gnea That
ryyille and waited for the stage, and agaif
inspected the mail, finding the letter still
J, safe. Repeated this after passing every
# Office until after passing the last Office be-
n xl,ar
8 rodeinto CulpeFer, and delivering hishorse
went ,totheeder6E and. waited the arrival o.
!. the train Tor the eagt,-gby which theglettel
81 should be maiIsd ssfon that office. Upor
tie arTiya of fter the Gul
Il I'D beene iissfed Is the agent
B witness EXAMINER the contents Of thepouch
s.lsThe letter was missing. Some two hours
~ had elapsed since the arrival of the stage
and the departure of the train. Then wen
into the village, and called upon o gentle
man, Captain McNulty, and requested hin
+ to accompany himto the post-ofRce, desiring
e THAT he should witness what transpired
: Went together to the post-ofice, and fount
. Mr.. Cook, deputy Of the postmaster, il
o the Office. Requested him to send for MIR
o Lawrence, the postmaster; which he did
e i When Mr.. l.. came, witness inquired VIII
!, received the Luray mail and prepared j
for the train. Learned that while Mr.
% Lawrence was present when the mai
y arrived, Mr.. Cook prepared and distributed
h it. The former, being an old man, does no
perform the labor Of the office. Then sale
& to Mr.. Cook that q letter addressed to New
York came by the stage, and certainly wen
into the Culpeper office, which did not gott
the train, as it should. He denied any
:, knowledge Of the letter, and search wal
d made, but without success. Then told Mr.
% Cook that it would be necessary for him t
'e submit to search, and requested him t.
81 Law his pocket-book, etc., on the table
which he did. Handed Captain McNultJ
the description Of the notes enclosed in the
missing letter, and requested him to com
: pare the notes in Cooks pocke:t-boo!l
d Herewith. The first note was identi
! fed as one of those marked, and alst
), another. Then told Cook that it wal
4 unnecessary to go further, as this was thu
. stolen money. He at first denied 1t, and
: said that it was paid him by tailor early
= in the morning. Asked if he had paid out
!, any money since the mail arrived. He SAID
4 he had not. Witness then called upon
!. Captain McNulty and Mr.. Lawrence to de-
: tain him until a magistrate could be found
= w emit DefOre q magistrate anu mauc dliIuaF1I
9 upon which a warrant was issued. Return,
d ing to the post-ofice, and questioning the
9 accused about the missing note There were
e three mailed) and as to what he did with
! the letter, he said finally that he had given
the note to his brother, who worked in 8
printing office near by, and was at once sent
9 for. His brother gave up the note, which
y was found to correspond with that mailed
= and missing. Captain McNulty then tool
y possession Of the notes. After his brother
! left, the accused said he had burned the let.
u ter in the top Of a spittoon In the room. Ar
;, officer shortly afterward arrived, and took
y him in custody on the warran already OBJ
tanned.
Captain Parker then identified the notes
y exhibited in court as those which he mailed
: at Luray and obtained ut Calpeper, as
. stated in his testimony.
!. The accused was sent on for trial before
: the United States District Court, and com.
!; mitted to the Libby in default of $4,000