The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-11-11
up the sunls he had abstracted, and was


up the sunns he had abstracted, and wa
not prosecuted. $. .s~,ggsa..u< }o rf4.ai %.
T. RoBBRD By UIs SON. 3. ...n
Ea ~ very large percentage Of dspreda
lions on letters 10 made by the fam lilies Q
men who suffer, continued Mr.. nepro
las ~ example Of which recall, JUS
now, the name Of celebrated claim
agent,of Washington City. He was. IL
the habit Of receiving every day larg.
fees from his clients IN all parts Of the
country, and he came TO the Post Office
to complain that quantities OF his let.
tiers were daily rotsl,ed Of their remit.
tances and returned to the writer's with
taunting remarks appended, as: "Didn't
you think this money was agoing
straight? You're fool to think that
your casl, can reach the agent! Robbed
BY the Post.otfice man; try again! ~
The agent came to the Post oifice
with loud complaints Of dishoncst )
there, and the Postmaster asked me to
investigate the case. saw speedily
that the emptied and returned letters
were superscribed with the left hand. 1t
bothered me to know what object there
could be in thus returning the covers oi
robbery, and l was sure that no Post
office clerk would be SO bsurd.
! dropped Il couple Of letters to the
claim agent, and in day or two called
upon him. .. .#rt
"Who gets your mail from tile Post
office: 90 '' .+.n "oft
My son brings It every morning."
"Well, it's your son that Is robbing
youv' .'n' J. .-...a
The old man flushed up, indignantly:
"My sou, sir! That il a Islander! 1t IL
He Is the soul OF honor,
and my chief assistant j. g.. .r .no y ...
"Well, do you want me to examine
him." a >'"H
i "Yes, sir: but you will find it vain.
He Is my only son."
Directly the boy came in, and ad-
dressed him:
"Did you receive, yesterday, two let
ters from b and J--:"
mo, sir"
, As he said this, a rcd line started
from his jaw and ran up to his tenn
pies.
"Look there" !" said to the father,
II don't always believe In marks of
guilt, but how is it that your boys faee
flushes like that when merely mention
two names? Thomas, it is necessary
that / sa""'.i, .e,, ~ ,---.t
I searched him, and found nothing.
"There!" said the father, "you never
were more Off the track In your
life"
"Thomas," said |, "whero do you
,leop: ! should like to go to yosr
room"
Arrived ut his room I opened his
chamber secretary, and there saw one
IF the envelopes had myself direct
I'd.
"Thomas, what are you doing with
That envelope :'' 3" @.
He threw up his hands. ....s
81 own up he cried, II am tho dep
"What did you return those letters
with remarks for, In your left hand
~*~":5
"Recause did not want my father to
lose that money. wan ted the people
to know that it had not come TO hand,
so that they might reenclose it,"
took tho boy again to his father,
who said, in tone Of triumph:
"Well. sir, suppose you are salts
fed ?" -... ...s. .s....
"Yes !" said I, ~ am satisfied thas
your son is a thief"
Father" said the boy, "he's right. I
AIN guilty" ......
The old man burst into tears.
II leave your boy with you,' con-
cluded, "there Is no charge against him
unless you make it,"
LETTER CARRIER CUTTING THH MAIL.
"Anotler case that ! figured in,'
continued Depro, after l had questioned
him some time, was that of agreat
quantity Of riAed letters aud envelopes
which had been found in the harbor Of
Baltimore floating against the base of
Federal Hill. There were several hum
dred of them, coming from all parts OF
the world, aud though no complaint
had been made, it was probable that
there had been an extensive robbery of
the mail took all the envelopes and
patched them all together, and | found
that they were directed to certain quar-
ters of Baltimore exclusively. Some
parts Of the town were not represented
at all amongst those addresses, and OBJ
serving this, 1 inquired ofthe Postmas-
te how the carriers received their mail.
He told me that they sorted it over up
OH great table seperately. Namberl,
who served number ! route, selecting
his letters; then number ? picking out
his, &c. BY consulting my envelopes,
/ found that numbers !, ,. 3 and4, must
have received their mail before the
came to his turn, because
not one OF tho rifled letters were direct
"a To THAR districts Nv exnionapp WAS