The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-18
I searched him and found nothing.

ser secretary, ana there saw OIe VI the
envelopes had myself directed.
| Thomas,E hat are you doing with that
lenve!ope?
He threw up bis hands. Town up, be
:ried i am the depreda.or.
| w hat did you return those letters With
remarks for, in your lett handwriting?
| Because | did ros want my father to lose
| hot money! | wanted the op!e 10 know
tha, it had not come to hand, So that they
might re enclose 1t.
| | took the boy again TO his father, who
said, in tone Of triumph:
We'll, slr | suppose you are satis>
fed
,Ye>!' said |, I am satisfed-that your
ron is thief
Father, said the boy, he is right. L
am guilty /!
The old Iaan burst into tears.
/ leave our boy with you, | conclud'
ed, there Is no charge against him unless
yon make 1t
! The eon was soon after sent to visit the
! West.
LETTER CARRIER CUTTING THE MAIL.
| Another case that figured in, continued
Depro, after | had questioned him some
| time. was that of grea, quantity OF r1ed
!
found in the harbor of Baltimore floating
against the base Of Federal Hill. There
were several hundred Of them, coming
from all parts OF the world, and though DO
complaint had been made, it was probable
| that there had been an extensive robbery
CT the mail. [ took all the envelopes and
patched them together, and l found that
! they were directed 20 certain quarters OF
| Baltimore exclusively. Some parts of the
! town were not represented at all amongst
! those addresses, and observing this, | IN
| Qulred Of the postmaster how the carrier
! received their mail He told me that they
sorted 1t over upon great table separate
/ y. Number One, who served Number
I One route, selecting bis letters then n UNI
Der Two picking out his, and so forth. by
consulting my envelopes, ! found that
Mum ers, One, Two. Three and -Four must
have received their mail before the r0Ober
carrier came 70 fIlS turn, because not one
Of tie rihed letter were directed to their
districts. Ny espionage was therefore re-
duced 10 the remaining carriers, and L
pitched upon one as the cuiprit because he
had lately been buying some property. 80
| went to his snug little home while he
was off on his route, and his wife confirmed
my notion that he was making investments
beyond his honest means. W bile | walt
ed, he came in, aud | told him that was
a detective agcut, and wished TO satisfy
myself of his honesty by going through
the house, to which proposition he readily
assented, alleging that everybody IN the
poStothce was anxious TO see the depredatOr
secured, and be concluded by saying that
as | should possibly want TO search up
stairs, he would go up aud unlock the
trunks, closet, etc.
As he went up stairs, slipped after him,
IN minute or two, and peeplng through
the crack of his bed-roo door, | saw g
hand glide from underneath the bed and
it was quickly withdrawn.
Mr. Adams, said |, what are you do
ing by that bed? Come out this way
Why, | was unlocking the secretary
here, to give you chance.
| felt under the bed bottom, and brought
out large bag OF gold.
Adams, this is good deal of gold for
a poor letter carrier to have gu hand. What
were you doing with your arm under that
bed?
L surrender he said It's no use. |
robbed the mails for good while, aud
threw the envelopes into the Patapsco, sup
pos NJ The tide would take them out, but it
carried them ouiy as far as the opposite
side Of the haro0r
He plead guilty to robbing one letter,
and by the AID of smart lawyer, got only
two ears in prison, was pardoucd out,
and actually recovered at law the gold h9
had stolen
ONLY ONCE a THIEF, BUT FOR $40, 900.
You would be surprised 10 see sometimes,
continued Depro, how people become rob
bers 10y the mere hablt OF handing valua-
bies, which are exposed b. somebody 5
careiesSness. \ short time ago; ii package
OF bonds to the amount OF $4,000 was
stolen III New DIRK CITY postottce. They
had been sent from Newport Rhode Island,
and were for soldiers widow warrants, ETC.,
50 that the outcry was natural, aud 1t came
from all sides. The bonds were bulky to 90
inside an envelope, SO they were tied to
the envelope, but this fact we did not as
certain tlli we found the thief. The pack
age was put III a red backed envelope, sig
ultyiug a '.registered letter. Now at the
p0sluihce msli Is tumbied upon a large
table, and consecutive clerks 20. Trough 1t
energetlcaily, each picking cut MS portion.
First OF al! comes the Gle < % registered
letters-whI"h are always important letters
and him We surrounded with spies Tor
two years III vain for nothing was seen
In any place Or at any time to give US
wink OF evidence that he was the
culprit
The real thief-let me anticipate-was
the newspaper clerk, who handled that
mail some time atterward The red back
ed envelope turned undermost in the ran
sacking, and left the wrapper on top, so
that the registry clerk mlstook 1t for GOV
cred newspaper. He therefore left 1t, and
so did successive clerks, TIL the newspaper
sorter came long. Discovering this prize
among bis books and newspapers, the lat
ter was seized with a sudden impulse TO
steal it, anu it was at once transferred to
the pocket of his oycrcoat, which was
hanging close by.
| The thief's name he may call Tippy
Kamsdeti, aud when we get home and
opened it, the poor pauper was SO over
/ come 10 End himself possessed Of $40, zoo
/ instead Of ten dollar bill that he gas
/ frightened out OF his little wits. he bid
4 the bonds for nearly two years, and we,
meantime, having exhaustlng all means OF
! detection, had gwen up the task.
Suddenly we received a dispatch Bond
! nanher IL 664 has turned up We traced