The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-05-24

! gation OF mail deprodations on n. l.. d r.
d ~. va. Please acknowledge rect, and
EDGAR Sl3LYE Srl Al r.. Cd.
az T. Garrett, Monroe, Ouachita Parrish, La.
OFFICE As'T SUIT E'fw.>s MAI. snRvIci)
-AHnS'ECI.A AGENT p. O. Drr'AK'r,
New Orleans, La, April IA, 1873, J
Mis- G. \. L'HoMMED1Eu.
Monroe, Cunciitct I,t.iSh:
M3da'''-EncloseI herewith respectfully
li'llih Eo!i IA lei'cf which came III my POSSES
SION during an Investigation OF mali dcnro-
u;,iioi,s on North La 4 Texas r: E'd. said
when received ut this office.
Very rcsp'N, your oh't serv't.
EDGAR SlLYE
Special Agent p. .. D.i,artuicut.
E!oi'S" acknowledge receipt and ohii:cc.
This Agent, il Win be noticed, not
only fixes the fact tll:it dcrrrt3t,tious
have h"nn committed on thr mails, bat
fixes Ill" locality: -s'nl. lire y. /. G y,
H"i}.OCHi." Thus, VIC have aa official
;tvowat OF the dcprc,!ati"ns exposed by
the Ti:L!:G:i;tr!r
NOW, the question COMES UD-u.ho
committed those leprctlations Some
Of the letters forwarded by Solve show
conclusiVcly that They were broken
open. He states, in returning these
ted on the Railroad. lie has, (accput
ing his statement as true investigated
these dcNr"tlatioils. What has his in
VcstiGation shown, more tiian what he
has ovowcd, namely, that dnprcdations
were committed: 1t is absurd 10 say
that there wore Expectations, Il, E%ulyc
has said IL these letters, and then TO
say there WAS no dcprcIutor. There
IS HstH{ IN this affair. There were. mail
robhofios by some one. WHY di1 not
this investigation go on to the extent o.!
asccr;ailing ut least hou illi.; Infamous
crime was committed, if not to asccr-
tam, As iii the eases of Pipes and Hu-
chanan, both caught by ScIyc, whose,
hants were guilty Of the cnorlnoii-
oiienso OF tearing open letters; CntyuSt-
ell 10 the safe delivery Of the mails ::
Was ii enough to notify these ;urtfc.;
mat their letters had been broken omen.
without aiiording thonl7 as well a. The
tcttcr~Wr:tiny public, the assurances.
either that tho guilty persons would be
punished, or tlat if letters were sent
through The n';til5 they must be sent at
thcrislS Of being robbed. and tI,ot when
robbed the government would be pow
crlcSs to hiScovorand punish the Wronc-
do2rS:' Ihi5 is not IL trivia! matter. to
DC dismissed with pooh-poohs. !; i.
something serious, in Which the cntirc
people have al interest.
But aside from ScIyc's official a,{mis-
>iOns, there arc two curious and Sttn.r,,,-
tive incts connected with the three let
tors named above il Sclyc's letters.
They We're all bulky.
TWO OF them contained two pnOt0-
graphs each, and the either was two
letters in one single cuvulOnC. The
Fact of size and weight Is significant OF
tho purpose Of the person who opened
them. 1t is also significant that one
was po<t-nlUlI'cd Memphis, September
., tho second Columbus, Miss. Scptcln-
Der S, and the third Jackson, Miss.
September 10. Taking the distances
ana connections into consideration
these three letters left N-icksbure vcr\.
nearly on III" same day. they certainly,
left Oh the same rHr, because they were
all found on Tie same car. Now. N AE.
should thrco ~st~h letters, travelling 50
near together, all bulky, all plainly AL
dressed, al accompanied Owe .--lunr1
by Way-hiil5, 10 delivered broken opcn
to Il Special Agent, whose special duty,
j. tea iHq,Iir. into F.4 1.-,,- y