The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-05-03

scene of depradations, and soliciting,
as he did in Pipes's case, the aid of
citizens in the effort to fasten this foul
robbery upon the guilty party: These
arc questions that no Sophistry is able
to answer. The bare fact of Selye's
failure to act after being instructed to
dc so, crontrasted with his previous
alacrity in small mail rcbbcries, is, as
we have said, not one Of the least sug-
gestivc features III this case. Has
Solye's conduct been such as to discon-
meet him with these great wrongs:
POSTAL RECORDS Al MONROE.
When we state that the mails for and
from most Of n ortia Louisiana, portions
of South y rl1ansns and East Texas pass
over the route from here to Nicksburg,
it viii be recognized that there is great
Importance in the fidelity of the agents
on this route. We have applied to the
Deputy Postmaster here, and have been
shown his receipts for registered letters
passing through this Office. These rc-
ceipts arc the only data preserved here
as to the Individual agent who leaves
on either Of the trains. On the 18th Of
October two registered letters were scnt
from this office. y letter mailed in the
railroad post oiiicc that day was found
among the robbed letters on Mr.. Harry
Lcwis's t::>i',, and that train lett Non
roc that day, as we learn from the Com
pany' ufticc. The receipt is not signed
BY any one, SO that we cannot tell who
was Oh the train on the 10Th Of October.
The letter Was addressed to Williams,
Grew Lake. w. II. IIauna rcceiptcu,
as agent, OH The 23ti,, Goth and Goth Of
July, three OF the robbed letters de-
svriboti abov" being post-narkcd the
latter date at Offices On the road on near
by. Henry iieWspll went cut on Aug.
D. the post mark date of one OF the
letters, bat it docs not appear OH whose
train. We are Informed, however, that
he generally went OH the other train,
us sub-agent for NIr. IIaelh, the regular
agent. lie receipts also for July 27, so
and 81.
The letter mailed November -, X at
Tailul;h on the railroad, and found on
the Harry LcWis; train, broken open,
may have been III the charge Of both
NJ. !-Iucih and ). j.. Ray, as the :No
exchanged cars at the siding, this side
of Tallul.lh, Oh that day. This is the
only instance where we found that tho
former agent was on the Harry Lewis
train At any tine definitely fixed by the
post marks: his being the other train,
OF which lie is, and has been, for some
time, the regular agent. Mr.. J. II.
Dinkgrave was Oh two or three days
about The 9Th Of November. These
several assignments and their dates
compared with the post marks furnish,
so far as we have been able TO obtain,
all the clue 10 The identity Of the robbcr,
one concerned seems evident. We
arc not familiar enough with the duties
of route agents to say where the guilt
lies. In fact; as this is only Il narration
of facts, prepared for public scrutiny, an
expression oC opinion IS not called for
From til" 9th Of July, the date Of the
oldest letter found, to the 22d OF NO
Vpmbcr, the date OF TIE latest. is four
months and thirteen day. During this
period Hanna had charge Of the mails.
with little interruption, the first two
months and 4 few days over. The re-
mainter of the time they were i'll the
charge OF Jas. Is. Ray, SO far as this
Office can supply lis with dates, except
for the few trips his place WAS supplied
As noted above. How extensive have
been t!lc I"prCl;;ttiouS committed on
this route can only. be conjccturcd from
thr proofs that dcprcHations We're com
mitlnN fora period Of over four months,
the evidences Of which have strangely
bctn preserved. The object Of the rob
bnrS appears to have been, from, the
letters opened. either the requirement
OF money, OF tho po~s, s-on OF private
intelligence.
rNit rINpI:I; INTERVIEWED.
IHat the letters were found and had !
been opened i confirmed by the tc>li-
in0nN o the Witnesses Iuttilnnu names. .
lipN-n N-n,..,,,l with