, 1877-09-21


coming Of The freight sr.in when / dId savsd she
,so xe,a H. 9sgt
10 well known. the robbsrA obtained SEQ: 600 In
eoli from the eHpsess COT. and nbout s13 COO
ser, who was badly Abu.ed because lie wAs unah1o
csnE 81 bo q SsYy
| Tho opinion that all tralns aeroea The Continent
bhcuta be guaalea BY soiiicre. and tint corporal
wonders that no moro ruebtt1eA have leen COM
mittsd upon such an unprotected road. running
country.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
| sfoLEN IRON THE rpsT-oFFlcK AND now BR-
1Au LOOKED AFTER.
There are very fcw people who have correct
idea Of the magnitude Of the amounts OF money
transmitted from plaea TO place In the mails, and
but persons know Of the multiplicity Of the rob-
berries Of the mails committed snd never mentioned
outside Of the o!ical cffclcs-nnlcss the Fobber bc
detected and brought to punishment. That siate-
1ucnt will al the mort appear true when ftbccoes
known, "A this article intends It should be known,
that within tic laet two weeks 81. 600 In Canadian
currency was stolen from the mai In the Chicago
| Post Otlce. The fact appears from tho stAlc-
nlcn.a Of Government detectives who
have been set Al work upon the
! case. What they have accomplished they will not
Of course re!ato and whnt Ia known Of the case has
been cleaned from sources entirely foreign To any
connection herewith,
eomc tIme Axo-the exact date could not b
1earncd-a woman and man (ahu woman Is frat
mentioned because she Bccma to DO the
principal point In tho narration) called
al tho ollcc OF a prominent broker and private
hsnkcF IN this CITY md desired to convert g. coo Of
Canadtan notes Into money Of this realm. As such
an exchange was not NJ all unusual. tho broker un-
hcsItatlngly transacted the business, giving
in payment for the foreign scaah sons
Check on tle Third National Bank for Tho
ba1ance-somcthng over 81, 600. Tho woman
s 81 s:* @ss .ss ws v; X. imam nsp s }ss Da t.
saeh il 60 groundwork of the job which the de-
eon,sIsa'on ,on qSt ,ss Intended tSf Il. sst.
Change Soshins va. is.tned from lin shst at ooia
any suspicious appearance The conversion OF thu
money had been made In tho ordinary war. tie
to It. The woman who was tic chief factor ot
ono party 70 tho transaction was described b.
sis,cnt lii =. ocina 'stout5 eailt, Of Ffenei, cans
dian cast Of feature and swarthy complexion" OF
the man but lhtic notice ,ras taken. Tbe Go,ern-
eircumstanees ebors narrated and had lclt descrlp
tlGns d bI!ls which h.d bsea stolen anl which
,ss, Il p'::ssesoa 70: s.sssnss s1ssss .a I'D
broker. ..1 undefstaud TINT soms Of Tho bill
have been traced and thcy do not correspond 10
Tic fact that the woman did moi pscsent then, along
wit!, the st. 600 would Of ,tset psoye that sho
~. nos impi!e,ted t. in tho .heit becau.. thoto j.
led blla might b. In ths last batch"
In place a. large ~ Chicago there Is always to
be found class Of nen-and 1t has good many
sspsessnta@a!se.. @ too--xae know '.al that Is %.
iaF business. Perhaps they have d little
money. LETT dY 6QN1t ancient n1ni3rn
aunt. Perhaps they have not. That will
In thd most.fEcqnented hannts ut mcn. They arc
moi nyctao TO Willing away m hour In o saioon,
nor to sitting around bill!afd.ha1l watching tho
sa'ns LIZ S Ths
and generally mapsge 10 be sccn IN Iii
sporting occasions Thc{ arc ''ty" on criminal.
sEa!y 10 ae sa,4 .h;; ths, knew about ~ thet &
tho acquaintance ofNhcro Inch. The reporters
gus'ntance for. ends Of their own. a
'lMncxE reporter. In q 1uandafJ TO learn
moro Of The 81, 000 theft ealed into tclulstson Tho
verbal pump a. fo1oHs:
~ understand that you know something Of = re-
ssns roSees{ ,E q thsit y tho cheaEo ocs
By sp.ssding bsfoFe then' amy information which
Wsll." sala ths interrogssed, II know that
where think, IS, 600 VI Canadian money Il In.
VOWED. You 500 It WAS this way "-amd here tho
informant became confidential md related how he
reporter promised nut to souso The cont.enco; COZ
therefore the confession need not bo tela.eI,
.1n what branch Of the Tost.onaco did tho
II don't know, and can't Ind ont. The money
cxshansea down here u - place., ils then