Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-06
THE UNJUST SUSPICION.
"Wait a moment, for this one.D

h - w AIT moment rfOr this 0ne.s
1 The speaker was a middle-aged gentle
man, Mr., Morton, who was rapidly
writing the address on some letters. &
The one waiting was clerk in tht
establishment Of Motion 4 Co, fremont
street, Boston. 5 " ''''0
at is necessary for these to be mailed
tonight to go in the first train to p in
the morning. There is a small amount
Of money in one Of them. 1t ought to
be sent to the pOst-ofice, suppose, but
it is late, and guess it will be safe
enough to mail it in a box" ~
i "Yes, SIR and the quiek-motiohed
handsome youth of nineteen went out
to the nearest letter-box and deposited
them therein.
Mr.. Morton looked up from pile of
letters lle was perusing as Byron For
sythe entered at his summons. /. 81 have
received no receirt for the money you
mailed last Tuesday evening Did you
make no mistakeg' cycling the youth
sharply S ~ @B @ .
Il mailed them, sir, at the corner" he
returned, respectfully, the rich blood
mounting to his cheeks as he compre,
hended that be vas under suspicion,
"Strange, mutteted Mr. Norton.
"WaHen = aalBags pui5csaal-never
knew careIessness like this before on
his part. 'Well, you can go now" He
dashed of a. note to the gentleman in
Providence and mailed it, -lra q,
The next day he received answer that
the money had not reached there. He
again summoned his young clerk.
fDo you stilImaintain that you mailed
the letter all right? -.. -TT
Il do, sir" Again the blood rushed
painfully to his face at the imputation.
Mr.. Morton eyeing him suspiciously
through his glasses, thought it proof
Il have written to Warren, and be IN
forms me that he never received the
money! You see, sir, under the circum-
stances I can hardly trust you. You
may BE innocent, but it leoks Suspicious.
/ eapnot retain you longer unless have
conplete confdence id you.s i DO net
say that you have acted dishonesty, but
it looks dark sir, dark" L. 7Fa.u l..
And Byron Forsythe, with his proud
sensitive nature stung to the quick by
the unjust suspicion, went out of the en-
ploy of Morton & Co., with his scanty
earnings In bis pocket to seek employs
Two policemen belonging to station .,
Boston, met at the junction Of their re-
spectiVe beats, corner of fremont and
Dover streets, about 8 am. Themselves
in shadow, they spotted" man stand
ing at the nearest letter-b0x, seemingly
engaged in something questionable.
After glancing around hastily, an0 dis
covering no one in the DIM staEhghty
he unlocked the box and transferred
tile contents to his pockets. He repeated
the process at the next box. When he
reached. the third one the officers, who
had followed stealthily, concluding that
the situation was ripe, surprised him by
q heavy hand on each shoulder, demand
ing what he was about.
u am mailing a letter." he said,
readil " reseRting the iRteFference.s
Cant feiloW- ~ a 81
a letter yes Let US see the contents
of YOUR pocket" ~
Z T1fhding himself coFnered, he pro-
duced handful of letters. A ETEaU
Sorry, but We'll have to invite you TO
take walk with U.S. And, forming
squad of honor they escorted him to
the police station. He seemed to have
omething IN his hand that lie wished
10 be rid Of They gave way pueposeiy,
and soon heard a slight click on the
pavement Not easily baffled,a sharp
search with, matches brought duplf-
cate key to light. Arrived at the lock- !
up they relieved him of the letters ard
left him to await his trial i .-Ja
Mr.. Morton, ftnning his eve over the
columns of the Journal" lighted upon
FThs man whom officers White aud
Patterson arrested for robbing letter.
boxes has confessed that it was not. his
first offenBe. q A Quantity Of mail mattel
has been found with him, smongs q
which he oWnshe found several sums Of
money, 1t, can be seen at = depart. !
ment Of the post-ofiee." -, -, .-, =
Mr.. Morton rode down town to the
office. Asking to see the recovered mail
matter, he ran iiiS eye over them, ana
was not much surprised to Rhd the ones
ne mad given to his cleTloto mail that
E7eSday evening. Tue money had Of