The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-23
ROBBING THE NAIL.
"A Tigilant and LynN-Eyed As
sistant Postmaster Does a
Neat Bit of Detec-
tive Service.
How to Live Like Lord on Salary
of Nine Hundred Dollars Per
Annum. but the way Leads
to the Parish Prison.

For some months past complaints have
been pouring into the Postof1ice here concern
ing the loss Of letters containing money.
Poor women expecting small remittances
would appear with streaming eyes at the
office window OF the Assistant Postmaster
and tell Of letters that had been sent them
with money, but which had never been re-
celved, and ask what could have become OF
them.
The Louisiana State Lottery Company
missed letters containing large and small re-
mittances, and concerning which they were
constantly in receipt Of complaining letters
The company receives large sums Of money
by mail every day, and the loss OF letters
came to be a very serious matter, but no clue
whatever could be obtained, and the whole
matter has remained vexatious but pro-
found mystery, both to the Postol1lce officials
and the parties who were the losers.
Postmasters throughout the country wrote
letters OF inquiry constantly about money
letters which had been mailed at their offices
1t certain times and had never been heard
from. These complaints
GREW 70 BE MoNoToNOUs,
Huu AesAsetsno oooiht'suol - - ii"nu uopo.
mined 10 watch ana see II u coulo possipiy DE
that any Of the clerks were
ROBBING THE NAIL
His suspicious, for various reasons, lighted
on Eugene Gardere clerk, who had been In
the office about ten years under various
regimes.
It appears that he had been suspected sew
eral times before under preceding administra-
tions, and had once been reported to Gen. Bad
rar hut tho latter's apnoiotment To tha noel.
80. 80 rs,,sste. 1891 49, -, 49, 20
IioH 81 Colecloi eauseu lhe nlattef 20 pe
dropped, though II would appear that the
nut-poinp Postmaster shouId have tatan
.,,s,,ar gto,e ~ Guard +ha f,nds in,r,,tad ".
pIopel seepe W eu"'u NY 'uiis ihelnsteu 20
his department by causing rigid inquiry
into the matter and, Ii necessary. the arrest
r,Y tha ofYander
Mr. 1..4 ,..4aha, " ,d,ra wore, rarr,,v,v.
- =. ~. Wn.olJu ,a lin ~ k 'nnpa IL
AHu slio Inoie ~ uueIi III, w - - ,a y, 49,
Iound cause W ,,t LIP ~ ,.a a - e
RecJ niln hs .ie ump..s ~ ~, - s.a,Sn VI 4
ne nI'sn Was seiy IVY i5aaiii; INV -
see h, miV A. Hmnt voc 81 the of1ion eo,,
c1Icn I'LL VI. ~ le was o. ~, .l1 olilIe essaiy
auu Laee, anu no ~ en- .9 w.
LIVELY arouseu' ne Goua ,i,au np e M'on
Wnlcn 70 uase pussl,tlTe ollal ~ - olilne anu
~ was au,.s po5I,ue ~ , - tharya IA
man gross lnlusl.leee. y VA, therefore,
necessary 70 move WIZ gtehL clrcuihspeclion.
Finally he concluded 70 resort 70
DECOY LETTERS,
"a number OF which he accordingly wrote.
One Of these letters was addressed to M. A. |
nannhinN New Orleans. Ia. and nost-marked
Mekinney. Texas, August Il, Mr.. Dauphin
is the president OF the Louisiana State Lot
tory Gompany. and II was sbrew6Ily s,lsnected
that letter having the appearance Of con
faininp money. addressed to him. would he
eagerly gobbled by the thief, Ii indeed there
were a thief in the office.
II was % arranged that the letter was
placed In the great mass OF mail matter ms
soon as the bags from Texas were opened,
and last Tuesday the nineteenth instant, Mr.
Hunt. who had secretly stationed himself in
the wide and dark corridor that runs Just III
the rear of the office proper, managed. BY
~ waeh lug ebta att n, pd'n ,nh
pane VI giass, W ~ ~ I'LL. Lslug Roou s'shc
III tno illeaioi on" VI .no o'ei ho "lo "oio
ASSUMING lHE MALL.
He kept his eyes specially On Eugene Car
dere but for the life of him could not detect |
ANYTHING wrong In his actions There was a |
peculiar furtiveness about his chances that |
was suspicious, but nothing more. Suddenly
Gardere walked out of the room where the |
mail was being assorted, as if to go to the |
water closet and instantly Mr. Hunt deter |
mined TO confront him and charge him with |
purlohs d assi IN. M , WAL L. =, -
sr nuu te seaea s pbses ~ a ~ WIseiy
nsoPp,ns ~ se aid IF hava III - y ~ ~ III, p W.
~. nn th;ef and have heen 1robbing liz mail
T W,, s,raei 80. au itto ~, - 80 ,.
dou !. HEY soG rdar. dM ra -
N.Y. ~ w. 40 e ,, aan - m eo oon ne, at'u 3.
Whas w you aea H. 49,, . 5, !isI wnaI
say ana nana ll,e .i,ae 'e1.ea' lepl,ea Iunl,
polhtlng, a. .lia sapie 1hhe' W olie vi me
pockets 10 Ils pa li.a,r $500. So
GaTdete uIeW nlllas ai .lp allu saau. nave
never TAKEN ietIeI siI zee, nave heen 10 the
govefnmeh,1 en9pioy. 10y aceuse ne wrong,
Iuily, sir VIII you leI ne search you
said Hunt.
5ardeferNo, WI ny
hunt men, s9raspihR mn ~ the collar,
I'll just take charge OF you. Come into my
Plisa.o unos =; 80 eioo 10 lo,,-d r,4,
M tha man and said:
s.r,rrr, ,,r,,,,r ~ .rc,,1Sn var
20 800 'N1'it'N ..#5m-5mm.
two months and | hllOW you nave been rob-