The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-01
THE UNJUST SUSPICION.

"Wait a moment for this one"
The speaker was a middle-aged gentle
man, Mr.. Morton, who was rapid,
/ writing the address on some letters.
Yhe one waiting was clerk in thi
establishment Of Morton & Co., Tremon
street, Boston,
sit is Necessary for these to be mailed
! tonight to 90 in the first train to P. il
the morning. There is a small amoun
4 of money in one Of them. 1t ought t
be sent TO the pOst-ofice, suppose, but
il is late, and guess it will be SAFE
enough to mail It in boz"
! yes siF," and the quick-motiOned
handsome youth Of nineteen went on
to the nearest letter-box and deposited
them therein. r
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AIr. Morton looked up from a pile Of
letters he was perusing as Byron For
sythe entered at his summons. q have
received no receipt for the money yoU
mailed last Tuesday evening. Did yoU
make no mistakeP' eyeing the youth
sharply.
f'I mailed them, sir, at the corner be
returned, respectfully, the rich blood
mounting b his cheeks as he compIe,
hended that he was under suspicion.
b" Strange, muttered Mr.. Morton,
''WaTTen is always punctual-neYeI
knew CareIessness like this before on
bis part. We'll, you can go noW. lie
dashed of a note to the gentleman IA
ProVidence and mailed it.
The next day he received answer that
the money had not reached there. He
again summoned his young clerk.
/ do you still maintain that you mailed
the letter all right?9 flfE4F-
81 do, sir" Again the blood rushed
painfully to his face at the imputation.
Mr.. Morton eyeing him suspiciously
through his glasses, thought it proof
Of guilt.
%, q have written to Warren, and ne in
forms me that he never received the
money. You see, siT, under the circum-
stances, can hardly trust you. NOa
may be innocent, but it looks suspicious.
/ cannot retain you longer unless l have
complete confidence in you. / do not
say that you have acted dishonesty. but
II looks dark, sir, daTk."
And Byron Forsythe, with his proud
sensitive nature stung to the quick by
the unjust suspicion, went out Of the em-
plOy Of Morton q Co., with his scanty
earnings in his pocket, to seek employ
ment elsewhere. ~ q
Two policemen belonging to station 5,
Boston, met at the junction Of their re-
spectiVe beats, corner of fremont and
Dover streets. about 8 a. m. Themselves
in shadow, they spotted" man stand
ing at the nearest Ietter-bUT, seemingly
engaged in something questionable.
After .glancing around hastily, anO dis
covering no one in the dim starlight,
he unlocked the box and transferred
the 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
a heavy hand on each shoulder, demand
ing what he was about.
HI am mailing a letter" he said,
readily, resenting the interfereRcs.
"A letter. YES. Let Us see the contents
of your pockets"
Finding himself cornered, he pro
duced a handful of letters.
Sorry, but we'll have to invite you to
take a walk with u.s. And, forming a
SQUAD of honor, they escorted him to
the police station. He seemed to have
something in his hand that he wished
to be rid of. They gave way purposely,
and soon heard slight click on tile
pavement. Not easily baffied, sharp
search with matches brought a duph-
cate key to light Arrived at the lock-
I'D thew relieved him Of the letters and
left him to await his trial.
Mr.. Morton, running his eye over the
columns of the journal" lighted upon
TINS item:
E'The man whom officers White and
Patterson arrested for robbing letter
boxes has confessed that it was not his
first ofense. A quantity of mail mattel
has been found with him, amOngs
which he owns he found several sums of
money. 1t can be seen at - depart
ment of the post-Ohce."
Mr. Morton rode down town to the
Office. Asking to see the recovered mail
matter, he ran his eye over them, and
was not much surprised to find the ones
he had given to his clerk to mail that
Tuesday evening The money had of
course, been abstraCted, the envelope
having been carefully opened at one
end, and it still contained the note that
accompanied the money,