The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-25

A Sensation Which Came Upon
the Citisens Of the Quar-
~ City.

Warressburg has Just had . still hunt
which 1t one time threatened some develop
ments which would have put . most repu
table family under . shameful stigma, and
which for time seemed to involve Post
master brown and . mail route agent oi
the government in the meshes Of great
scandal. Detective's have been peering
about for some time past trying to uproot .
mystery which wors = very bad aspect for
somebody, and which yet presented such
peculiar aspects - 70 battle their investixa-
tions.
These are the fsch: On the 18th Of
April the merchant nstion.l hank Of st.
Louis sent 70 the johnson county savings
bask of Wsrrensburg . rexist red letter
containing . four per cent. government
bond for $4,000. the property Of Dr.. Port,
. resident Of that place, but who 10 now in
San Diego, Cal. The letter vas not re-
ceived BY the bank, and after waiting q
long time the merchant bank put . port
Office detective on the trail and sent him to
make IN investigation.
The detective 1t once found that the
route agent had received and receipted for
the letter in 81. Louis, but he had never
received . receipt for il from Postmaster
John Brown st Wsrrensburg. and he said
be could not account for the reaeon Of this
Here vas . suspicious circumstance n
ones, and the detective, il seeming 20 im-
probable that in . package of that value
the postal agent should neglect to obtain .
receipt, lost good deal of time 10 trying
to find the bottom of the affair without 60
ing further.
But eli his efforts here proved without
avail and he then went 10 PostmAs
Brown. The latter Vas surprised when the
facts we're placed before him, but upon
looking up bis books he found that there
vas no entry Of the receipt of any such
letter. Nevertheless he declared that
be remen b: Cd receiving the letter and
had himself noticed the address. This
added rev mystery to the transaction. The
postmaster is . gentleman o. far above sus-
picion q any one, and this, taken together
With the fact that his own evidence was the
only proof that he had received the pack
age, and that If the crcokedness he'd been
10 his vicinity he need but to have held his
tongue TO cover the whole matter up,
made It certain that the detective mu 4 60
further, even If be Jared worse.
Finally the postmaster 60 diligently be-
thought himself that be discovered cine.
He sent one Of his young men to the houae
of prominent citizen Of the town, with
Instructions to inquire TOR the package, and
10, when the messenger returned he bore il
with him. Ii had been restored without
even . curious inquiry.
Then the story Of its los came out. The
letter hsd adhered closely to the bottom oil
another registered letter which was directed
10 the wife Of the gentleman st whose il
was finally run down. The two letters had
seemed to be but one, and this accounts fol
the delivery of it to the postmaster with
out the obtaining of . receipt. In the
hurry of the occasion, the postal agent b. I'd
also overlooked the fact that one of the let
ters on his list was apparently not delivered
and had thought nothing of the matter un
til he had received the unpleasant cal
from the detective.
The two letters had been delivered to thu
lady TO whom the one with the visible ID
dress Vas directed. and she had uncon
sciously taken il home. Then the discovery
Vas FIRST made that she had received some.
thing which vas not intended for her. and
the missing letter containing the $lO,0O(
vas laid upon the mantlepiece. with tn,
intention of returning il. Being . woman
of course she never found time. So there
it lay, gathering the May dust, Tor weeks
until called for, when 1t wss promptly
turned oyer.
The affair has something of the ludi
crous in il, even If DR.. Port did come ae
near to losing his bond. but all the partie'
concerned are 50 far shove supicion, beins
Of the most reputable residents of th.
Quarry City, that it can be looked upon By
no one % anything more than = series O
strange accidents.