The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-02-17
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A Mail Bag Romance.
Council Biufrs Sonparcii.l

l. III DeccmDer, 1915 tne IOcal agent
Iofthe Postoflicc Department who had
charge Of the malls al Pittsburg, pa,
concluded it would beia good scheme
\ TO commence robbing the mails, and
knowing that he could not carry il
out alone, leagtied in with coniod-
crate WHO had Ii connection with
the postage service. They planned 10
operate on The bags in which valuable
matter is transported. They, began
BY stealing one bag bodily, the con-
federate carrying il away = This they
followed up witlIamakhig off with |,
bag everyday or every other day, un-
Ill i've bugs lad Disappeared.
| The conlederates CARRIED the rified
bags to the agents house and secreted
them there. Tile disappearance OI
the firstubag ofcoufse raised pn in
quirys and when, the second had gone
the same way a special agent was
sent out from Washington TO investi-
gate He Swallowed tile local agent
and his pal and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
tThel delectives knew that the bags
were lost either through careIessness
or. crime OH The part OF the local agent
He caught the two robbers IN the1 acti
Aof lifiiIig thelastnniailbag, and after
waiting silently until the, agent had
finished his work, asked for the
pouch. The guilty man was fright
ened''- confessed his crime and be-,
trayed his coalederaie's name and
movements. The officer .ornanlented
JheD agents wrists with. a pair Oh liaiid-
cuffs, and escorted him to his house.
In the meantime the pal, who hadsuD.
Observed overheard the5 colhession,
had started for the agents house, giy5
ing the alarm TO his wife, and oh;
aimed the cut, bags 10 destroy such
damaging evidence asR they would
constitute. Couseqhelitlyiiwhe the
officer and hisiprisoperghad arrived
at the Fhopsesthe pal had stolen q
tnarohHf0n them and the Bugs were
gope,o Then the deteciiye tracked up
the pal, fouudsheihad gone 10 HARRIS
'Durg and telegraphed the j, officers
there tor arrest Ainl, Again the pal
swas to- sharp for, them, for lie LEFT the
train . I, OH outside station, and when
the train reacliedl dlOthei main itlep6t he
Was iiot' thereodHliel detective learned
'fr0in tie ageutrwllere, the pals triepds
were iindlIarrisburg, started oh the
next train and succeeded III arrestiiig
robbcr,nuifrbefitwo. ,lphe bags were
mot lost 3utigone hefore.n Thecon-f
federatc had ibouylita cheap, big ,ya-l
Use at atPittsburg,, packed them, IN il
and carried them 10 'ffafrisBdrgih lie
acknowledged fhdtiif The Interval be.
tween his baTrivairand his arrest he
had secured a boot box, packed them
in II and shipped them by the Amer.
icaii express 10, Council Bluffs direct-
ed to I. S. Carpenter, wnoihs he inti-
'mated was OH interesting party ~ The
next, proceeding owasitD recover the
lpyes,. and a telegram to Special
Agent 'Furray Of Omaha called the
Iofiicialo over to Council Bluffs to-
shadowahc box whoever should
call for it. 'MnsEuray arrived before
the box came and made that box and
the EXPRESS office the objects Of his
Itender9 solicitude for the next two
weeksuA Before he had been Iayihg
for it very long he, ,surmised that II.
J. Carpenter" was o myth and the
box would be obliged to call for IT,
self. However, lie remained until all
reasonable expectation had fled and
no one called and then reported the
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