New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-21

| NOW lHE MI SCIf-SlEII. DISTRICT WAS CARRIED
A DAILY SERVICE THROUGH THE CROW RES
ERvATION FOR CARRYING ONE LETTER BACK
AND FORTH.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
FORT CUSTER, Montana May ia special
agent OF the Post Office Department has been mp here
making investigation OF Star Route No. 35156 and
has made report TO the Department at Washington
which contains odd revelations He said he was
mailing his report that the route he believed Of
those which located not far from the Milky Way.
TRIBUNE correspondent has made some Inquiries in regard
to the rouc and prepared to ndorsc his opinion. The
following facts substantially those reported TO the
Department the source OF information being the same
that Of the special agents and is perfectly Trustworthy
The route extended from White Sulphur Springs to
COulson and thence, fifty miles further through the
Crow Reservation TO this point In the reservation
there are, OF course, post Offices and under the
treaties he established. From CoulsOn there
duplicate routes the other being from Coulson cast
to Junction the north Of the Yellowstone all OF which
is open 20 settlement and thence from Junction to Gus
ter. the service being for seven times a week.
The special agent sitting in the Office here day
when the mail In. and asked: "what mail Is
that e. lie told by Mr. Wintermute that II the
White Sulphur Springs route.
"Why. in Heavens name. you don't mean to say you
are running daily route down from COulsOn through
that Crow country the end OF that route do
there Is daily mail from Couson to this place via June
thereupon instituted an investigation. He did not learn
how the service first to he placed the route but
Indications that 1t done by Delegate Maginns
OF Montana, some time last year.
The fret, about the first, known OF It here
from the arrival one day OF with mail pouch
from the direction Of Coulson. Mr. Wintcmutc the
sistant postmaster then alone in charge Of the Fort
Custer Post Oce, opened the pouch and found that 1t
contained jus piece Of mail addressed 10 the firm OF
which ne was member He returned this piece Of mail
O the pouch by Of Joke and day locked the
pouch and gave II back to the from whom he had
received 1t the day before This piece Of mail matter
went back and forth between Couson and Fort Custer
until II threatened to out the pouch be itself
out After time the postmaster at COulson Ice
came indignant and reported to the Department the
tcmpuous conduc Of the Custer Postmaster In
fusng to receive the mail sent him by this route
the solemn report have called forth n letter
from some bureau Of the Dcparmcnt-prrs from
the oGcc-to the postmaster this place, ask
ing him to explain why he did things thus.
Wntermutc, stl being IN charge wrote the facts to
Office and said that thi. circular his firm
all that hal the route adding that the
route wasa " fraud" Thcrcupon an order WA issued
reducing the service 10 trip week This some
time last fall Soon aftcrwa the postmaster Theodore
Bop who ia the -sionrd po-t-tradcr at this post
haing from Minucsota and enthusiastic friend ~
Mat Maginnis, call our Congressional delegate
NJ returned md took charge of the post Office
NHv-l llln'Hlh''i!' StH NV Hn"'IhN'' NV l'l-
Maginns thnt he tMasiuni-i and the Demo
cratic party would lose the Mp-ce-Shril coutfy
unless that mail scr' ice was pat back To- daily -cr,icr
Eofup deeply moved H. did not Ike to admit that
his business partner md trusted ns--tht pO-tun-ttr
had made ms-tat"urni, especially wh'u De- knr" hr
had only stated the plain truth and still such r'r-
tainty Of defeat MHcinns pictured warranted cNtrt-
ordinary ri0rt- 80 Borup Il Vrd up some KIND of t'
gram Magnnir. mildly charging hi a-sstant with an
Unauthorized of his name. and 10 II -upposcd. rrco
inrudcd in some terms rccsabl-hmeu Of the original
~ times week. At any rate. the ruie
daily ana Magiuulz aud the
Democrats carried the g Mu-Cr- shell District
Tho spccnl ag, iclcgTaphrd ihc Department atfI@
ine that service be Oh. ana his ndSlco h- hrn
acted upon. Thi, IL probably only sample u W4a
may bc found up In this country.