The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-02-25

MAIL RoBBED.--Last 7 tuesday even.
ing, between six and seven o'clock.
the mail rider, colored man, twenty
one Or two years old, on his way from
Fabacher posto!lice to Opelousas, was
halted by three white mounted horse
men, with pistols drawn, at The vacant
cabin near Mr.. Joseph Il. Young's,
about thirteen miles from here, and
two miles this side of Prud'hoinBe
city; while two of them held their
pistols on him, the third one took the
mail bag from the carrier, and ail
three galloped off with it. The mail
matter from that place is always small.
On this occasion there were two or
three registered packages in the bag,
but it is not known here at present
what they contained. If they were of
much value, the supposition is that
the robbers knew they were in the
bag, which they might have learned
from the parties who sent them.
Lattcr.--On "Wednesday, the day after
the robbery, the mail bag was found
in the prairie. The mail carrier was
taken to the spot where he said he was
robbed, to show the tracks of the
robbers horses, which should have
been plainly visible in the mud, but no
such tracks were there, lie was there
fore arrested at once, and confessed
that he robbed the mail himself. lie
stated that he found two bills in the
bag, which he had hidden, but did
not know the denomination OF either
On Thursday morning he was taken
to the place where the bills were hid,
which was in the vacant cabin where
he said he was robbed, aud they were
recovered, being one two-dolIar and
one 6ye-dollar bill, amounting to seven
dollars in ALL For the robbery of
such a pretty amount be will probably
spend a good portion of his life in the
penitentiary. The fact of there being
registered packages il the bag tempted
him, and he no doubt thought be WAS
going to strike bonanza. II is pity
that persons of such ignorance and
lack of moral sense, should have
positions exposing them to temptation
they cannot resist; if he had been left
in his proper place, the cotton and
corn field, be might have gone through
life without committing crime and
been a useful citizen, a producer of
much corn and cotton, His name is |
Ben. Eugene.-lSt. Landry Democrat. |
REPRESENTATIVE Mormous are in
Washington to look after the interest
of their Church in Utah. Their
memorial sets forth that the true |
Mormon Church has always been OPP |
posed to compromising with that |
polygamic body IN Utah, which is mo
part Of the Mormon faith, bat loath |
some incumbranee;v that the Church
has for thirty years kept missionaries |
in Utah TO preach against polygamy.
and has released 10000 persons In
that territory from its corruption.
They ask that more effective measures
be enacted and carried into effect by |
the Government for th suppression Of |
polygamy in the Territories. The
Mormon Church, says the memorial. |
has 500 organized churches, 450 of |
which are in the United States, with |
q ministry Of 800, and q, 900 com |
mupieants, and 10000 others who |
sustain the Church ~ its work. Nine |
tenths OF these are citizens of the
United States, and are loyal to the |
Government.
Black diphtheria is killing many |
people in Bloomingdaie, d. .. The 4
patients Tongue heca1,1as bAaclr and |