Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-02
RoBR1NG THE MAILS

A osfohace Detective on the Track
 of n $1Os6OO Postal Thfef-Was 1t
 Taken In New Haven2-Losses Re-
 ported From the ssHome Cheerss
 Omce.
 The story of robbery alleged to have been committed in the New Haven postoffce, whereby the Yale Silk company lost quite heavily, was brought to mind by the ap- pearance in this city yesterday of Inspector Newcombe of the United States Postal De- tective service. George Crosby, New York broker, was also here and it was learned that Mir Crosby was interested to the tune of about $10, 500 in stocks and bonds, which had been taken from the mails either in the New Haven postofice or between here and Easthampton. It seems that on Monday afternoon MT. Crosby took letter and package containing over SIG, 900 worth of securities to the postofice in New York and had it registered to John L. Watrous of East hampton, a manufacturer of that town, and for which he obtained the usual was received in good order When this package, which down on the postal list ap- pears as registered letter No 4, ,784, reached it's destination, the contents were missing, in their places being sheet of brown paper neatly folded. The envelope presented every evidence of having been opened and re sealed, so much so that Postmaster Sears re- fused to sign the requisite receipt Mr. Sears was here yesterday with the trans ferred envelope, which was marked in such way as to show that it had been received here 1O0d order and gent fO of& laying here over night Whether the securi% ties were stolen while the letter lay in the New Haven office or while on the road be- tween Easthampton is not known. When the packet reached the Easthampton post office it was found to have been opened at the right end, the laps of the envelope hay ing evidently been torn apart with a knife blade and then gummed together again after the bonds were removed and the brown paper, which, by the way, contained marks of dried mucilage, had been put in their place. The detective has investigated sufi- ciently to make him believe that the package was not tempered with in this city.
 In this connection it may be stated that the Yale Silk company is not the only firm that has missed money that is believed to have been taken from the city postofice. The publishers of "Home Cheer" a literary and art joarnal published in this city, have re- peatedly missed small sums of money. On soNoAa1 OCCdSIonS Guoy nave received Sucn letters as these:
 ''Mr. Editor Three weeks ago I sent you one dollar as subscription to your paper have not yet received the paper. What is the matter?''
 Letters of that general description have been received from ladies and gentlemen living in various States of the Union. A record of every letter received in the 'Home Cheer office is made when the letter is received. When letter of inquiry like the one above quoted comes, the manager looks back over his files and generally finds that no such sub scription has ever been received by him. The thing has happened so often that the FHome Cheer" publishers concluded that the letters must be taken by some thief at the New Haven postofice, where it is known that he Is receiving subscriptions all the time
 Complaint will be made and thorough in vestigation demanded by the ''Home Cheer publisher, MT. N. A. Tanner, unless the auth or of the thefts from the Yale Silk company is discovered or the losses cease to be noticed