Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-17
TIE POSTAL ROBBERY.

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on the C. L. e. road as follows:
Early in December a registered
package containing $3.50 wa:
mailed from the Bishop Greek Posi-
Office. for Washington. Postal
G ERIK Ernest Hawley received the
package at the Bishop Greek station,
and, as he claims, properly re-
ceipted for and checked it, and, af,
ter doing so, discovered that the
package had been opened and the
money taken out. The matter was
reported and, after a thorough in
vestig.tion, Hawley's friends re-
funded the money.
! On the right Of December LIST a
package containing SAB was put on
| the express car at Rhodes by a Chi
naman and addressed to Hop Sing,
the Chinese merchant of this place.
The package never reached here,
and after Hop Sing had notified the
Hawthorne agent Of the fact of its
having been shipped, the agent re-
ported to the San Francisco Office
Eugene Pierce, Wells, Fargo & CO..
| agent at Carson, came out on Jan
uary 1st to investigate, and made
| inquiries here from which he be-
came satisfied that Bert Rising, the
messenger on the train on the night
of the theft, had taken the money.
Rising denied having received the
package. and Pierce went with him
to Rhodes, where the Chinaman
who sent the money and three wit
nesses who saw him give it to Bis
ing testified to that fact. Rising
still denied the receipt, but in spite
of his protesta.ions, Pierce dis
charged him, letting him ride to
Hawley station, the end of the road.
Here Rising became so intoxicated
that Pierce put him off the express
car He returned to Bishop Greek
on the passenger car and there got
into tie mail ear with Ernest Haw-
ley
In the mail was registered let
ter from Bishop Creek destined for
some point south. All mail natter
for some point south of Soda
Spings is brought north as Ear as
that station by the Postal Clerk,
and then transfers it to the south
bound train ia what is called "go-
back" sack. The registered pack
age mentioned was transferred with
the remainder of the mail and the
south-bound agent passed it as 30.
X" Upon reading its destination
it was apparently in good condition
but upon being opened it was found
that the money was gone. The
Postmaster at once notified the San |
Francisco office OF the fact, and was
instructed to examine the package.
He did SO and reported that he
could find no trace of its having
been opened ard it was only after
being instructed to examine it care
fully that he found where the en-
velope had been cut. Altogether
there were five registered packages
opened during that day and night,
the amount taken aggregating about
$3.50. One was mailed at Haw
thorne and the others at different
points on the road Hawley and
Rising were both seen to get out of
the ear at Soda Springs. This dis
poses of Hawley's story about hay
ing been drunk and asleep at The
time Of the theft, as lac vas seen af
ter the first package had been tam
pered with and before one, at least,
Of the letters had been mailed. The
four robberies were de-
;ected by Postal Clerk Prior, of the
T. and L. The job is described as
IN exceedingly fine one. The ends
If the envelopes had been split with
. sharp knife and carefully stuck
ogether with a very little muci-
age. So nicely was the work done ,
hat experts, after the robbery had ,
become known, could not find .
where the opening had been made. :