Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-04
EXPERT MAIL ROBBERS.
he Fine Devices Of Two Boys for
RObbing the Nails.
IHIEyEs CAUGHT BY DEcoYLETTEss.
be Cholera in Spain--The COnsuPs Re-
port on the Filthy Sanitary Con-
dtion Of Marseilles.
eNEsAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES,

apector Henderson, Of the Post Office De-
lprtnent, has Just returned from North Car
cEns, wnere he succeeded in causing the ar
resi- of two mail robbers, who, though they
.rere lads, had by the neatness and dexterity
ci their operations, bAfisd the skill Of the
Inspectors for long time. Since June lst
anumber Of complaints have reached the
apartment that registered letters passing
ktween Galesbury and Albsmsrle, n. c.,
&ye been riasd These towns are con-
ncted by Star Route over which the
= ails were carried by George 81. Eagle,
ked Il. After a careful exAmina-
fsbn the inspectors concluded that
khgle was robbing the mails.
pecoy letters containing marked money
vas placed in the register pouch. Upon
ID Cie's arrival $, the end of the route, the
sdeCOY letters we're found to have been
rifed ard Eagle was promptly arrested and
searched. No money was found on his
person, and the Inspector was forced to re-
base him for lack Of evidence, though con.
66ent Of his guilt
On the night of his discharge, Eagle
bought Q horse and disappeared in the
nine woods. Sometime stterward, while
6ggiDg a. the bottle Of 8 well on
lhe premises of one Almond, the
well digger heard Jettro Armond, q lad OF
al : years, confess 70 his father that be had
tAe Oney stolen by Eagle. The father
tod his son TO keep the money. Almond
bss formerly carried the mail over the same
ronte The digger informed the inspectors
Of the facts aud ArmOnd wss arrested and
the proofs Of the crime secured. Eagle was
arrested yesterday in Kansas. II appears
thai the boys met in the woods and opened
fhe packages with homemade tools. An
old knife had been converted into an
.exceedingly keen seryiceabls saw. With
ibis tool the clasps Of the pouches were
severed on one side. bent back with another
Instrument aud room thus secured for the
insertion of a hand into the pouch, the
lstters skillfully opened, the money sbstsac-
TED and with the aid OF q bottle ofmucIlage
the envelopes neatly sealed. Almond
seems to have been the custodian of the
stolen funds. Inspector Henderson SAYS
his was one Of the cleverest devices for
Iobbing the ails he had ever discovered.
Fumigatlon Unnecessary.
iIn response TO a telegram from Superin-
fandent Bell, Of the foreign mail service,
fhe Postmaster General of Canada has re-
p6ed tha, in his opinion the number of cases
OF smallpox existing in Canada does not
uArrant ~ e adoption OF measures 10 the tIm.
igation of mails coming into the United
States from Canada.
Steamboat Mail Service.
s "A general advertisement will be issued on
fhe 18th inst. by the Postmaster General
calling for proposals for rendering steam
boat nail service in oil parts Of the United
Sts,es.
Fourth Glass Postmasters.
The Acting Postmaster General has sp-
pointed the following named fourth class
Postmss'ers:
West Virgiuia-At Howard, Mrs. Sarah
YOho; Sherrard, ). Z. Dorsey.
Obio-At Bedford, d D Benedict; Plain
CITY. J. C. BigeloT; Alvsdo, Benz j. Lud-
wig; Rredtowu, John T. Weaver; Boon
Vile David B. Lancy; CarrOtbers, Peter
buchanan
The Cholera In spain.
The Secretary Of State has received a de-
'isiled report from Consul Mason, in regard
10 tie cholars at Marseilles. He comments
on tbe false policy OF the authorities in en-
deavorug TO suppress the truth as TO the
existence Of the disease, and speaks of the
snrrrise caused 6y the rude awakening on
the TIA vi. when the community were
shoCbed by the announcement tha' an
epidomic prevailed in their midsE. The most
ekmentsf7 principles Of sanitary clsanh.
ne s are Unknown in Marseilles. Ine
aut'ers OF streets low with the yeriest nth
ne canals and sewers are infected. On the
ssstern srde Of the old port is one building
wkich contains 700 inhabitants whose eX-
"a, n EMS are thrown into the reCesses otthe
81 rways. Behind the naive IS school
ftr Young girls poisoned BY exhalauons
frprn the vault uf neighoOung closets anu
aired only by windows opening upon dark
closed court, which IS verlts0le SiaS.
Ftcrn rhe Ia. 10 the 9rh OF August there
were 72l deaths, or an average OF - per
Ssr. The disease has also appeared
AZ ously in the suburbs of the city. The
na!ad, has boen relatively more fatal tnan
h.t ycsr 10 rhe sailors and vessels in port,
40 has been particularly serious with sea
neD from England. The disease mautests
as characteristic preference for the dls-
6nated the insane and the unclean. The
nrsseDt siruerioE aud the record ot the
pa.t secondary epidemic Indicate taa! the
S-rrce has reached it's maximum tauItY
Revenue Marine Cadets.
The examination Of candidates for sp,
NJ = tment as cadets in The Revenue Marine
% been concluded. Fourteen candidates
nassgd, out as there are only seven yscan-
eia7 il was decided 10 appoint the seven
mo STAINED the highest averages in zoe ex.
a,nipsaious. The names Of the successful
csnGidstss are: John B. Hull OF Virginia,
S,enIev NJ Lsudeey, Of Indiana; Preston
n be7roth. Of Pennsylvania; Ellsworth
p Rsrtbs.H of New York; Gordon h VIII
rox Of PeunsvlvAnia; Richard D. Crlsp. OF
Fary,aud. snd WE. d Z. Jacobs, OF Mary
knI. ,u,
The Second Comptroller Of the treasury
R,s allowed the claim of Mrs. Catherine
Lewis, for rent and damages 10 property,
near Annapolis, used and occupied oy troops
pnder General Butler during the elvI Var.
Vacancies on Sheridan's stan.
The officers of the army are very much
7Dteres,ed in the selection OF the successors
a. I;sutenant.C Colonies Davis and Gregory,
m Gen Sherldans staff. Its understood
49, Cen sheridan will make the selection
r.ry s1on. Al "a as the positions are looked
broD rs prizss, there is quite = tutter OF
&pxiery among those who stand chance
of osirg selected
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