Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
A STRANGE STORY OFROBBERY.
How an Austrian POstmaster was Kid
mapped and Relieved of His Cash.

HOW an austrian POstmaSter was Kid
mapped and Relieved of His Cash.
| AmysteriOus robbery is reported from
| Linz, says a Vienna letter. Last week
! Herr PesZl, Postmaster of Neuzeug, mad
to take sum of 1900 fiorins, together
| with some papers of value, to the town Of
! Steyr. IL the train he entered into con-
versatiOn with a respectfully dressed in
, dividual, who gave himself out as an in
surance broker, and was evidently well
acquainted with Steyr. They Travelled to-
| gether as far as Linz, when the stranger,
announcing his intention of putting up at
the same hotel as his companion, sug-
| gested that they should drive thither from
the station together. They both got into
a twO-hOrse closed conveyance that was
waiting outside.
Shortly after starting the insurance
| broker offered the postmaster his SNUFF
/ box, and no sooner had Herr PesZl PR
| taken of its contents than he lost con-
! sciOusness. When he began to recover
| his senses he was being rapidly driven at
| a furious speed across the open country.
! Herr PesZl asked his companion whittier
! they were bound, but instead of replying
| the latter applied damp cloth to Herr
/ PeszPs face, which caused the postmaster
| to relapse into his former unconscious
| condition. In the morning he once more
revived and found himself in a small open
| trap, seated next to man he had never
| seen before. Another man, in PEASANTS
dress, was leading the horse.
Herr Peszl remarked that his bag Of
valuables had disappeared, together with
! his fur coat. which had been replaced bv
thinner one made of kind of TyrOlese
homespun cloth. They were driving along
a valley unknown to Herr PesZl. In the
! course of half an hour they stopped in
| front of dilapidated peasant house,
| built Of rough gray stone. The POstmas-
| ter was bidden to alight, and was con-
/ Quoted to large bare room On the ground
| floor, where he was kept for four DAYS.
/ Food was brought to him by the man
dressed as peasant.
| Last Tuesday, toward 8 O'Clock in the
/ morning, Herr PesZl was reused from his
! sleep by the same individual and, after
/ dressing himself, was led about 200 PAGES
! from the house, where a sledge was wait
/ ing for them. 1t was showing hard. and
/ almost pitch dark. AS they drove along
| Herr PesZl pressed his jailer with ques-
/ tions; but all the answer he could get was
/ that he was being driven home. About
an hour and half from the time of their
! start they pulled up within forty yards of
a small railway station.
| On alighting Herr PesZl found himself
! face to face with the man who had traV-
/ eled with him to Linz. That Individual
/ handed TO Herr Peszl his fur coat and
money bag, together with ticket for
Steyr, whittier he urged him to return at
once, as he was wanted by the police.
All this was the work of couple OF min
/ utes; the train was in the station and
Herr Peszl had only just time to take his
seat. On examining his money bag he
found it empty. On reaching home he
was shown the following telegram. re-
ceived at the Neuzeug post office during
his absence: 'Thank God. | am alive,
and hope to return in two DAYS Let
them know in Steyr. A thousand greet
ings. Signed, Peszl"