St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02
FORFEITED HIS BOND.
Citizens of Pembina Want NAH
Agent Wright's Scalp.

Citizens of Pembina Want NAH
Agent Wright's Scalp.
Special to the Globe.
ST. THOMAS, Dak., Dec. 1.-The
Wright embezzlement case, which was
to have been heard at this place before
United States Commissioner Yorkey,
did not materialize. Wright. the de-
fendant, failed to appear either in per-
son or by attorney, and his bond of $500
was declared forfeited by the commits
sioner, vino will at once proceed to COLI
lectit. AS the commissioners processiS
not good outside of the territory, and as
Wright cannot be arrested on his run,
which terminates outside of the terri-
tory, nothing can be done to inforce his
attendance. except through a bench
warrant. and Commissioner YOrkey has
decided to apply for one before Hon.
Charles f. Templeton, judge of the,
Eighth district, at once. The letters
written by Wright, which appeared
in the GLOBE and Press Of
Thursday, have aroused the. indig-
nation of the entire community.
His statement in the letters that his
first knowledge of the loss of the regis
tered letters was OH the Goth of October,
way into his car, is evidently erroneous,
as Postmaster O'COnnOr has in his pos<
session communications from Wright ON
this subject bearing dates, one Oct. IL,
and the other Oct. IS. Postmaster
O'ConnOr is general favOrite here, and
the failure of Wright to appear, to-
gether with the imputations cast on
Postmaster O'Connor by Wright's let
ters, caused the citizens to call an in
dignation meeting and pass the follow
ing preamble and resolutions: E
Whereas, On the 11th day of October.
1888, a certain registered letter, ,,said to con-
tain 500, addressed to the Bank Of st.
Thomas was received at the st. Thomas
postoffice, which was within a few minutes
thereafter, by mistake, placed in the mail
pouch destined for the north-bound train;
and said registered letter never having since
been heard from, and steps having beenl
taken by the postmaster here to investigate
the loss of the same, and
Whereas, The mail clerk, M. c. Wright
who had charge of the north bound mail car
on said 1th day Of October was arrested for
embezzling the said letter, after the post
master had exhausted all peaceable means
to secure an investigation Of the loss of the
same; and,
whereas, The said NJ c. Wright having
failed to appear before ID. w. Yorker, United
States commissioner, to answer to said
charge after entering into a recognizance in
the sum of $500 to secure his appearance for
such examination, although allowed con-
tinuance of the examination for three sue
cessiye times at his own request; now, there.
fore, be it
Resolved, That we, the business men OF
St. Thomas, Pembina county, Dakota, do
hereby express our utmost faith and belief
in the honesty and integrity of Postmaster
Archie O'COnnor, whom we have known and
dealt with for the past five years; and be it
further
Resolved, That the continued non-appear.
ance of the said NJ. g. Wright to answer to
the said charge, together with his willing
ness to deposit at one time $1,000 in the
Bank of Neche, pending an investigation,
which promise he has failed to make good,
leads us to believe that he is unwilling to
trust to the laws for vindicaton of his inno-
cence, but ON the contrary seeks to establish
the same by inuendoes against the postmas-
ter, his deputy and the special correspond
ents from this place of the Globe and Pioneer
Press by writing scurrious letters over his
signature in the above-named papers. Be 1t
further
Resolved, That we demand at the hands Of
the postal authorities of the United States
that The said NJ. c. Wright be suspended
from the further discharge of his duties as
postal clerk until he submits to legal investi-
cation of said charges at the hands of the
Dakota law officers. Be it further
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions
be sent to the Pioneer Press and st. Paul
GLOBE for Publication. and to the first assist
ant postmaster general at Washington.
T.. S. Thompson, w. Mcbride, A. r.
Bucha anan, w. M. Holbrook, John Jannsle,
L. E. Storms, II. II. George, Grant S. Hager.