The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-19
ROBBlNG THE MAILS.
Charge. Against Manchesi"r f"-t''


Y.Aierlav morning a' ~ o'clock ". J..
Jarlou. a clerk in thu Manchester po~'"lh't
was nrr,iencd before utcd states "il-
,,i.sioucr Thomas :. Atkins. ON the charge
.f r,lhinr the mail. The arrest had been
made hN PO-tollicc inspectors Nliu' ah"
tnehill ,..,,.....
Nr. charles l.. Page and iudg' W iiiiam
/ tlopton Wer, present a~ counsel l",
Young Jordan. H. wa- ais" accompanied
lV biz father.
IN. >pecif,d charge was that ". J.. Jor-
dan. n clerk in the po~toihcc of Mancht>'.i'
did ON fhc 10Th dN nf October t>-'. tth''
...r.t. emh./llc and DESTROY "a certain lcl-
Ter addressed 10 " iliiam /. PIT s.rItlAI!
Of Dale Lodge. knights ni Honor. M"h'h'
TER. Va. containing 80 Do nli'd >l'''@ ~''-
>.r certificates. which came into hi- posse
lion and under his control 49, cl'fN N"i'
an ,mrloyc Of Oh" Po-ioihce Departments
etc. ~.
Tho first witness was tu~pecfor6. " addl
Wilde. IT, stated that there hdd ortu
many complaints during the Pa~' ~cN'I'i
months of letters missing 2'n- i' an"
from the Manchester po-tuftc'. fch ats
ago ne and Inspector 'u-hill were N'l"h'"
O. investigate the affair. Nc~lti0"N'
1,.nk AGO. hr and Inspector 'u-hill M'm
,,.r H. Manchester and surveyed 10 .
..rnurd. a. detectives ouiy know now.
Young Jordan wa- Swallowed. and D. WAS
f,nnd thaf ho WITS spending murh more
luone, than his SALARY would Justify.
Last "wednesday ihe detectives arranged
g. catch him with
4 BFtol iIIIIE.
The letter was liked nap and addressed @"
Mr.. William T. Pin. secretary "l l,''
Lodge. knights Of Honor. Manchester. ' 10
Ia ibD lefier Was placed nine one "'A'I
United STATES silver certificates. each N'Hl-
ing "A private mark. Mr. lhi Ma- t"ld ht
ih, effective that this letter would hc s'ut
10 him. ...
Tn. letter. which va~ mailed to reach Inc
civ Of Manchester Dos the fast mail going
-oii,h. reached Manchester on time. ANA al
5o'rlnck the two detectives went over there,
iTba, watched ID. l,o-toflc' casually ami
,a,N fh, manner of work on the inside l'ui-
inc that afternoon Mr.. PIN called three
fim,- for hi~ matt. but thc letter c"hialnih~
The nine marked noie- was NOT received
uoW THY woEkth ~.
Thitr-da, evening thetvod detective went
t. Manchester a-din. Nr. Jordan Na~
found at the delivery window. W hil' lh-
sperfor toshill remained oui~ld" Inspector
Wilde. went inside the po~ioince. tie spoke
o. Nj. l.. pnNal. the assistant postmaster
and asked him to relieve Mr.. Jordan. AIS Dee.
III. inspector. wanted tn speak to hun. tuc
insr.-inr then asked Mr.. Jordan lu Walk
ont with HIM. and in company Win MI
.o.hill the two went across tfc street Il"
the court-hpu~'. M
Arriving there. Jordan was asked D. Doe
had any money about him. iic promptly
replied by shoWin- nv" dollar hnl' ana
four one dollar silver certificates. me ~
.n.etor examined the letter and found
th.n H. hD a part of the marked money
placed ia the dccoN letter ""dle~9e' '' VII
i'iu.
MIR. ,o.hiu here promptly charged VIZ.
.ior,ian with stealing th- latter. ana loi-
dan. who seemed tn have anticipated what
ava. coming. admitted th" aci. lie was
asked where the other I'VE one duNhl SILVER
certificates Wcr,. and he replied inal he ia,'
given them iu change Tor t'W hN' "nilu ''li'
INSPECTOR " ildc finishing his evidence.
IN-rFaIOE COcBlLL
t..l The stand. lie mailed the letter com
raining the marked money aud saw Tine
mono, rui in the letter. IT, mailed 10 az
Tho Mon depot and told tue postal 'icfh.
showing him tine letter. 10 Dee sur, ana pun
A oa at Manchester. The remainder oi Ms
Testimony was ahout the same a. that oil
uspprinr Wilde. The Inspector told J"f-
dan thnr he would have io hr searched
Wb.n lola this Jordan asked io 20 int"
another room. I'm the passage way Joiudl
said that ne had something hr would not
have. his father know l"i lh' N'liN. ''''
something wa- >r~>.
The defence did not introduce any iesii-
,nnnv. and the accused wa sent Oh j." lhe
nii.d state, Court on the nh of December.
Rail was allowed in the sum Of >-'w''
with Mr.. ii. \. Jordan and Mr. Arthur e..
fNans ~ security.
Young Mir. Jordan H. Twenty-Five years "l
Az. The compensation hc received at me
po-tofiice was his board and cloihn- ANA
such mogcy a. u father. the postmaster
choose 30 give MN.
Mr. Henry \. Jordan. wounded cN-
Confederate soldier. the postmaster. - very
much broken down by the conduct oi hi'
son. Mrs. Jordan il grief stricken. Inc
.uunc man realizes the crime he ha~ COM
nitted and the sorrow he ha, brought to hi-
parents. The Manchester public -Hini'-
fhile. with the Young man and ms itnnilN.
\ part Of the large amount OF NONE.
found on young jordan, person "'- iii
gold.
The statute under which the accused D.
charged fixes the punishment al mol less
than one nor more than five years.
Young Jordan IN conversation s"id tiHi
lie burned the purioiHed letter and spent
some of the money in Richmond my cents
at "-ak- n Co.'S.
At the trial The government was repre-
scented by Assistant United state Attorney
Krl-tOw.