The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-02-19
DON'T ROB THE MAIL.
POST ONCE Inspectors Relate In
teresting Anecdotes.


o Whit Is a rule, the secret service of the
alcllA Pas0faee Department contains some of
aa harlestworked employees of the
Gorernment Very few persons outside
the mail service know of the duties
d postoftiee inspector, but suffice it
barTal hsay that days duty of an inspector
hand @ntains half dozen thrilling romances.
water Hhen one becomes statistical and
'e aaa sIsnces at the vast amount of mail mat
- hsss vi which annually passes through the
pmtoaee of the country, he can not
'eatlnss is the life of him even imagine how
OF be- mere handful of inspectors can trace at
ect thes all the many petty robberies of the
Isl WagH nail and secure evidence enough to
md aaI unvict the perpetrators
There is a wonderful system about an
10 fnss Inspectors daily work, but even with
'thatI 1ls system he is worked like Trojan
ntrolea n the battlements from early morning
horsa until late at night He has no regular
BOD she aoars lie may be found on duty any
Sd III sms from one midnight to the next
Meme except his superior and himself
hassa knaWs bis business, and it will readily
tslss Nseen that one of the greatest requis-
anr1s es TO make good inspector is love
,attlos uIsilence
- around the walls of the Government
thass lallding, if one will look closely, he
sii observe what appears as registers,
-. aIga up near the ceiling. They are in
!, - -. A0eent looking enough to distract the
: w w. sHspicions of the most willy thief But
, ~. very day. behind one of these iron
,. - ratings, there may be found post
- s 'nee inspector, intently watching the
~ e'aons Of the clerks, either in the main
asGlbnting room or in the register or
Or aaI honey order departments.
ansl. should there happen to be any COM
hAs 81 Falnts Of missing mail there is sour
en ~ 9ng n the inspection department, and
~ rs ssfy man on the staff is put on to test
re ~ ss mettle with the case which con-
es - aoats the department. And the won
ass Is that nine times out of ten the
1w sse s worked to successful conclu-
lai hs aoa ana inc guilty person convicted of
J fes s neinous crime of tampering with
dsd sacle Sans mail
b re- get some pretty tough cases, -
~ vs. sasa an old inspector recently, ''but it
shoa y ueen my fortune to run down every
80 % which / was set to work"
Ing n mat was the most difficult case you
9 etc ~ asndled?" asked reporter
forae u happened while l was stationed
- e Vtlca' N Y, about seven years ago. -
tae iR spAea the inspector. MANY letters
losse slalnlng yaluables had been missed,
] clas aa ny dint Of hard work we managed
ars sraee the job down to one clerk, a
i asia s.-ssa-iaced young fellow of about
t. 81 snsg.t two years. He was clerk who
sg a'iinnted the letters into the boxes of
( 'as carriers
e said. We managed to get this
ouls = me case and then | set my trap
o. 80 aecoy letter containing twen-
sullar gold piece mailed from a
sa'sy town in Connecticut to prom
sssa - stoEe dealer in Utica The let
49, s. '@s.ea co reach the carrier promptly,
ss - aelt we had our man solid at last
asis s.. waited for him until the dinner
! 81 .ss.s ana IS he was leaving the Office
,s s.ses0 him. He came with me, and
\ -. = closely as might failed TO
III M any signs of uneasiness in his
- they were perfectly immobiie.
aaiked with me into the Office of
I master and submitted to thor
: m ssaEch, but no trace of the letter
80 ty-dellar gold riece was found
Il 4 @aas person. - 0'''-
skg | was dumfonnded is draw
mildly BE appeared to be very
s4ae But whether was right OF
= sas time, the petty Fobberisa