New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
VALUABLE MAIL MISSING.
az OBTAINED RraIsrrErU LFrTrRs ,Np PACK.
AGES PROBABLY woElr THOUSANDS
OF uDTIAus


oF DOLLAR
The inspectors and other onicieis ~ tie rosi.
Office here arc losing slecp trying Z, solve the
mystery oi th' disappearance OF po eI Of reg.
is'sirt mail lat Wednesday. A larF, auotnt Of
neney mns, have hccn contained in u. at H.
ysriahsd utterly us vapor does IN snusht
Tee pouch B. supposed 10 have been iost from th-
msl wagon which hrough, /; from the railway
afsf.an in jersey city so the Postoficr here bu,
vse'isf ~ ich cut lw sooidnt. or was stolen by
siffa ara daring thieves, il vet unknown
a IHhhafd. railway mail service clerk was
10 ehafn, n The pouch. and is in the disagreeabc
position ~ beinR unable 20 oil how he failed
% deliver ~ here. The mail came in on train
SO S on the Lchigh Valley road which starts from
Eluira and runs 10 Jersey City over the tracks
% the PennsylvAnis Company The train Is %
In Jersey city ~ 6i7 p. m. Hubbard. whose
home is in Oeweso. has been IN the posial
service for nearly four years. and is thorou ghly
familiar with its dutics. 'rir trip on "Wednesday
was his first eastward one over thc route, he
having Just been transferred from another train
We was In charge Of the mail in the car
Hubbard received registered mail fro., sixty
ences IN the course Of the day. Ench lot was
in large envelope. properly scalcd. Some Of
these envelopes contained only one. others a
dozen emoller envelopes and packages All were
locked in an ordinary leather pouch heiorr Ief
ey City was reached ~ the s'a,ioa there all
the mail was put on trucks. and taken to 'hc
ground floor on the elevators hig Wagon v1s
In waiting and into thu ill The pouches see
piled. The one oriainina 80 registered ual
was put In last ~ Is the cusi"m The Ia done
~ that better fmrk rtn lr Kept ~ u. ard ~
that II osb he iahen from iif wagon ,he ars, ~
sH vixen ue iasfaHo be- ffaftel
lf.ff.saI Ell. .........I.I. a.fa fHaf gtef u
vss thsu aftlf Ihf HEgI sef fte assistant
lsatiff tfft Htf .ls. H1ft.Ht tni 'het are
.f i.. f.Hf .FIH.aH Itf H..HH WHa fhrn dti'ca
i. ff tH e.st ftf tifH.faHs Hf nilwnt mdl
HfIf .fftt ais n ifm.iH Ia fiaht ni im rear ol
tIf aataR .aiH Wn ff up on the
eti tfHtiaH H# ESQ cnfclcse about
nisfIaa UH mhF u tHe lettef Inc
autst eu 600 rsH.u ouN fuf moment or two'
liag fat4sh ST. mlhf aHi h.s report Just before
tds istt lsHiirf lH Ncw York Hubbard climbed
upan ttt s.ai trsias ue driver. When they ar
tls,d at the t'aaioncr. che lock on the wagon was
fssi 10 wee oteYed. and the pouches were taken
sut Tho one containing the registered mail was
not amung them, and what became of it is not
yst known.
e. e. james, Pos,office nspector-in-charse, and
Inspector g. W. Beavers. at once went to work on
tie case They were confronted with an ex-
ce,-lingN great mystery. kilograms were first
sent 90 Boston and other places il being possible
that the pouch had got mixed up among
others, and had been sent away. No
trace Of the missing could he founo
though. II is possible tlat thc wagon
was not securely fastened, and that the has. heinz
the last one put n fell out and we found hy
dishonest persons. There may have hecn hol1
plot TO commit robbery by men who hn da du-
plcate key 10 the wagon. AZ any rate. good
many persons lost part OF their Christmas enjoy
ment OH account OF the dtsapfrnrance ot the
mau. There must have b'eB several hundred
pieces % a.. and D'et ot them mnSt
have eontulned money, eselry, cro thef affects
of value. The book containing the list of the
envr lorcs and parcels was in che pouch, and h
Therefore gone, too. \ duplicate lisi ~ helhn
made out however. from information received
from the various postmnstcrs whp sent registered
nall OT the train
Such losscs have occurred hciote and
the remedy supxcsted is 70 have TIE
Railway Mail scr,ice clerk IN charge ride on a
srat fastened 90 thc rear ot ihe wb9"n \,
lreent it l. much cusicf 10 rob tnaii WhR"n
Than an ordinary sale