The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-06

the letter 20 the young mans home and
secured the four letters addressed TO tho
fellow himself.
"'Hayc you carried many letters like
this? / asked him.
- Yes, SIR the carrier said; L carry
four or five day
u then called the fellow into my or
fee and told him we had determined 20
have the mail OF all clerks delivered at
tho Office to tighten the duties Of thC
carriers. ! then told him that ] had
four letters for him and handed him the
missives had received from the post
man. The fellow turned pale and wa.
on the verge Of fainting when i asllcD
him TO open and read the letters in my
presence.
with trembling hands he did so, and
inside the envelopes, addressed 20 HIM
self, ] found four valuable letters ad-
dressed 10 q big Wholesale house. lie
broke down and confessed that he had
been stealing for about six months, and
that during that period he had abstract
ed nearly fifteen hundred dollars from
business letters. He had spent tho
money in gambling"
''Thc hardest case ever had to work
on" broke in another inspector, turned
out to be no case at all Il was in
small town in Ohio a few months ago.
From this town had come numerous
complaints Of missing mail, valuable
and valUclcss pieces cisappeaEiuE rcEu-
larly. / was sent down 20 work the
matter up. ! worked as hard as I could
and failed to detect any guilty person
amongst the several employed in the
Office.
''As a dern ier resort determined 70
spend one night in the Office. 1t proved
70 be a very successful night. Shortly
before midnight ! heard 4 scratching in
the lower letter boxes and carefully he-
gan to investigate. ! opened a drawer
and out jumped a big rat. ] watched
him disappear through a hole and then
went home.
Next day the floor was torn up and
in that rats hole we found scraps Of "a
per. checks and currency, ali used q
soft, downy bed for the family OF rodents.
II was a blessing for the town, as a new
post-olicc was secured at once
zone time" said another inspector,
Il was fooled by pair Of high-topped
boots. Many letters had been missing
from the mail trains running between
Cincinnati and New York. by means
J
down to a railway mail clerk but was
unable TO catch him in theft for
long time.
After many letters had disappeared
l got mad one wet night, and just as
the clerk stepped from his car ] placed
him under arrest. Tho truth of tho
matter was that / really had no grounds
which 10 arrest him, so 7 took MIN 20
I and rented one room Tor both Of
a nice CRATE fire was made in tho
room, and / took OF my shoes TO dry MY
feet in the grateful warmth. Ny
prisoner remained quietly in bis chair
until 7 requested him to remove Lls
big boots and feel moro comfortable.
Then he began to hdEot uneasiiy,
and grew suspicious, With rush
anl yrrk pulled OF one OF his lois,
and out dropped three letters to tho
floor. The other boot yiclleG lp lalf q
dozen. Never until that moment ID
had the least sPicion OF those clumsy,
big boots, and were it not for that
lucky crate fire / should probably have
never been able TO convict my man
''What is the most wearing task " lich
you arc compelled to perlorm?" qucried
The scribe,
Checking up the accounts 5f nor
ant country postmasters, " rculioL the
inspector i would sooner get o.t to
uuraycl the toughest case with which
the department IS compelled o. deal
than to square the accounts Of some
postmasters l know Of oL''-Cinclnuad
1imes-Star.