Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-19
A SENSATION.
|rlrrI HouseT, the Hell-KnOEn
Letter Carrier
|IRRESIED FOR STEALING.
\, lads TO the Fastening Of Other
Ro56erias On Him.
-sr p0STOFFICE OUT OVER $1,000.
e-7 Merchants Are Victims to
Small Amounts.
e a, a Remarkable Career Of Crime
~. Accused Cau1o. EZplain-Nearly
1-. -,,3saai Dollars in Cash and
Much Properly Found at
His House.
n, lads to the Fastening Of Other
Ro56eriaS on Him.
-sr P0s70FFICE OUT OVER $1,000.
r,,- Merchants Are Victims to
Small Amounts.

Vary Houser thief!
r,,-re5 with numerous roboeries OF
,,,asss men!
, ,sogsand dollars worth Of stamps
.,rs, from the postofice!
,.,s..si on both Federal and State
Grants and released on bail for a hear
great mystery at the postofice
s,,,s5 rg. and business men can now
..,,rrt for Ieakages OF goods and cash!
These we're 8 few Of the developments
-...,-5,v i1 one Of the most astound-
-.ss OF Iarcenies and petty pilfer-
y. known in the history Of crime in
i tbs city.
~-oss who heard of the matter yes
..t,v were dumbfounded, and could
.,,,srv credit the stories which were
,,,,g about the city in all directions.
l,~s of these stories were exaggera-
t,,s asa matter Of course, but in the
-.ir they we're true, and it is suspected
I'd, there yet remains much which will
+. brought 10 the light in the ensuing
Ay OF two.
Tbs story is long one. In some re-
-scts it IS incomplete, in that there
M he numerous cases OF larceny not
.-rr AZ this time, or which are only
.ass+n5 afr, aSe tifgdti," &" ihffSade Up q
.lgtsr which almost Surpasses belief.
loss UPON Loss.
For three or four months past, &C
4 ariiuz TO a statement made by Post
# ras.er COWden last night, and for
yar according 10 Assistant Postmaster
! Isuhase and Deputy United States
Marshal George w. Robinson, there
.lye been steady and very mysterious
tappearauces Of postage stamps at the
u,1ac.. Postmaster C0Wden puzzled
4 over ta- matter for a long time, and
then called upon the detective force OF
,lr P1s,otice Department for help, and
one OF tw0 inspectors were sent here
lli worked upon the case for a long
uue, without success. For about the
sue period Ot a year business men such
. b, John s. Naylor E Co, the Logan
/ Drly Company, and others, have
+ been missing goods and Ia some
as lures c4sh, but despite every at
i lugt o. obtain clew as TO the leakage,
-sy could discover nothing. In like
manner Nr. 'OthO HeiSkell, the pro-
g,a,0r Of the Windsor cigar
COUNTER, has been missing cigars, but
le was equally iu the dark as 70 the
0lrca OF mis- loss. Loss followed loss,
g.. over the central portion of town,
ird il the pls,ofice until the heads of
le Postmaster aud of the managers of I
r1s began ,l show traces of gray, and
ler eyes became heavy with the loss .
o. sleep, but there was no clue. The .
-ei continued 90 do business with an /
hing activity which would have been /.
e'7 comusada0le in any other line, no /
ls ll particular was openly accused, /
% one made known his individual losses /
any one else, and yet every nerve .
's being strained in several quarters /
2 ascertain the Identity OF the guilty I
HARRY HoUSER THE NAN.
During al. Of this period Of a year, as
u Two years previous, Harry HOuSer,
'-.'- 90 almost every one in the city,
7lsi by name, one of the force of
..ei carriers 40 the post Office, Secre-
y! o. toe Wheeling Lodge OF Elks.
-o-e-1 politician, and lately a Re-
,-,.ea1 candidate for Mayor, went
-..-' Dis ay-catlll of collecting mail
~ "1-t is known as the business
.n the central portion of the
" Harry was ;ayorite with every
was cheerful, companion
Industrious, and no man
Wheeling had better reputa-
=, ~ especially for honesty. Yet this
= L1 u2l who was making theft a
..--! and who pursued that calling
s-s.. .'. la..y. lie robbed the postoflce
~ s.oag anti, the total Of his steal
4 mere footed up over $1,000.
=. 51ooet the Windsor Hotel cigar
~, 1 Cigars without number; he
4 cigar dealers; he robbed I
n, SS4!-1r Dc Co.; be robbed the Lo-
~. 0'-S company; he robbed shoe
,r.,-a ana, Indeed, stores Of almost
,,os.. s''t Il the accumulation OF
de,,ss found ia his possession is evil
u, 1o" HE CANE To GRIEF.
\ N, '-tis's 1' came 20 a focus Saturday.
/ al NJ. r15..>as.., "a, the Windsor, had
isro- s...oas excited as to Houser, and /
\ Gs,' N,l.. --lSl these suspIcions to the police.
i,5 OT emo, ard Lieutenant Terrill
rs J.I,eI n. Lgseas held a consultation
ahy' ~, He.sl.,l, aud it was resolved /
u, ibo - s-2 ior Hogser and see II he
Aess i e-.l'y party Asa usual thing
3D. t-olaR man 10 charge OF the
~ H,,.SY- HS-l counter, and Houser was
T.S- .1 several times a day to col $
n Often he would c
" 'os cigar counter,
me boy oil on some /
',.1u' snd then 20 in behind a
=" Saturday morning Lieu G