The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-11

is. He allied us to detect thrco or four thievei
In s = Sf tfst and nd ' sSnn ws' q s's a 5GHnnsntiGat 20,
t6srs. on an ,iinyestlsatIon. "sTlers wss
whole case ovet. to Honest. Abe" as tho boys
sslIisa me- tn st mHn l sef tSi to; a aS w sna En- soeSt tS
A. 4, sS rlssc ,s. a $sst s%i, isiIs;a 70 get the
a method which I cannot allow you e, make
s%istant as no was leaving the building. and
found no less than twelve money letters in his
Pockets. Even with that evidence Of mis- erin.
trap b.; which the, guilty party. eoa i'd be caught i
allowed him to live more than comfortably.
Any bank in the town would. haye. lent him
Money " o shI his unengoT re note What did hG
month. hoping to make a big strike. Wien
lar tickets for the current drawing. but he in
tended ter t9 make TIE number an even 2oo; In
s six m MOI III me ne had pn r. nu, 10y over ,o9 tickets;
Isn't six months since lie LIT the Detroit House
oiG9rrection. where he served his sentence.
sials Ss y shs Pos Postal i ! .SS ss'asa q that a. tfh %a 9 la'.
tssry ala IL more to dishonor postal employees
sands snnd al Of I %ia'tsr sS% r6nsainins sO q and So re bilis
were constantly passing through tho mails, 4
bercentago o. the employees who handled
and under the ban Of the department. and
that the money would be lost to the sender
; sSsn a Il assy a' ID tsv steo 81 ii ai.G Tns.s sH Snt t su eH
sonsclonce;, ID two years I alone detected
them to Justice. / viii relate one se case which
had some special features.
Of the. Ohio liver was under suspicion. The
snfplclon arose from u singular circumstance.
He WIS a single man. 80 years old, and had
he; and ,hs had given .s325. When found
tratod. on uihH HIM. % vi H." 1 S S,ues w aae HG%ee he
ton up to $1,000 One day after / had ali my
He had thirty letters in his pockets. iii Of them
containing money and addressed to the lottery.
excuse. He.thouEht the money n had better ~ go
into Int ,a q church 10 6p hnh e: than into the Golfers Of
that It WINS his intention to stea! $500 and
then 1nit., l can mention another singular
4 man in Pennsylvania orderedt two ne-doilar
tickets by mail. AS the tickets were on their
way to hin Mm they were stolen by q railway mail
on It was discovered. that, one OF tho tickets
had drawn $4,000. The clerk. had not pre-
slipped down to New Orleans to get the money.
The lottery company's books showed to whom
ths e tie5st pa Mere . sept .s AND as s shsE clerk gave YEA q
up the two tickets before being arrested. and
or All postal employees, the letter carrier
has the, greatest temptation thrown in his
S Soss out mee over Il Ills no foS Has with IL T Ssndre aim o., , H.
ters. and is sorting and resorting until he can
give a pretty good guess at the contents Of
letter; who can charge. him with embezzling
It! There is, however. but one course for him
Sc ser P g hone ut % II he @ eannot y" %it IBIS R1ad te to be
tation he is doomed. He may escape detection
for q few weeks or even months. but there is
the end. One Of the most powerful weapons OF
the Post otIice inspector is the deeoy letter: |
i knST thsi ssaiHst il Il. Sut It IS nn ae tes frss: h sSs
safeguard OF the honest and tho terror of the
dishonest employee. It trips up more rascals
6lned:; had a rather curious case In western
N Nsw o 1Grk l i.ity year y r,r a ia" MY IN E p. fer.ai ! t town
him from ali over the Country. There We're
complaints Of losses. and ] traced the matter
u I until VI sure that the fault lay in the home
clerk. 1, sent in six 'decoy %lstters. and
four Of them were sobbled; ne was a
sHsns p ss~r sn but sp ns"s s 81 %S ma!fsa %4 Sl!izz
lard parlors, livery stables. and other places
invariably paid in silver. While trying to
wiki IN, 4 stem 1y 81 az r ! S's SNEss. . ,PtS E !, n'a Sc
woman sold root beer; lemonade. sandwiches.
and tn. like: After drinking a glass Of the
beer found had no change. and rendered
with tho change. and two OF them had my
What drink does Charles = seem to pre-
fer :" Iueried. giving her the full name Of the
."9h. root beer slways." she replied.
Three or four times n day. sir"
Have you got plenty q silver for changer
silver MP y m sts' ff ftSf y silver FissD il { CAN'T isT q barn sp ~
when the clerk came in. drank a glass q root
ssympathy for him: as no had no excuse for his
papers that where an employee who has
Ee is allowed to resign and the matter Is
f SsiisSe , tS S% ''ff aSs ecc si ssi~' Among ! as the the
mail handlers there will always be found some
crooked. people. The supervision must be
eondonos an Offences against tho law WV lave
the crime. However. Of ali mon SnV who IONA, may Se
inclined to dishonesty; the postal employed
thisf ma the ste mYS sn tGS!,sha aWsy. T TSe o Snrsysp
they fHa t tspr Hs-4 VS. re f%p" sSer "" DAY st Of bc safaEasss:
cls, GIt' Nos hliu suSlilsIS WIZ iluS0 DeSn steal
ing for years. The postal employee who goes
wrong is dend certain Of quick discovery and
u heavy sentence. 1t is rs sure to come as the
sun is to rise. He therefore lacks sense when
he permits himself to be tempted.
One more ease. almost my last. and l am
done. For over a year l was onto O clerk in
Il, certain Southern Post Office. but he was too
sharp for me. He was n married man. had no
vices. and his outside and inside standing was
good. Aftcr awhile another inspector was sent
on to hclp. mo. l was sure he had pocketed
my decoy Letters with others. but none OF the
money could be traced. We Watched his pay
ments to butcher. grocer. coal man. hired help.
and 80 on, but it was all straight money. Ho
was on duty ut tn" Office q part Of the after.
watched Mt his work for weeks and weeks. but
not a suspicious action was seen. Letters We're
still going. nstray, however. and / had lost
500 IN different decoy letters. IL no sls-
pertei, that no was watched he did not be-
tray the fact. Ono day no foil dead OF heart
disease on the street, and the body WINS taken
hom" before we heard the news. IRON that
morally certain he was tho man. bnt had no
syidtnce. nor did We get any Tor three months.
Then his widow moved to another house. In
the process she discovered I6H ietters In m
old trunk in u storcroom. over four hundred
Of them had money inclosed. and yet not ono
had been opened or tam gared with. Tho man
had stolen them. but / nm not clear as to his
action. Wua n n r,oti, ,yli.I tppnnl sk,r.