Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
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William sandurs. CoIored, an ex-Empioys
of the Postoniec, Steals a Pouch FUN Of
Letters--Confessed the Crinoe-
Post Office Inspector William J. Max
well on Tuesday arrested William San
durs, colored, an ex-empioye of the post
office on the charge Of stealing mail
pouch. lie confessed the crime and was
locked up in the city hail for bearing
before Commissioner s. A. Macallister
yesterday.
Sandurs stole the pouch at the Della
ware avenue station Of tho 3. s. 0. rail-
road. Ii belonged to the New York,
Baltimore Sc Washington railroad post
office north, on train No. SIC, due here at
| 1850 Monday night last. 1t was in
tended for the Cape Charles & Norfolk
railroad postoffice north, and should
nave been despatched to that mail route
over the Delaware railroad on No. 81 at
| 1901 o'clock Tuesday morning. II is
stated the pouch contained large mail
covering drafts and checks value for
over $4,000 and number Of money
/ orders.
The arrested man was at one time in
| the employe of Mail Messenger Grim
mage and was quite familiar with the
| going and arrival of the mails. On
! Monday night he Offered to assist the
mail messenger at the Delaware avenue
station. The train with the mails was
over half an hour late, and the messen-
ger, fearing he might miss the delivery
and collections at the p, w. g. b. sta
ton, accepted Sandurs' offer to take
care of the incoming mail at the B. 81 o.
station. Sandurs did as he promised
looking after the northern mail and re-
ceiving that for this city.
He secreted the Cape Charles and
Norfolk pouch and subsequently hid IL
at point somewhere up the railroad.
He then returned TO the station and re-
quested the operator to look after the
rest of the mail as 1t was too stormy for
him to wait any longer.
Sandurs then went back to the point
on the track where he had left the
pouch, and, carrying it TO Rosendale
Park, opened the pouch and rified it Of
its contents. He left the mail matter
aud pouch in the park. 1t was found
by John Gum of No. 1926 Lincoln
street, and James Cochran of the same
place. They returned it to Assistant
Postmaster Pyle Tuesday night.
Mr.. Pyle turned the whole matter
over to Inspector Maxwell who made
the arrest Of Sandurs. The latter was
Brought before the postoffice authorize.
when he confessed to the facts as above
Sandurs was given q hearing yesterda,
bafore Commissioner Macallister.
Those testifying were Assistant Post
: master Pyle, Distributing Clerk Jane
II. Crippen and Inspector Maxwell
The prisoner, Sandurs, is mere strip
, ling. He is but 10 years old. Although
he probably very well knew that he wa
committing very grave offence, ii l
hardly likely that he realized to any ex
tent the large sum of money, repre-
: scented in drafts and checks of seyera
thousand dollars in value, which wa
imperiled.
8 Mr.. Pyle's testimony was largely iden
a teal with the story already published
) The prisoners story to the witness wa
entirely voluntary one. Mr.. Grippe
testified that he gathered all the mail b
could find lying about 1t was a dar
and stormy night and 1t was job q
: some difficulty to collect those letter
that were brought back to the postoffc,
People brought in letters yesterda
. that they found strewn about the place
: On the table in the court room th
: debris Of the mail pouch was spreaS
1t was remarkable revelation of whit
sad havoc and almost irremediable mi
chief may be done under the circun
stances of Monday night.
L Following the testimony given B
Inspector Maxwell, Commissioner M
d cailister ordered Sandurs held in $5,0
bail for the September term Of court