The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-18
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF ALETTER.
WHICH MISS DEACY SAYS SHE GAVE
MIR. NrHUGH To MAIL.

That aXas over NeHr AEO-TheN
Were Friends Then. But NJ l. Dif-
ferent Nowhere Was Money In
the Letter. which Miss Deacy Says
Never Reached Its Destination-She
Prefers Charges TO Postmaster
HafneS Against Mr.. McHugh, ana
the Latter Is suspended From His
CIerkship Pending an Investiga-
tion by the Postomce Inspector.
R. H. McHugh. assistant money order
clerk al the pCst1fce has been under sus-
pension for the past several days await
ing an Investigation by postofiice inspec-
tor.
There Is nothing wrons with Mr.. Nc
Hugh-s accounts al the postofiicc as they
are correct 20 a cent His suspension grew
out of q matter which occurred some time
before his appointment as clerk in the
money order department. II is rather
queer sort OF a case. 4 young lady with
whom Mr. NcHugh was very friendly a
one time. charges that she gave him a let
ter containing money TO register, which
has never reached its destination. This
occurred sometime in 1894, but there is
difference in the statement of the young
lady and OF Mr. McHugh as 10 the exact
date. 1t is needless to say that Mr.. Nc
Hugh and the young lady are not friends
now.
Postmaster Haines. Mr.. McHugh and
Miss Mamie Deacy, the young lady in the
case. were all seen by "a Morning News
reporter. but none Of the three cared to
discuss the matter, though all admitted
- h. In, a.
her charges to Postmaster Haines the lat
ter a once proceeded TO investigate. Mr..
McHugh was prompt to defend himself,
but after having answered the charges as
he thought, Mr.. Haines asked MIN cues
tion which he declined 10 answer where
upon the postmaster suspended him and
made a report of the matter TO the post
master general The matter is now await
ing the arrival of an inspector TO be IN
Vestigated.
There is no evidence against Mr.. Nc
Deacy that she gave him letter con-
tanning SO to be registered in Noveni-
Der. 1894, which has never arrived at its
dest.na ton. The records of the registry
department at the postOt1ce show that
Mr.. McHugh registered a letter for Miss
Deacy in May, 1894.
Miss Deacy Is employed at kesseis
bakery, at Whitaker and Macon streets,
where she was seen yesterday by a
Morning News reporter.
Mr. McHugh acted very badly" said
don't care 10 talk about the matter until
the investigation is held"
81 Mr. McHugh was seen at his home at
No. AZ Habersham street. 1t is all a
case of spite" he said. IF Miss Deacy
gave me a letter to register, and the let
ter was never heard from afterwards,
why does she wait a year before saying
anything about it2 ! mailed a number of
letters for Miss Deacy at various times.
L registered one letter for her in May,
1891 which was the only letter ! register
ed for her with the exception of one in
1892 She claims that it was in Novem-
Der, 1894 that she gave me this letter to
register / win prove that she stated TO
several parties before making her
charges to the postmaster, that 1t was
in March or April, 1894, that she gave
me the letter to register"
Mr.. McHugh said that he thought that
as the charges were based on something
which occurred or was said 10 have oc-
CURED before his appointment to a place
in the postoffice that he did not think
Postmaster Haines acted right in sus-
pending him, and that he got tired of an
swering repeated questions on the same
line.
Il will be back at my desk in the post
office as soon as the investigation is
over" said Mr.. McHugh confidently. Mr..
McHugh is well known and has many
friends in the city who are confident that
he will come out of the investigation in
good shape. As naturally there have been
various rumors as 10 why he was sus-
pended from his place in the postotiice
the publication of the facts in the case
is not likely to do him any harm.