The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-04-09
PostaI TheFts.


Postal Thefts.
About week ago, Mrs. Sarah Holland,
of Mount Holly. was notified that there
was registered letter for her at the post
Office. When she called for it, the clerk
directed her attention to the fact that the
envelope bore appearance of having been
tempered with, and suggested that she
open the letter in his presence. She did
SO and found that SIS had been distracted.
The letter came from Philadelphia and
was enclosed in the government envelope
used for such purposes, and which was
cut open by the postmaster here, accord
| ing to instructions printed on it. The en-
| velope in which the money was enclosed
showed plainly that it had been tom open
in the back.
This is the second loss of money report
ed at the Mount Holly post Office, the
first occurring on March %, just a week
prior to the case mentioned above. John
| B. Potts, of Jacobstown, sent a letter to
| John b. Davis, cashier of the Farmers
National Bank, in which he called atten-
ton to an enclosure of So. Failing to find
the money, Mr.. Davis at once notified
Potts, who replied that he was positive
| he enclosed the money, and that he sent
| $40 to John Fl. Dobbins, treasurer of
building association, at the same time.
| He thought there was possibility that
he had enclosed both sums in one letter.
Mr.. Dobbins received the $40. but there
was nothing else in the letter. Mr.. Davis
then examined the envelope sent to him
by Mr.. Potts. The back of it showed
plainly where it had been opened and
then stuck together with mucilage. 1t
looked as if pencil had been used to pry
open the flap, which was torn in at least
one place. lt
The Holland case was at once reported
to the post Office inspector by Postmaster
Wills. who took charge of the Office that
day. The Potts matter, which happened
the week previous, he was ignorant of
until he was told Of it by a representative
of THE News. The envelope in this case,
with report of the theft, was sent to the
Jacobstown postmaster, who has reported
to the proper authorities and both cases
will probably be investigated. Both Of
these occurrences happened on Monday.
Abandoned Whom Nearly Dead.
ON Friday morning Walter Gibson, of
Philadelphia, was taken to the Burlington
County Hospital in a wagon by two
strange men. They drove to the rear of
the institution and while the attendant
was telephoning to the Superintendent,
they dumped the man out on an ash heap
and left as suddenly as they came, going
IN the direction of Burlington Gibson
was unconscious and no information con-
corning his condition could be obtain
ed. The mans entire body was cold
and all efforts failed to produce cir
cuiation. In this condition he lay for
several hours, when he died. His nose
was cut and there we're several wounds on
the back of the head, such as would be
produced by falling, but the skull was not
| fractured. s
On Thursday evening az two young
ladies were passing the West End Hotel,
they saw drunken man lying on the
front pavement, after which two men
carried him back under the wagon sheds,
where it is supposed the body lay all
night These two men are those who
took Gibson to the hospital. They had
been engaged in peddling oysters about
town, driving two mules. Their connec-
ton with Gibson is a mystery, but it is
supposed that all hands are hucksters
from Philadelphia, who ship goods to the
Mount Holly station.
In the injured mans pocket was letter
to William D. Gibson, Philadelphia, sign
ed by John P. Oulman, in which was in
formation concerning the formers broth
Philadelphia hospital.
Constable Brown took this letter to the
address mentioned and found that Will
liam Gibson was still living. The man
referred to in the letter was his brother
Walter, but that case was one of mistaken
identity Walter being alive and well.
The letter was given TO him, and this ex-
plains its being found in his pocked on
Saturday. William came to Mount Holly
J on Saturday evening and recognized the
remains. He said his brother was ad
dicted to drink.
Drs. Parsons and Flynn made post
norton examination of the body and de-
J cided that death was due directly to ex-
posure and drink, but the man was suffer.
ing with consumption in an advanced
siege.
Coroner Borden viewed the remains
and deemed an inquest not necessary
! The two men who we're with Gibson were
| found in Camden. They were perfectly
J willing to come to Mount Holly and tel
all they knew of the case. They said the
, man was left on the ash-heap because
, they knew be was sick and they feared
the hospital authorities would not receive
} him and he would die on their hands
The remains will be inferred In thu
Brotherhood cemetery here to-day, thu
/, Grand Army Post taking charge of tn
funeral.
, Those who never read the advertise
+ ments In their newspapers miss more thai
: they presume. Jonathan Kenison, Q
' Bolan, Worth Co., Iowa, who had beel
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r paper about how prominent German cli
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Y procured the same medicine, and to Us
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9 He also says: A neighbor and bis VII
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