The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-12
BRIcI1s AND SAND ny PosT.
&c. oPpenheim Creates n sensation
When He Calls for his Mail.
From the Chicago Times.

From the Chicago Times.
New YORK, Feb. 6.-somebody deposited
nine bricks and box of sand in the United
States mails last Tuesday. They were
carefully wrapped and were plastered
with SO-cent stamps of the Columbian is
sue. The result was that several sweepers
and other employees in the New York Of
fee were given a scare, and the bricks and
the box Of sand became TO their minds in
fernal machines about to explode and blow
the federal building into smith Greens.
Wednesday man called at the pcstof-
fee who said he was J. c. Oppenheim of
West One Hundred and Thirtieth street.
Mr.. Oppenheim showed a notice he had
received from the postofice to the effect
that there were four packages awaiting
him, which had been mailed in New York,
on which the postage was paid, but for
which he would have 10 call, as they
We're above the legal limit of weight
There they were, four packages, adj
dressed to J. c. Oppenheim. One was
box. It was neatly tied up, the address
printed on it. and across the top was
beautiful fresco Of 30-cent Columbian
stamps. The other three were alike. Like
the box they were very heavy and We're
carefully wrapped up and literally decor
ated with the S0-cept stamps. Mr.. Open
helm was given his packages and started
to lug them off. Shortly afterward one Of
the sweepers found four more stacked in
dark corner of the corridor He called
other sweepers. They called a Waterman.
He thought there was something queer
about them. Policeman Nelson of the city
hall substation, was called in. While the
sweepers and Waterman stood at a re-
sPectful distance, ready to fiy at the first
indication Of a blow-up, Nelson began his
examination.
These packages were also addressed to
J. c. OpDenheim They appeared to have
passed through the mails, there being post
marks on them, but all the stamps had
been torn off. Policeman Nelson tore the
wrapper off a box and opened 1t. Il was
fun of sand. Sand is generally supposed to
be a component part Of a tirst-class In
fernal machine, so the sweepers and
watchmen started to move of, but Pc
liceman Nelson treasured them by run
ming his hand into the sand. 1t was just
plain sand.
lie found the other bundles wrapped
thickly about with newspapers. When he
had succeeded in penetrating the cover
ings of the first one he discovered that
it contained three bricks, plain, everyday
bricks.
Just at this moment up came man
who demanded to know what Nelson was
doing, "Those packages are mine he de-
alared, and they are all right" A small
boy stood grinniHg near by. The owner
of the packages called him over, handed
him quarter, picked up two of the pack
ages himself and told the boy to follow
with the others. The astonished police
man, the watchmen, and the sweepers
let them depart. They were seen no more.
There were dollars and dollars worth
Of 3O-cent Columbian stamps on those
four packages. Why should they have
been mailed? Who is Oppenheimer? Had
he been buying gold bricks, and receiving
this worthless delivery? Did Oppenheim
have q grudge against his letter-earrier
and sacrifice his money with the idea that
he could load the carrier with nine bricks
and a box of sand addressed to himself?
Readers will have to draw their own con-
illusions,