Bridgeton pioneer., 1896-01-30

LOOSE BUSINESS.
A New Route by Which to Send Mail
Matter.


Matter.
Tuesday our attention was called to
the fact that some mail matter had been
found among the waste paper which had
been thrown out from the Post Office.
The facts as we learned them are as
follows:
A few days before last Christmas GER
tain parties, who do not care to have their
names used at present, sent to the Post
Office a letter, an envelope containing
photographs and package containing
merchandise, to Mrs. Young, who re.
Gently moved from Bridgeton to Midway,
New York. The sender of the mail mat
ter was somewhat surprised yesterday to
receive letter from Mrs. Young stating
that she had just received the letter and
photographs from William Fl. Nicholson,
of Bridgeton, who claimed to have found
| them in waste paper which had been re-
ceived from the Post Office. This infor-
nation was calculated to arouse the sus-
picion of the party who sent the mail
matter, and last night he sought an inter-
view with Mr.. Laning. The latter was
much worried of the affair.
Samuel H. Garrison, driver of an ex-
press wagon, says a few weeks ago he
emptied the large box in the rear of the
Post Office in which is thrown the waste
paper from that place. He carted it up to
| Parker Brothers Glass Works, where he
he dumped it out.
William II. Nicholson was found in the
packing room of the Parker Brothers
| Glassworks yesterday afternoon. busily
engaged in packing the ware, and told
the following plain, straightforward
story of the gross negligence of the Post
Office department. He said:
! About three weeks ago the company
got quantity of waste paper from the
Post Office to be used for packing pur-
poses. 1t is not an unusual thing to get
waste paper from different places to be
used for packing the ware. The stuff was
brought to the works in Garrison's ex
press wagon, and dumped in the yard.
There it lay some time before it was used.
Last Wednesday in scraping around
the pile of rubbish, several broken en-
velopes were picked up by Matthew Mat
tison, a young man who works with Mr..
Nicholson, to get the stamps from them
he being stamp collector. Among Gtiler
matter, Mr.. Nicholson found a package
which had never been opened. He tore
it open and found therein two cabinet
photographs of two little boys.
This made him open hiSeyes and more
closely scrutinize the package. 1t was
properly stamped, and he read on the
envelope the following address:
Mrs. L. NJ. YOUNG,
Midway, n. Y.
He laid the package aside, and then
scratched around in the pile of offal,
helping the young man to get the stamps,
when he discovered letter which had
not been opened, but had been properly
stamped and mailed in the Office here.
The letter had never been sent, and was
addressed to
MRS. CATHERINE YOUNG.
Green County. Midway, n. Y.
Mr.. Nicholson did not open this letter,
but kept it and took both it and the pack
age home with him that night.
This was not all that was found. Mat
thew Mattison found package neatly
tied up, and bearing six cents worth of
stamps, which had not been opened.
This package was also addressed to Cath
crime Young. Mattison opened the pack
age, which contained four pretty hand
kerchiefs and a pair of suspenders. These
were in the possession of Mattison
yesterday. The letter and the photo
graphs were sent to Mrs. Young last
Wednesday night by Mr.. Nicholson.
Mr.. Nicholson wrote her letter ex-
planning the circumstances of the case,
and asked her to write a letter to him,
telling him if she ever received them.
He has not yet heard from Mrs. Young,
but it is known that she received both
the letter and package.
These two packages had been received
in the Post Office and thrown out in the
waste paper box.