The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-22


through the pocket of the young mans
coat and then through his outer vest
pockets. They found no letters in these,
but when the chief inspector came to put
his hand into the young mans inside
vest pocket Parshley said:
Gentlemen, the Jig is up. Here are
the letters you were looking for."
He produced from his inside vest
pocket four letters which had been
mailed in this city yesterday afternoon.
None of these letters had been opened,
and it is not yet known what they con-
tair, although the inspectors believe all
of them have money in them. Only one
of these letters bears a business card on
the nve1ope and this one has -. i.
Sanford, Manufacturer Of Tuner Soles,
3S Union street, Portland, Me- printed
in one corner. The other three letters
are addressed to people living outside the
city, and are enclosed in square enve-
lopes, all of which are now in che hands
of the post office inspectors.
In Parshley's pocket was fuond a roll
Of bills and these the post inspectors ex-
amined carefully.
Among these bills were the three that
were identified by the post office inspec-
tors as having been mailed by them in
the decoy letter. When asked what he
had done with the envelope and letter in
VIII ich these bills we're enclosed, Parsh-
ley said he had destroyed them. He also
told the inspectors SO Chief Inspector
Boynton said last night, that he had
been taking letters from the mail for
the last six months. He said that he
was i'll debt and had used the money he
had taken in paying his bills and in
helping one OF his reltives who lived in
Boston, and who had been having very
hard time. The young man made no
statement to the inspectors as to the
amont of money he had taken from the
mails, but he answered all of the -qUes-
tions asked of him and said that he was
willing to make clean breast of the
whols business.
Deputy United Sattes Marshal Bur-
ton Smith WAS called and at the request
of Chief Inspector Boynton he placed
Parshley under arrest. The young man
was at once taken before United States
States Commissioner Bradley and given
a preliminary hearing. At first he plead
ed guilty to the charge of taking letter
from the mail, but was afterwards al.
lowed to retract this plea and enter
plea of not guilty.
Parshley was then held In the sum OF
$1,000 for the February term Of the grand
Jury of the United States Court and
was given every opportunity of securing
bail. At IL O'Clock last night, having
been unable to obtain the necessary
sum he was taken to Portland jail by
Deputy Marshal Smith and looked up.
Young ParshIey is well known in this
city and his arrest on the charge OF pill
fering from the mails will be severe
shock to q wide circle of friends who
have always had implicit confidence in
his honesty and integrity. At no place
did the news of his arrest cause such a
sensation as it did in the post otfioe
among the men with whom Parshley hiss
worked for the past four or five years.
He has always been looked upon as one
of the best clerks in the Portland Office
and about year ago passed very cred
liable examination for promotion.
Parshley has, during the past year,
been rather wild, and that he has been !
drinking more than WAS good for him
has been often remarked by his friends. |
He has mother and father living In |
this oity to whom the news Of their sons |
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