The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-05-16
AFTER VIoLAToRs.
Chief OF Police Issues Edict Against Defac-
ing Mail and Letter Boxes.

ing Mail ana Letter Boxes.
The following edict has been sent
out by Chief of Police Newhouse:
To the public in general:
Whereas, complaint has been made
to the Police Department of the City
of Kenosha that certain evil disposed
persons have heretofore wilfully, ma
licious.y and wantonly injured, de-
faced and destroyed certain letter
boxes, pillar boxes ard other recepta-
c1es established by the Post Master
General, for the safe deposit of matter
for the mail and for delivery in the
City or Kenosha and have wantonly
and maliciously deposited in said letter
boxes and other receptaCles within the
City of Kenosha other matter and
have defaced and destroyed mail mat
ter deposited in said boxes and other
receptac1es and have thereby incurred
a penalty and have violated sections
1869 ard 5466 of the revised statutes of
the United States.
In order that the penalty for in jur-
ing street mailing boxes and mail
matter deposited in said boxes may be
properly understood I beg to call the
attention of the public to sections 1923
and 1924 of the postal laws and regula-
tons of the United States.
Section 1423.-Pena1ty for Injuring
Street Mailing Boxes.-Every person
who willfu11y and ma1iciously Injuries,
tears down, or destroys any letter
box, pillar box, or other receptacle es-
tablished by the Postmaster General
for the safe deposit of matter for the
mail or for delivery, or who wi1lfully
and malicious1y assaults any letter
carrier, when in uniform, while en-
gagged on his route in the discharge of
his duty as letter carrier, and every
person who willfu11y aids or assists
therein. shall for every such offense be
punished by fine Of not less than
500, and not more than $1,000, or by
for not less than one
year and not more than three. (R. S.
Sec. 386o.)
Section 1424-In juring Mail Matter
in Street Mailing Box, Etc.-Any per-
son who shall wi11fu1ly Or malicious1y
injure, deface, or destroy any mail
matter deposited in any letter box,
pillar box, or other receptacle estab-
lished by authority of the Postmaster
for the safe deposit of matter
for the mail or for delivery, Or who
shall willful1y aid or assist in injuring
such mail matter, shall be punished by
a fine Of not more than $500, or by i'm
for not more than three
years. Or. S. Sec. 5466.)
It is SIC suty Of the Police Depart
ment to protect the mail and pillar
boxes and other property of the
United States and if such violations as
have been reported and complained of
are to continue, the letter and pillar
boxes and other receptac1es provided
by the postal authorities for the con-
venience of the public will be removed.
It is earnestly hoped, therefore, that
all of our citizens, and especially those
residing in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the location of the several let
ter and pillar boxes and receptacles for
the deposit of newspaper and other
large material will report to the Police
any and all violations
that may come under their observa-
ton, and from and after this date all
violations within the purview of sec
ton 1869 and section 5466 of the re-
vised statutes of the United States will
be vigorously prosecuted.
Dated at Kenosha, this 18th day of
May, A. D. 1901.
JOSEPH C. NEWHoUsE,
Chief of Police of the City of Kenosha.