Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-12
HOW UNCLE SAM FOLLOWS
THE POST OFFICE THIEVES

One day there came up terrific
rainstorm and with this came a happy
thought to the inspector who had the
case in hand. He carried a bucket
of water into the loft and dashed 1t
on the overhead plastering just over
the distributors. Naturally a leak
was sprung and a workman. who was
taken into the confidence Of the in.
SpeCtor, was sent into the loft to make
an investigation.
Accidentally. on purpose, his foot
went through the wet plastering, leav.
ing hole. or course, to repair this
II would have been necessary to dd
the work from the distribution room
and, as this was not done. the clerks
went ahead with their work. while the
inspector looked down at their every
movement from the supposed acct
dentally.made mole.
Nabbing the Thief.
Finally he was rewarded by seeing
one of the Oldest employees of the Of,
flee slipping letters into his pocket.
The inspector got out of his place Of
hiding. collared the clerk, and found
the letters, every one Of them con
tanning money. His confession was
full, and he went up for a number oi
years. ~ 49,
"A German. named Klamath, gave
the inspectors a world of trouble in
the same city. Thousands of letters
were missed, and goodness only knows
how much money stolen. II was q
case which puzzled the department
and after weeks of the closest investi
| no 10 un Iasfln1 that tho grnnlF
ed work was not done in the postOf
fee.
Then an outside campaign was be
gun, and Klamath was arrested while
stealing letters from one OF the street
boxes. He did not have key, but
used a wire for extracting the letters
His operations were confined to the
boxes In the business sections, AND
he admitted he had stolen not less
than ten thousand letters before he
was caught. The amount OF money he
got could never be ascertaincd, hui
he must have secured snug sum
His own confession sent him to the
pen for a long term.
Few Arrests in Washington.
Did you ever think about the fac
that but few arrests have been made
here in Washington? There's a pow
erful army OF pOstOfiiCe employees here
but they seldom go wrong, and yet In
, speCtors are no more numerous her,
than in other cities.
. "a few years ago we had an inspect
, or who was regarded as cracking
| good man. He went wrong, but, than
! goodness, 1t was after he resigne
from the service. His daughter re
received an appointment at a thriyin
| town in Georgia as postmistress, an
, had been there six or eight month
when the father suddenly conclude
that he wanted 10 go to the same plaC
/, and open up real estate business.
, well, he resigned as postohlc
inspector and moved to Georgia. II
got the run of the Office OF which hi
: daughter was pOstmistress and prett
soon the office was robbed Of seyera
hundred dollars. II was bunglo
, Job and no difficulty to amount I
anything was experienced in saddlin
the job on the young lady's father. II
| did time in Columbus penitentiary.
;. 1T always struck me that II thI
| man would steal from his own daugl
J, ter's Office he must have been guilt
of crooked work while he was inspeC
r or. There are always plenty (
!, chances to accept hush money fro
o postmasters who are found short