The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
STOLE UNCLE SANS FUNDS.
Arthur Young Took Stamps From
His Mother.

For the theft of postal funds from
the Office of which his mother is post
mistress, at Thunderbolt. Arthur
Young is temporarily a prisoner at
the police station house. r. C. Gross,
aged Is years of Bryan County, is held
in the same cell with Young, on the
same charge.
The young men are the prisoners of
Patrolman G. S. Godbold, and will be
held until they can be given prelim-
mary hearing before United States
Commissioner Ryals. Yesterday morn
officer Godbold visited Thunderbolt and
examined the accounts of Mrs. M. E.
Young, the postmistress, and widowed
mother of the older of the prisoners.
A shortage of $93.40 was discovered
and Mrs. Young announced that it had
occurred since April l. On that date
she checked her books and found them
straight
The case against the prisoners was
worked up carefully by Patrolman
Godbold in his own time. He was do
ing night duty and the time he spent
on the postoffice case was during the
hours when he was supposed to be
sleeping. Several days ago the patrol
man ascertained, in a casual way,
that certain postage stamps had been
sold by young man at less than face
value. His suspicious were aroused
and he began quiet investigation on
his own hook. The officer discovered
that Gross had sold the stamps and
later learned of his intimacy with
Young
Further investigation developed the
fact that Young is the son of Thunder
bolts postmistress, and that he had
been staying out at Thunderbolt along
with Gross. Godbold learned that
Young had been employed as an oiler
one one of the vessels of the Ocean
Steamship Company, but that he had
been laid off two weeks ago. Gross
was engaged in fishing, and longing
oysters. The patrolman learned fur
Their that both of the suspects had
been frequenting the Tenderloin Dis
trict and had spent some money. With
these facts in hand he became con-
WINGED that there had been populations
in the Thunderbolt postoffice.
The patrolman employed a man to
remain at Thunderbolt at night and
watch for Young and Gross, whom he
could not then locate. The Of
in the city and could not remain
on guard himself. He instructed his
Waterman to telephone for him just as
soon as either man put in an appear
ance. When Gross turned up at the re-
sort Godbold received word and secured
a few hours leave of absence to effect
the arrest. He placed Gross under ar
rest and an hour later found Young at
No. AL Price street, where the officer
says both men had been in hiding.
A skeleton key was found on Young
and further investigation by the pat
rolman brought out the fact that it fits
the door of the postoffice, which ad-
joins Mrs. Young's home. With these
facts established the prisoners deny
their guilt. Young admits giving Gross
in the neighborhood of SO worth of
stamps to sell at discount, but claims
that he purchased them from his moth
er to assist her, and without letting her
know anything about it.
Gross admits that he disposed of the
stamps to an East Broad street grocer,
but claims that he had been told that
Young had purchased them in legiti-
mate way. Most of the stamps taken
were in the book form, II stamps in a
book. A number of newspaper wrappers
were also taken. The prisoners were
unable to furnish bail and will be given
hearing tomorrow by the Commits
SiOner