Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-08
DOUGLAS POSTAL
 BOXES ARE LOOTED
CHECKS TAKEN FROM MAIL BY UNKNOWN PARTIES ARE
 FOUND ON STREET.
Slaughter Ranch Mail Is Filtered and ! Check Is Also Taken From Box of Alfred Paul.

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 me cueck and drart which Dr. MOnheit has been advertising as be ing in his possession awaiting owners were turned over to Postmaster Cad. we'll today on the latter's request, and the post office department is making a searching investigation of the dis appearance of the papers from the office. together with the letters in which they were contained. There can be no doubt that the letters were stolen from the Slaughter ranch FOX in the pOstoffice and the checks re moved. after which the letters were destroyed.
 At the request of Postmaster Cad well this morning pr. Monheit gave him the cheeks. with the explanation that they were found near the fence of the house in which Dr. Monheit lives at Fifth street and c avenue.
 The check is for $40 in favor of Miss Elizabeth McAllister. who is a guest at the Slaughter ranch, and is drawn on the Bank of Ithaca, \. T., by Miss McAlhster's brother. Peter McAllister. The draft is for S100 and is signed by the cashier of the bank of St. George. s. C.. in favor of w. $. Miner. Jr.. who is also at the Slaughter ranch. When they came into the possession of the postmaster both checks were properly indorsed, but the work had been done by the same hand. and comparisons with the books of the local banks. where the owners had caShed other checks. showed the indorsement to be a rank forgery in both cases.
 It is thoroughly understood how the letters which contained the checks got out of the postoffice. Some time ago a person who came in for the Slaughter mail reported to POstmas ter Caldwell that he had lost the key to the box and asked to be supplied with a new one To do this it was necessary to remove the lock, so that the number could be found. and in a subsequent rush there was not time to replace the lock on the box that day Later in placing mail in the box, one of the clerks noticed that the box contained six letters which had been torn open at the ends. This was reported to the postmaster and the lock was immediately replaced on the box When the mail carrier came again he was told of the matter and said that no one but he was author ized to get the mail from the Slaughter box.
 The inference is that some one found the box open. searched the let ters for money and checks. replaced those which did not contain the things for ,ich he sought, and later became frightened and disposed of the papers the best way he could, after going so far as to indOrse them.
 It will be remembered that Dr. Mon heit some days ago delivered a check to Alfred Paul. which the optician also found in the street. It is believed by the postofice authorities that the check and the letter in which 1t was contained was also removed from the office by the same party who is re- sponsible for the rifling of the Slaughter ranch box. The box from which the Paul letter must have been taken was left unlocked by its owner for month. owing to the lock being broken. It is positively known that the Paul check came to Douglas by mail, and as Mir. Paul never received the letter or envelope in which it was contained, it must have been taken from the office and opened by some person who had no right to do so.