Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-07-13
Jealous Husband
Gave Clue

ciew to begin with" said Inspector In
Chief fisherman to Boston Globe
writer
THE recent finding Of mail pouch
destined for Newton but reaching
the waters OF the harbor, with the
letters gone, is a case in point. re-
member when I was an inspector at |
Cincinnati was called out by tele-
gram to unravel the mystery Of lost |
pouch containing valuable mail.
reached the town late in the |
evening. and hunted up the postmas- |
ter. who was prominent politician |
ana a man OF high standing. He told |
me there was absolutely no clew to
the pouch, which should have arrived
nc ll:15 p. m. the night before and
did not. He said. however. that a city
omcer had said to him that IL some
one talked with a certain woman some
information might be secured.
This woman, it was said, would
witness parade next morning from
q window in the Office of business
company, and a description of her
was furnished. Just before the pa
rade went to the street number des.
ignated, but saw no one answering
the description at any of the windows
There was lady, very refined and
well dressed, wearing the same sort
OF coat and furs, standing on The
curb, but 1T did not seem possible thai
she could know anything about the
robbery. Still. as a matter of duty
l moved beside her and handed her
my card
She did not glance at 1t. but turned
her face away. I then asked when the
parade started. She made no reply
but turned and walked away. fol-
lowed at distance, and saw her en-.
ter one of the richest homes.
II went back, thinking 1 had been
deceived. and saw at the window the
woman who had been described to me
walked into the crowd around the
windows and handed her my card
I cannot talk to you here, but come
to my house tonight she said, this
is the address,
called that evening, and found
the place was not the most aristo-
cratic in the world. Far from it.
She chatted for time, and then
becoming friendly, asked me IL
could get a money order for $50
cashed for her. told her thought
could and would see the postmas-
ter about it.
Il took the order. and the next
morning satisfied myself that 1t did
not belong to her. and, furthermore
that 1t was in q letter sent In the
missing pouch.
II went back to the house to see
her about 1t, and asked where she
got 1t. She said a man who owed
her some money had sent 1t to her
I told her IL 1t was all right It would
be paid the next day, and changed
the subject. At length she asked
me II | would drink glass of ale
and started down to the cellar to
get some. AS an excuse when she
was half down stairs offered to
help her, and started down. .You
must not come down here-my hus.
band will not like it, she said, but
[ kept on down.
THE cellar was filled with plum
aer-hams by the score, boxes and
packages OF all kinds, and one box
opened at one end exposed two or
three silk parasols. asked her
what the collection meant, and she
said her husband was going to omen
p store and had been collecting mer
chandise
She pledged me not to tell. as
be had not resigned his position vet
and did not want 1t known that he
was going into business for himself
antil he got all prepared.
81 had heard of the pHlagfng o,
freight cars when I first came tc
town. but as / was not on that err
rand I made no further remarks
The next day punches of looted mai
began to come into the post Office
picked up by citizens. 1t was fount
under board sidewalks, in store boxe,
and out of the way corners.
"The mail had all been opened ant
rifled. but the letters we-e in the en-
velopes. On my next visit to tn,
lady's house she showed me four sill
handkerchiefs she said she had re
ceived, as a present. and asked mi
what I thought they were worth.
1.-THE next visit resulted in a I'm,
confession CT all she knew about TN
robbery. She had an admirer VIII,
gave her the order to be cashed an,
the handkerchiefs.
''The husband was suspicious O
him. and gave the slight tip to tn
postmaster. l learned that the adj
mirer was employed at a livery sta
BILE and slept in the loft, that he wa
In the habit of hitching up for tn
man who had the contract for carry
ing the night mails from the train
70 the post office. and that the tw
we're very chummy.
"I went to the stable and was toll
The employee was asleep in the lof