Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-22
MAIL POUCH FROM NORTH ON
CENTRAL STOLEN FROM THE
UNION STATION.
HUNDREDS OF LETTERS
IT CONTAINED OPENED
Pouch and ItsScontents Found This
Morning Under the Rear of the Plaza
Hotel - Pouch Slit Open, Letters
Gone Thru and Money They Con-
tanned Probably Stolen.

A pouch containing a large quanti's
of first class mail from places north
on the Iowa Central, going to points
east of here on the Northwestern, was
stolen from the union station platform
early Friday evening. The pouch was
taken in under the rear of the Piazza
Hotel, just north of the station "ieie
it was slashed open and the con'enlH
rifled. There is no way of telling no"
much money or other valuaples "eie
stolen.
The pouch and its stolen contents
were found this morning when coai
wagon opened the door that LEADS IN
der that portion Of the part TOT Tue
purpose of putting coal in par. ~
the place under the building Is useo 70
store coal in
Hundreds Of Letters Opened
The police were notified at once OF
the find, and the postoffice, which was
advised of the shortage last night ~looh
possession Of the sack and the contents.
The letters the pouch contained.
which numbered several hundred, were
scattered about the sack and most OF
them had been torn open. Money
checks, drafts. money orders. express
orders. stamps, In addition 70 many let
tiers were found when the man was
gathered up and put back in the sack
to be taken to the local postoffice.
Some Money Overlooked.
The ends of the letters had been
torn open and the contents thrown on
the ground To have gone thru so
much mail must have required gooo
deal of time unless there were severai
who were busy at the task.
A number Of letters were FOUND
which had not been opened, having
been either passed by in the hurry or
missed. One IS bill and two 81 bills
had been overlooked, as had also some
stamps. These were found when the
mail was gathered up.
Any number of checks and drafts
some Of them for large amounts. were
scattered about IN the litter OF en-
velopes and letters. It is probable
judging from the number that were
not taken, that none of them was
stolen.
Pouch Stolen From Truck.
The pouch was stolen between 8: 40
and 1855. 1t came in on the south
bound Iowa Central train at $40 and
was left at the station to be trans
train No 6, due out OF here at Z: 90
| The pouch was left on a truck near the
baggage room to await the arrival OF
the train It was discovered that ii
was missing before the Northwestern
train arrived. and search was made
for It, and the shortage was reported to
the postoffice.
Contained No Local Mail.
The pouch contained no mail for this
city. and the pouch was not even work
f, ed IN the local office. The mail in the
sack was from Mason Eity. Rockwell
Chaplin. Sheffield. Hampton. Eldora
Union. and other stations north of here
on the Central and from Algona, Kama
wha, ,Corwith and other stations on the
| Belnlond branch west of Hampton
| A great deal of the mail was adj
dressed to Chicago. some to Cedar
Rapids, and the rest of It to stations or
| the Northwestern between here and
Chicago.
Any number of drafts, checks. an6
money orders for Chicago mail order
! houses were found.
The mail will be sorted, and in al
| the cases that it is possible to do so
the mail will be forwarded from the
local office. The task Of sorting the
| mail will be a big one.