The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-16
TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE BROKEN Up
Capture oi Hold-L'p Men Years
Bigscs, Feat by Slc,,hs OF
Post-Onicc.

Washington y. c.. January j5.--ln.
terestinE tales OF how Uncle sam pun
ishcs fraud arc told in the rcpor; of
Robert :. sharp, chief inspector Of tho
rosi Office Department. to the Post
inastcr-Gcncral for tho fiscal year
ended Juno 30. 1910.
Duriu., the year 1859 post offices were
robbed. as compared with 1900 during
tile previous year There We're :.36a
nrrcsts. of which ~ were post -oilico
burglars. as compared with 239S ar
rests during the previous year. OF
which il6 were post Office burglars. OF
tho number arrested 100 were post
masters. thirty Ave assistant postmas-
tcrs nincty-Nvc clerks in post offices
twenty-five railway postal clerks,
thrty-siX city letter carriers. thirty
seven rural letter carriers and nineteen
mail carriers. or the total number
l5Ia were persons not connected with
The postal service
since March, 1905. nine Western mail
trains have been held up and robbed
and a large amount OF registered mail
has been stolen and ritlcd i'ost-oiiice
inspectors have worked on the cases
with unilagging zeal and energy with
the assistance and corporation of the
locni authorities. Nine men have been
arrested and convicted for these train
robbericS. one being sentenced to nftecn
years in the pcnilentiary and fine OF
S3,o0e one 10 forty three wears and :,
fine OF $4,000: Two To serve forty-nvc
years each. and five to life imprison-
moUt.
Worst Dcspcradoc> for Decade.
Fhc evidence gathered hy the inspcc-
tors indicates that some I'll tho men
convicted participated in more Than onr
hoid-up With the capture and convic
iion ct these men it is believed that in
spcctcrs have broken up Inc best or
snnizcd band OF despcradocs In the las,
decade
y very important case recently han
died by the post Office Inspectors COW
cred the operations of the so-callcd
Mabray gang. The first complaints
we're made t" the department about
Two Years ago, ana Investigation dis
closed that the business OF what is
believed 10 have been the most .i.an
Tie scheme Of its kind with whicl, Tho
postal INSPECTORS have HAD to contend
WAS operated on Il large scale bv AN or
Ehni@ation Of confidence mon by means
81 rake horse races, athlete contests
etc,
The swindle was pcrpc,ratcd sue
ccssfnlly III various parts oi the United
states. ANA victims in all PARTS of the
United states were robbed of sums
VARYING from $1,000 To sSG.Gvu IT is
estimated that the promoters secured
approximately Sa.0e0,oe0.
Jolh O. Mhbray, the principal Of this
erSHnizauon. ana eighty -m.ic OF his
associates were indicted in connection
with this scheme. and man, of ,hon,
nave already been tried ana .7onvicic,l.
y scheme TO dcfraud, international
III scope. Is known as the gold brick"
s"indlc, by which victims nave been
Hccccd out OF various SUMS. ranging
from $500 10 $4,000
Mining swiudicrs Coz Si,uu0.0 900.
1T IS believed the swindlcra secured
more than Sl.ooo.U00. Letters were
mailed In the Unitcd States. addressed
10 deceased persons in Great britain
Inc general idea conveyed being that
me deceased was Interested in Il min.
ING specuiaiion shat the undertaking;
mad been Sftccssc.l and that gold in
Nast duaS'tirIeS had been discovered
The purport OF the letter WAS TO oh.
ialh the deceased persons instructions
rs 10 how his snare should be handcc
over TO lin. and nnully TO induce a
representative Of the estate of the dc.
ceased 10 come To tile United states
The Investigation OF this ease re,
quirch the utmost skill on the part o
the inspectors handling 1T. TIN I,
England Was necessary TO obtain i'm
portnnt information and evidence, tnt
Investigation had 10 hc made in variou.
parts of the United States and Canada
The promoters ut this swiudIo Cam
sron Bostctttr. L.. =. stark Ton an,
George w. Post. were arrested Bos
letter WAS convicted, sentenced To scrv,
four ANA one half years in tn. pcn!
tcntiary al atlanta and TO paS a I'M
OF $1,000. and SinrkloT ana pos, for
teitcd their bsii OF S23,oQ0 In Philalri
phia. Every effort is acins madc /,
lecapturc these tugitivcs from justice.