Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-21
CONFESSES TO TAKING
RING FROM j. 5. MAIL
B\ItTLESVILIJG POST FFICE
CLERK is CAUGHT BY INSPEC-
TOR AND DECOY LETTER.

Cornelius Jamson. special delivery
clerk at the Bartlesyille postofflce,
was detected yesterday morning by
Inspector l. c. Stonorook, Of Tulsa,
IN the act of pllfcring the mails jam
ison was brought to Tulsa, where he
was arraigned before Commissioner
Hyams, lie pleaueu guilty to the
charge and ls held In default Of 81,
900 bond. He viii probably be taken
to Muskogee today for imprisonment
IN the federal iail nc that place.
Just now Jamlson, who * only 90
years old. rs languishng in the county
iail, feeling the panss OF deep re-
morse because Of tampering with I'm
Gle Sans mail. The youngster has
no friends on the outside to intercedc
for him or to cheer him up in his
confinement
Because Of his youth II IS not known
whether or not he will serve a fed
cral Jail sentence, as there Is Il posi-
bIlity Of his being given a reforma-
tory sentence.
His arrest Is the outcome of an In
vestlgation following the loss Of al
$3.50 diamond ring, taken from 4 res
istered package. The ring was miss
ed about Christmas and since then
the officers have been closing the net
Cbout the youngster Yesterday morn
ing Inspector Stonebroolt prepared "a
test letter and caught young Jamison
in the act of tampering with II.
Jamlson Is charged with the theft
Of the diamond ring. According to
Inspector Stonerook, he admitted he
had aiken the ring. and told that il
had been pawned. Later the officer
found the ring I'm a Bartlesville pawn
shop.
For such a deed the usual sentence
Is five years in the federal jail, ao-
companied by fine OF $500.
Jamlson stated that he first plfered
the mails because a package came
through his hands one day lnsecurely
bound, and II was an easy matter to
get into it Several llttl thefts are
said to have been committed by the
lad, and then came the package con-
tanning the diamond ring As he was
not caught at once when that was
taken, he became more courageous
and is thought to have taken several
OF value from the mails
But the youth did not understand
the ways of Uncle Sam. That person.
age Is slow to strike, but always sure, |
and It Is a rare thing TO pifer the
mails and not get caught.
Suspicion devolved upon tho young
special delivery clerk at Bartlcsyille /
and then the officers laid traps to
emsnare the guilty one. In letter
plastered all over with stamps, and
with every indication Of being valua-
bic, the postoffce Inspector placed
some worthless literature and sent II
through the mails In such o manner
that It would fail into the hands Of
Jamhon.
when the letter came to him In |
spector Stonerook was watching. The.
boy attempted to force the envelope /
open TO make an investigation Of lts
contents. The letter did not open
readily and he placed It back In the
malls Later the Inspector secured
the packet ana confronted the had
Jamlson, when cornerod, plead
ruiltH He stated that when ne saw
the envelopa would not come omen
teacIng his courage failed
him.
II is the same old story OF tempta-
ion and all at once the United States
secret service man swoops down, and
he guilty has TO pay the penalty
In the case Of young Jamlson, II
= especially pathetic, because appar-
antly he has no friends and could not
make even smaller bond, often
he federal courts show clemency to
me so young, but Uncle Sam Is strict
with IS employees They must be hon
,st.