South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-23
POSTMASTER Is
A STAMP CLERK
IN GREAT RUSH
CrabiII Deserts Private Office
for Dispensers Cage-Po-
lice in Holiday Rush, Hunt
Bold Two Hold-up Men.

South Bend merchants are not the
only ones experiencing an unusual
rush incident to the holiday season.
At least two OF South Bends public
institutions, the pOstOffice and the
police department. are being forced
to the limit of their facilities to nam
die their respective work.
Striking evidence of the manner in
which distinctions are swept away in
the tide of the holiday rush was pre-
sented at the postoffice Tuesday
Postmaster Cadmus +. Crabill, de-
serting his private sanctum where
correspondence is piling up on the
spacious polished top of his desk, ap-
peared at one of the stamp dispensing
windows of the office where he de-
Hvered the zones" and "twos" TO the
throng of holiday gift senders whlch
crowded the corridors.
Busy Selling Stamps.
The door to the postmaster's of1ce
was locked and official business, un-
less of extraordinary Importance was
laid aside in the effort to facilitate
the handling of the large volume OF
mail. Postmaster Crabill was too
busy distributing stamps to grant in
terviews on any but matters demand
ing immediate attention.
Asst. Postmaster Zimmerman like
wise deserted his office, Joining the
force Of stamp dispensers. Supt.
Upton and Assistant Huber also left
their white cuff" jobs to help in the
distribution of the packages in the
parcels post division.
The police department has also felt
the spur of the holiday rush and de-
tectives are on the trail of pick
pockcls and bolder hold-up men VINO
have been reported TO headquarters.
One of the most daring of recent rob
berries was committed Monday night
and the police have not as yet any
trace OF the robbers.
Robbers Get S27 from koons.
3. f. Koons. III e. Lasalle av.,
was held up by two highway men be-
tween $50 and 10 o'clock on y. Hill
St, and robbed OF over $27. He was
on his way home from a shopping
trip, and near a dark alley off JEFF
ferson boulevard, two masked men
sDrang out on him. one covering his
mouth with his hand and the other
feeling through his pockets for the
purse.
one threatened to Kill him if he at
tempted To make a disturbance and
when they had secured his money
they threw him 10 the sidewalk and
disappeared down the alley. KoOns
was some time recovering from the
shock. after which he found a police
man and the affair was reported TO
headquarters.
The men were described as tall.
dressed apparently in black with low
caps. They appeared to be about 80
years of age. and as far as KoOns
could see. they were smooth shaven.
The police have made investigation
and believe the two the same men
that wel< implicated in similar hold
ups In the past week.
Eighteen prisoners faced sentences
in city court Tuesday.
The family of Roy Wollery Of River
Park will eat Christmas dinner with
out him and he viii take his dinner
behind the bars at the county Jail,
where he was sentenced TO serve a
90-day term for stealing a watch. He
was found guilty Tuesday. in police
court of taking the watch from the
South Bend Watch Co. and in addi-
tion TO the sentence in Jail he was
fined S1O and costs.