The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-01
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crime. Here We're the brains that
had planned 1t. and she should have
been punished But she weighed 700
pounds She lived high up In the
mountains where no sort of gonl
could be taken. When any attempt
was made to move her she lay down.
the bulks-of her. combined with tho!
iaaccessibiliry of her home. pre-nnt-l
cd her being brought to justice.
The postoffiee inspectors are the
men of the fenderal service whose
auty it Is TO apprehend train robbers.
These men have been the, leaders in
counters with gangs OF these Grim,
finals that have every taken place
Whenever the robbery of a train in
GUIDES the mail car, it becomes the
duty ofzthe inspectors to get the rob-
bers
1t was several years ago that a
gang OF train robbers terrified what
was then the Indian Territory. Three
trains were held up within week.
AT ke!so. station an attempt was
made On a train was made, but thsl
engineer put on full steam andi
dashed past the robbers. They fred
brakeman. Two days later a traini
being Christnias eve, and the MALL
car was ransacked. Soon another
attempt was made on the Caney Vail
ley line. The community was;
in !; panic and the local authorities
acknowIeds ed themselves unable to-
cope with the situation. The fedaar-i
al authorities assumed charge OF the
case. if M, !
An inspector was assigned to the
task of locating the robbers. Het
followedlIhe trail Tor weeks before lie
succeeded in doing this. Finally
they were found hidden away in a
ranch house on Big creek. Backed i
by y party of United S,ates marshals.l
the inspector broke down The door to !
this house. The robbers shot out,
their lights and soon a battle vas
on IN the darkness. When the firing /
ceased and the house was again III II
lunlinat ted, two of the robbers weres
dead and two others had beehI
dubbed into submission with the
butts of revoTvers.
But occupying first place amongl
the methods of the postoffice in-i
spectors is the system they have for
locating the guilty clerk or carrier
This scheme is SO perfect than an
which employs 800 clerks and car
5riers. may never see these men. may
know nothing of them practically
yet. from the records of the office he
may; in two days, write down lner-
-ringly the name of the man of the
force who is tampering with letters.
This sort of detection is matter
of ma tnematics. If postoffice en-
ploy is taking mon6S from letters.
complaints will soon begin to CONF
in. They are turned over to the in
spectors. who investigate them.
These inspectors learn when and
Letters SO mailed would have passed
through the postofffce by certain
iroutes at certain times. The in
ispector can tell just what hands
they would have passed through.
One OF the men who would have
handled given letter is the guilty.
party. Three days later another let
ter was opened. That letter is
traced through the postoffice. 4 list
Eof every man who would have
handled it is made. There is but one
thief working at this game at this
time. in all probability. This ma
must have been at work at the time
ieac:i of these letters went through.
guilty men are limited to the names
That appear on both lists. When a
third letter is traced many of these
will have been eliminated. Finally
the process will have been carried so
ifar that there is but one man who
has been on duty at the time when
lalf The letters Went through the Of
flee. He is the guilty man
This process of locating the thief
would not be admitted us evidence of:
his guilt in court. But with this
Iclue it is not hard TO get direct evil
dence.S The man is watched.