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Show Uncle Sam Is Different. . Along with the news of hold-ups and robberies comes the story of the demolishing of a United States mail box by unknown persons. So far as is known 110 letters were stolen, the box having been broken open "for fun.' It may prove costly fun for the vandals, as they will find that Uncle Sam has a habit of hunting down those w ho violate his laws. Holdups Hold-ups and robberies do not come under his jurisdiction "and the perpetrators have a better chance to escape, but when the property of the Government is destroyed de-stroyed the secret service of the United States (and this is more extensive than most people believe) is called into action, and these nien have a quiet, determined deter-mined way about them that usually runs down the criminals and brings them to justice. Robbery of a private citizen is one thing, and robbery of Uncle I Sam is another. |