Show TALES OF GOVERNMENT CRIME IJnlOl of tho attsllr4 lay PrOliHslonltI POflt Trio onlco BII1Hlm TenetSi Jo tease of Ibid Jfitt 66ttitsTA lt3rlllllnl Aiarrsed 111 lCIfIIJn ii Jrnous IIJllal Irirgiara WAD are Na al Idrft doJ the Jd nil Sos Offer jar IhtmIII 160111 the lillarJo gang uJ Rt > CAaratltrslIor a IIJllal Thid IItl tO lYre Nm COlltr ltl3lt JIIIoslIis Gfmt and JsatSotIMf 4irist Calt 1 IriSe The rr IbriSi InjlftlOOlIUr Stomp KtUny and Other Queer Scfitmet loJ Defraud 1M Gottnlntnl = NSCL oflriLttId i2 or frisk u carnl 1 l o liE IUCOImS fl r I 01 the lost Oilier 4 Jf Department 01 I 1i tie United States Y lib blotted J ftA are f Icrlme More Ihon unbundreIIoI 1i 0 tuastets 10 wroll Oler one thousand t icr Jr mry Ire annually arrested lot trying In 01 lllc frosts other 10 pilfer KM oar or ° > cji ind on he average more thin 10 poit of ccri are robbed every day tar in ind > eaT out Iul sear there ol cent In post oat Increase 33 per iJice biplanes there being 426 more that lime than the mil cnnnea during I Kir preceding and within the part ten lun there has been an Increase of 247 I The indl m cent in postal robberies the will shunS are that ptcienf year Drab the record and that It will how riots burglarIes llun any In our history HAIL KOUUNl A SLIkNLL The robbing of post offices IJ I now re diotd to a science It 1 is l known that there l ate In the country a clan ol pro Ional l l burglars who devote them icltci to robbing post officer hey are tptrti m their line and their tcahng t ml fortunes They have their lencci I through whom they get rid ol the stamp they sorb them 1 steal lie and eveivlhmj to be itematlcally toiinceUil l rgn zed They operate In all partii ol lie country though the headquarter atone IUt r f one ot the blfRtit I fares scotia to le In ew hurSt Hulii trio last too or three yean they have become bolder than ever Tne lost Olhce Depart vent hii lor ume time kllU1I ol tune etlstence ad IIIIIIICIOIS arc work icgnoght and diy to wipe liicm out lao tears ago the molter was taken up ty Congress and an appropriation ol I uaowsas etude to be used by the Post Olhce Department the ihape cl revvaid for the arrest and detection of such robber la > t rear thli appropriation appropri-ation was Incrrued to f 15000 and the result 11 I thai the department now has tUndini reward lor noted postal I burglar IIIH lr eJn t glar They arc now sending UIU announcing r an-nouncing niirh rewards to the dlflercnt detective I office of the country and two which I were lately Issued lie 1 before me as I write lost orrleR IIoeDEki AT IAkor One of these hills slices jooo for the capture of the three great post ollice uurKlirtKillonm Kussel 1 and Allen ulio cucaped 1 from the lucllow shred jail In New Yurk on the 4lli sif last July and Ihu other olleri f IWI > for the arrest and convictIon of blilncy Yumle and < eorgF Carson two oilier celebrated host olfico thrives II 1 Is thought thai nil of these men belong to the greatest ol Ihrse goIngs of prolesMunil poji oltice burglars file posters describing idem contains hall lone poitraits ol the men As the rascals are mill at Urge It In I In ler < lIng 10 know how Ihey look Take ennle or horn fioo is I ollered The potter says his namu Is bldncy Yennle and that he sometimes joe under the aim of Sidney Manning and at olhtrs ol telell J Roberts He I Is n pick podit and a general Ihlefand Is wanted on the charge ol post vDicc robbery He is twenty ci ht > ca ra old hive feet I icvcii lnclic high anil he weighs IOJ pounds lie IS of iiiedium weight nark com pltxion suit his brown hair Is I thin on Ihv lop of Ins Iliad lib tell cclld droops nnd lib c > cs are lark brown Carton Is described as follows lieu cun II kriuuat as u bank sneak and l general thief He I is wanted l for trust ollicc robbery He U ioitonu > cirs old l Uc feet 1 one and tinehall indict hlgn and he weighs IGJ pound His head U very bald l his muntachc blonde l Ills complexion lurid 1 his cvel haul nnd he his a dot ol India ink oil his light hraaodn I ninui FAMOUS POSTAL ULRGLARI Tire other poster oilers rewards of flau each lor the capture ol Joepli Killoran Harry I Uusscl and Uiarici Allen These men are the princes 01 post olhco burglars They sund 1 at the lead of he profession and belong to n nlfre which Killoran 1 Is l supposed lobe lo-be the leader Killoran l m been robbing rob-bing pun olhcei fur years nod it Is I aid lhat he hai stolen irum two post oflices alone within the put six months more than 150000 He was arrested for robbing rob-bing the po < t ollicci at Springfield Ill and at Hoboken cN AI I and Idnissel 1 and Allen wire taken nl the samo time The three men uetr uilombed in the Ind low street bunt May ji isoj They is > 7eI on tIne 4th 1 ol IJ tail July and r Shin lost OHice Department U I searching hoc l them everywhere rime H t no doubt but that Ihee burglars I hive a large amount ol money at their commmd lucy have many conleder Ales nnd lImIt I capture dilhciill will Dining probably Ihelr be Hay exceedingly In tIne Jail they tried 1 again and again to bribe their keepers and the manner of theIr escape has led to Ihe belief that they may 5005W slhlv hale succeeded l Fhcv oflend the jail cleaner Minn rangIng Iron I f joo to KOJU to aid 1 tlicm In their trcapi Ilicy t ° told one keeper they would I give I bin 1 tyx > ric would allow them tu knock him down ant hunt gel out This man 1 was promised I fjooo more If r they succeeded in making their escape 1 hey ollered one ol the jail servant f 500 for a revoher ant I they IcndtrcU tevcral other bribe In some way or other they did 1 gel revolver They con ml Ihe ialloM with them seized H > c tell taunt the hand ol one of them and l lUCK cd him and 1 h tan ololanl l In the rccip lion room of the jail 1 hey then ran out of the corridor into the street with 1 treat crowd niter them They doubled l Tnls way and Hut Two of tlamRuv id and Allen took lo the ruoft ol Hiu houses 01 some ol the New York side sorrels and thus eluded their pursuers Killoran distanced l the intn who were alter him until finally ho wat pursued hy only UIKC He I drew loIs lexolxir on Ihcm and uatned them to go back They belt 1 Ho h then Mint to the ilcwtctl railroad and took a train going up lawn and l this was the lit lhat was seen ol htm A TIIOttAND 101 > LAK Miter Thee men are wotlli a thousand dollars dol-lars apiece Cattle Santa will piy III it lo any one who will arrest them and 1 hind them over lu the foiiTinncnt omceri The plcluru un Ihe potters are good but me turn were thiven Just after their arrett and this will lncrtav the dull cully ol lilentilylng 1 I them IIie I government govern-ment however is seep lull In Us description des-cription mid II Is l probable that tiny IIlb J li Irl bll J rWr wlllbccaptuicd I I Killoran it described ns an lnghshman ol hftyslx > tarsof age He in I about five letS 1 nine Inches and a lull high and ho weighs I aGo pounds Ha has dark brown hair alight a-light 1 r beau mixed 1 with I gray tlriu complexion li I lair There is a letter 1 and a round l dot on his right forearm fore-arm and there are three loll on his tell foreatm which ale partly burnt out He Ins a slightly pockmarked lot bu tacOs his thumb and 1 Ihe blest finger on his right hand The ileicnpliou ol Ihe other meiiaro equally lull and the punt ollice inspectors are scattering Iliete cir cul us throughout pollcu and date titeolhcesof lhecouinr > ltST CimCK INUHCtOKS 1 These circulars are signed M lJ Wheeler chlel I I O Insli tourtIae I ln pcct < ir nuy bo called lyric I t I Sims I poilalilet itics There me ilioiit one hundred uf them ant they are stalter cd nil over the counti fhry hove clnrgr ol all crimes connrcled with Ihe 11 post cilice and may be ordered b > the I 1rl 00 1I rostnuster dcneral lo go lo any pall of time cannmnamy at u moment notice A number of llum me mi duly along mite ll II I golll llnr lietwern Ilia United Slate and Canadj and 1 they arc specially hu < y elr tO Just lion In keeping track ol the ruin betlei in o tin wttteili slate mil I tetn ton I tery div or so Ii roeo it i j lelcgiam rant Oklahomi or tin 1111 ban territory n kln fur lIne detection of onie new puil oflice cnm Ihe I in ear clalur < RIO under alan thirg of Mr MI I II hfler who directs Ihrm I ruIns the bull Ulluc Depiiiment hcie Mr Wheeler U t t blue teuh l gray mnstaih ed man ol about lilly He t hs be < n conn teil with the delmam truman I for earl He h is I rather icaerttd in IIM manner and like all good d nme < he his lenrncd the polnv ol keeping his mouth itmt n lo hInt ciim hr Isis In hand His I deparnncni is thoroughly org nled huweter anti tie wilts nrr hot with the canes which nre > enl into It for him to mile All compl unu nre clatsihed I Choiot which relate ti I the reEiiltred null are ached A lnui t which renrts thug urdinnry rnol go into ulvMlon II All charki jaiii < t ustnuttirn nnd l poitil rniiloie md improper live I ol thin mid ire a iigni I Inaiiuihiir ionmatlied I Ihe U I CIKI are Ihow wlniii relate to Hie robberie of pott uflice and the 1 cues arc romplnlnti as to the loreign null lure I aru daring crime connected con-nected with all these gates Ihorcglv I tctoil mall It wlil lo carry about two hundred million dollart a > ear It li indie about lilleen million lulirs and package annuall and Ian year II snas ahltgeul Lit II user twinty lilt hundnd ol these wen opeiied and their ion Icnti stulci here I were several thou oab oilier cases auntie of whuh embraced em-braced the entire lots 01 the letter or package of Ihe cain Invenligaled it was found lint looses actually occurred In only ilchteen hundred intiancivi I and that In half ol these the inoniy wa re coitred lIlY Ihu m < p I < c ur > Ai In Hie aiinuil oiu niry null it it I tmpotsiblu to evtmule iia valnr At Hie rata of twinl IYllv tenm per littir II would bo woith 1300 > IIJ Cuniploiiilt m Hut dlvltluii umouiiied < last jtir lo about hull oseyoIn to iiusand and the lot was compjralul II fmill Tile unef in ceAe in CIIIIIL nan been in pott olhid burn and 1 connected with them the numerous ilclalcations In the Icrrltor ICHOI 1 Hie wen III liliu tp 11 l UK OlIN The action < u Killoran Kiutell and 1 Allen In holuing up Ihu Jailert ul Sew orkiiiiolhiig new In the riKmnul I trait nlhlu linnet The men wnomb baltIc Saunas pot olhcet urn among Hie mutt dangerous our criminal classesi Iney ute usuilly men uf more nun ordinar Intelligcucv biid they teem to be ndepti 1 In the alt m selling uJl 1 ul Uncle bamrijail here I UH nun now In tll < peiillcuiury lit Joilcl III who held up lie mm and > ucce dvil in making hit itcape mtir he ludbecn I irrtsted by the post oflicc intpectom IhtiiiiniinaniB I was Ie Roy bIns I lie uas loimerly In the employ of the Sew York post nfl nivshhnmu I a true ago lu got In p 305cm lola of some munet otdcr InS postil note blinkt ol n Connicticut post a office With these by means of forgery hi tucciedcd l In nl I I lining about li < KXJ Irom the trust oflict I lands He sent hit bogus nune orders all over aloe tounlr Them pector snoma ill scuvoret l hit l fraud and I le ihl sn itbohos sin week alttr the then t of 01 the bUnks Ihey hid 1 arretted I him lImo was laen at lluflalo S IW Y alit onuub 1 was brought bore a Unite statet com rmsioner Whic Hi it i ilu renvus i < su log lion necewtry paper Hauls I diew hit revolver nude tIne lane men r In the I room hold up I thur handi and csiapid I lie was cjplnrid huwcier the tame tuoght ott a baltIc touts III Canada alld scant loJaih Till ktl ArK 01 OttO LBTThR iou TII1IIKI Iusl I year the I depitlmcnt had great trouble with a caiig if letter bux thietet a number of whom raaped I ullir 1 being nriinled thins gang made onpeotia lip of breaking alien street letter boxen They carried on their woik in dillrrcnt burlsralthiecoumnImy About a ear ago Hiu inspiclori gut nn their track I and arrived the three who were clIIIlllered the chief ol Ihe gang One ol them wa A nun inied Sir ittoit who wiiLiugiit In Colorado timid 1 who intniiK ho I 1I11UIlO years itnlenct li time penltcutur at Laiiuii CiI He I use ipuu lour munlhi inter hat oas cap lured but wat rettken ami u agalit ala prison Two others ol this gang who were nrrrotcd also itcaped but they wire both retaken Till CASh 01 Kl IIC I I MtOUH Uf all the ilc5cralu post ollne rob bun who hate broken Jail liowexer lIe I depaitmcnt has lu more renuik Hhiccisdllnn Hut ul lobe Huiruwi ltais I in m was 1 lamouH inln tobbir and 1 burglar He hat bein engaged a number of boat ollice robbirit and he ended lilt caretr Ihioiigh an attempt at-tempt lo rob 4 mail I train m Mlstiulppll m las 8 1101 I hhsd too conlediMIe and boo abase nun eiiteud 1 the china by IIdV 01 the engine hey covered the en glneer nnd hremil > with Ilieir pm I lull und l Hun inuJc their way uacK III HienuiUar Incy J look an tin regu treed package and tuicecini in m ik Ing their vatsune 1 thin host Olmrl ID partment oiieied a looj toe t n iinutt ol HutroA blue rllrlld alt oiiend lellalll allot 1 5 tttsos nlllloJ tortor tmaiiy captuied him las was Islets to Alibaiiiiand I wan put into 1 Milieu I Mil Carur had guile oil to sleep at me hotel He leli I a uimc 1II1IIn1 1 tj nvgroes 10 guaid lluirovt s Duimg Hie nigiii the wuile inm ueni oil into M cabin 10 sleep 1 luting Hit two nigroe alone llunuwi nidi Illlle CJnw bag H nn mm at the lime ol Ins LI lure lie asked HietuncgiOM to gel tin hoe him uing that u LonUineil MIIIIU cracKer and he uu hungry taiey I got lois liurrown ut node put lobs tutu haiidiito airs bag toil 1 noiwltiiaunil sing the handcufli on hit wiliU pulled out two pistol Ullll UKtu no cotcad hue nvgteti He I made ilieni in I and hind alad 1 gag the white man unit then I nude onc of He negroes bind the other The unbound negroe he compelled com-pelled to lead him I to Ihe room In the hotel where Carter unt sleeping He made him knock at the door and say to lkl I thee tlaat hi esrosu anted I nt the I Jill I ho leullll taller uplle d l tIle hove lomd 1 Iund hhntll racing than cold sled 0 h Ito rrntas retoivcrt lie Stub not Hindi however but pulled his nlntol unul r bmgoni I firing i uIA number of Mint usere oaclmormgllanlt hhoreoooatos killed Latter rtcelted several wounds but he ic > ued all < l got his icward l Ih TA IIOUllkKII One of the bigzeit robberies of stamps tint the department has ever known was tint which occurred I here IT tail at the hllrIIII 1I gratIng un1 piintni g The ruvelllnlolli thur I unlll Is othuon a shnott time muon beell hvlll the stamps nude by bIte American Dank Note Compan ol New Yolk It Oust the government seven cent n 5 ihoutand Now Untie lam makes hit own stamps and coaled ftoa 000 ssyearhv doing IU List liiiuber however it tnt 1 liiund that two I of Ihe emplo of tile bureau n id been scaling scal-ing ttampt hy Hii lliouand Tile I olh Cret wokc an 1 one IIlllrnlllR III lillli I pm our Iwocent tarot t inltmng and u wit di eoered I Hut these men hid sent out hurt packages I lo the sari imins poit olhces and 1 hid soil l Ihe stamps they stole I Mere wire two women irmaoeoh up In the citti und hunt before iht cover y the men took u hdUhel lilltd with 0 impt and 1 run oil wan Ihe girls lo New Yurk Ihe returned nithmi < I iay or so and I went baik lo work lliey denied il their I 1 crime upun I being arretted r but were coiuicted l and I annow nerving nerv-ing out their sentence m thu penitin liar A big stamp robber occurred at Mill neipolii nine hears igo Ihu Iliirvct stole 8ooueu slimpi They allot It at night broikmg into Hie pot olhcc mid I crawling tlnoiicli Ihe tlimp window The slanipt were loeked lip 1 in the Mir but tune burgUm opcnid I It with a lu Orlll rEi III I linotitI drill Ihe value oh llieirstMI was about lourteen thousand I dolUi I hey look their booty lo Lhicigo and tonal 10 ditpote ol it tncre through tome me i a Ii aOCuvi 1 Hi pmiijtu uuii lence THey 1 h ul still lour I ihouMiul djllir worth ul mmipt lilt when they wcro ills cu ricd mretlcd and l mil lo pilton Ihu I gang ot burglar in New York till tndeoo to luu mis trouble in in > po < Ing 01 their ntainpi A a < t ainouni ol > liniM come Into the big clods in the trantmlulon ol I tnnll sums lliiouuli them the-m jlli 1 he merchants them through brokers at 1 1 small dUconntand I million nl ktanipt uri IloIOObdib I malana till way 11 it ittinulud Hi u New York mo f3 ujjo wuriliolHHtiguHhiili > hedu 1 < s nut buy ut aloe IlInlolll I here it no way of deluding a stolen stamp and rIme pottage stamp fencui thut luve little trouble m getting rid l of the iiinaunU they bin from lImo robbers SOUK SOI ntHHN kOlllllllUKB The olhclaU of the Iuii I Ollice He pitlmeiil oath me tint roJt rlen and def de-f are matt coninioi during Hard IIIIIM Just about the lime ol bloc panic Iliuc Hire a iieit many pot olice burglaries and the robberies were most I in thoie sections where the times were the hirdeai A numbe ol arrests were Ulely tnide in South Carolina and not a few in 1 exit It is l now about year nice den Maxwell got a telegram describing des-cribing the robbery ol the mall stage on lu wuy rom Uobert Iee to Ilalllngcr Tex The stage wat mopped l by two mnbam bed men and Ihe rrgitlered mill stolen In tIns nuil It I was tilled that there moos A letter containing Jjlooof money order lands whirs lust been tent from the punt ollice it Kobut Lee Ccn Maxwell handed the case over to Mr Wheeler An Inspector wit at once putlo w oik and l It was bound tlul Iha uHlsunt pottmatter one of the postal clerks an t I alum stage driver had conipir ed with I I W V llurhanin the president I ol a bank at Uobert lec lo deal this Sr too from lnrl I barn The potul tirrk and I the stage driver the night be home the robber slipped I out of town with the three registered < 1I In their haniN Two ol Ihs Ihey had taken mona the mills One contained l Jj and the other fi I he third letter contained nothing out it was labeled 10 contain Sj loo and Ihe register account the pOll olhce uat m impuUtnl lo show that it had been received I these two men wok these letter to Ihe point where they decided that they would swear tIne roulxr occurred 1 hty lore up thu two bona li lIe rrgittered letters and look tune monc hoot utn g the envelope in lIon LIOUIIII Ihey lure also Ilia lioguij laos rmuteIunbe which contained hoi mi a1 I turn went luck to town liie next i inrnnu Hiu mace driver belt I with Hie mil At soon ni he got lo link point lie Itt open Ihe mall pouch U hen I he arnved I at line 1 not uoit olhcc he und II hoot I rlI rl hud I101 held up IOI and Ihe nud POUCH nil and rolled ltue I Idea was tint mi overnnietit would pay blOb lion f 1100 supposed lo have been stole I uile I b un 0 Inipeetors however how-ever hcuyele1 he Iraud and allot time patlrs lu lIe ompirucy were con vlCletl Ji Ik |