| Show Catchi catching in Post postoffice office thieves around the walls ot of the distributing rooms of the la in this city are im bedded a number of iron screens which appear to be so many hot air registers to the uti unsuspecting and uninitiated the registers appear to be perfectly natural objects ol of the archi X ectore and would attract no particular attention but the wily robber of the mails knows full well that an inspector is most likely secreted behind one of those screens watching hie bu every action behind these screens are ace small closets which are reached through a series of 0 intricate and secret passageways eways leading from the office of tile the inspectors spec tors it if an employed is ii suspected a keen eyed eed minion ot of the Inspect inspectors orso department keeps a continual wath until satisfied ot of the guilt or innocence of the suspected person When caught in the act the thieving employed is brought to the inspectors quarters searched and placed under bonds lor for appearance before the united states commis commissioner or if he fails to proc atre the necessary bonds is thrown into jail to await trial the proof of his guilt are kept in an immense sate th in the inspectors room to be produced as evidence against the accused at the trial the preparation of decoy letters aud and packages in the inspectors private office is an interesting procedure but it is as secret as toe the movements of 01 allegorical father time ft a business house bouse in town has been missing remit sent in unregistered letters the inspector actor secures one of the printed envelopes of the firm marks it so it can be identified and sends it to a distant town to be deposited ae deposited posited in the malls mails that particular envelope is traced through to its destination it if it ever reaches there and if some unfortunate appropriates its contents for or personal use 21 its all day and several years with that unfortunate other similar decoys are sent it necessary as ec occasion caslon requires the handwriting on the various envelopes dit fers greatly in size and general appearance to suit the particular cue case upon which the inspectors are working the packages which are to act as decoys to the thieving feving tb clerk are skillfully fully gotten up and very deceptive in appearance st kt louis globe democrat |
