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Show Mail Bandit Gives New His Rifle i , . i Probably the most unusual gift to be received by a cabinet officer was the rifle sent to Postmaster General Harry S. New by Brent Glasscock and his wife Avis. Glasscock was the "brains" of the Kondout (111.) mall robbery last J'.me and he Is now languishing in the B"t Leavenworth penitentiary under a 12-year sentence. The gun bears a silver plate with the inscription, "Presented to Postmnster General Harry S. New by Brent Glasscock and Avis Glasscock. 1924." Rush D. Simmons, chief of the post-oQlce inspectors, Is standing at the left of the picture with the gun case. |