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Show WH IE CUT TJUOK LETTERS FROM BOX Putting aside his role of special traffic officer and taking up that of detective for several hours a day for the past three days, Officer William Roast of the local pollco department solved a mystery that had been puzzling puz-zling the Ogden postoffice authorities several weeks past. The mystery concorned the disappearance of mall from resldonce mall boxes In the north part of the city. It waB solved when Officer Reast obtained a confession confes-sion from Allen and Glen Thorsted, aged 6 and 4 years respectively, who admitted that thoy had pilfered several sev-eral of the mall boxes and had torn up some of the letters. Tho little ones thought they were playing a great trick. According to Assistant Postmaster Rufus A. Garner, who, with Postmaster Postmas-ter W. W. Browning, accompanied Officer Of-ficer Reast to the home of the Thor-ted Thor-ted boys, complaints had been received re-ceived at the postoffice a number of days past on the non-deliveries of expected ex-pected mail. In connection with theso, several letters from outside cities that had previously passed through the local office, were found In the mall collected by tho carriers, Indicating that someone had removed them from the house boxes after they had been delivered and then re-malled re-malled them. Tho postoffice authorities called upon Chief of Police W. I. Norton for assistance in locating the pilferers and Offlcor Reast was put on the Job. By questioning a number of small boyB in the locality where the trouble existedi Reast got on tho trail of tho two children and a part of the trouble at least was accounted for. From the Thorsted boys, three torn letters wero secured and theso were taken In charge by Assistant Postmaster Garnor. The district postoffice inspector has been communicated with and what action will bo taken Ib not known as yet. It may be that the offense, because be-cause of tho age of the children, will bo classed as Elmply an act of mischief. |