Show MAIL ROBBERY IS CAUSING CONCERN 0 according to reports received here a mail robbery occurred at thompson early in december when five bags of outgoing mail were broken into on two occasions the thief evidently hoped that the remains which were left in in a trash box in a grand junction department store would be e burned without delay but due to the interest of a stamp collector who was in the habit of going through the trash some money orders and some unopened letters were found which he turned over to the police those who sent out mail from the to the ath of december should check on it since money orders and checks were found in some of the letters it is likely that all cash found in the letters was taken thin letters that appeared to have no cash in them were unopened the mail came from various points along the route between durango and thompson including moab monticello dove creek and cortez the recovered mail was sent on its way or returned although some may have been lost postal inspectors are investigating the robbery |