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Thomas i:. IK»t\ Arrestnl lor liobMii'j the Mails ami Makes a FullCouieulou.Inspector John steen of the post- dicedepart men t has ween in the city sinceFriday of last week, but It did not trat s-pire u ifil Tuee lay afternoon what was the i ature of the business which kepthim here. The matter was made clearTuesday afternoon ly the arrest of Th huhs E 1* oty, until recenty delivery clerk at the postoffice, on the charge ofembezzling from the nulls a letter directed to C. H. Bat ter to n of this city aud«(rcontaining a lottery ticket a ued at *50.This theft was committed on April 15, 1885. There have been numev is complaints about missing letters tor sometime and Mr. Steen was eonffdeut tha they were taken at this office. The embezzlement of the lottery ticket g-n »tangible clue, and it wt *uot long until the inspector h arned that it had been sent for payment by Doty Upon teiug arrested, Doty made a clean confession, staling tha' he had takea the ticket and also that he had taken srms of money from letters several times, but always smalt amounts. He fblt very bad over the affair on account oi his wife, who is said to be avery estin te lady, and his little child Doty ha« een iu the office about a year aud has b?en considered one of the most competent and trustwor'v among the employes, lie is anxious to get to w rk serving his sent' nee, ai lt;f will plead guilty. He was given an examination bef e U. S Commission r Bi -lin;sley Welnesdav, after which heVfc* lt;1 43 i g \ r* r / x «* T T» » 1 t 1 L?
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Lincoln Weekly Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Fri, May 22, 1885
Page 8
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