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Tliomas I'.. I)«ty Arrested lor Robbing the Mails ami Makes a FullCouieuloD.Inspector John Steen of the post, ffiee department has ^011 iu the city since Friday of last week, but it did not transpire u ifil Tues lay ufternoon what whs the ature of the business which kept him here. The matter was made clear Tuesday afternoon l*y the arrest of Thomas E Doty, until recenty delivery clerk at the postofiioe, on the charge of embezzling from the m his a letter directed to C. H. Bitter to n of this city and containing a lottery ticket v ued at |60.This theft was committed on April 15, 1885. There have been numerous 00m-plaints about missing letters tor sometime and Mr. Steen was conffdeut tha* they were taken at this office. The embezzlement of the lottery ticket ga* •* atangible clue, and it wa not long until the inspector learned 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 sums of money from letters several times, but always small amounts. He felt very ha i over the affair on account o: his wife, who is said to be a very estio le lady, and his little child Doty ha« teen in the office about a year and has b?en consider d one of the most competent and trustworfy among the employes. Hois anxious to get to w rk serving his sentence, ant willplead guilty. He was given an examiu-at on bef e U. S Commifsi n r Hi-knjsley Welnesdav, after which be was turned ov er to a United States marshal and taken to Omaha, where the United Sl'es court is now in sion f r trial Inspector S:een deserves great credit for the promptness with which be has trac' d the loas of mail to its author and brought him to justice.
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Lincoln Weekly Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Fri, May 22, 1885
Page 8
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