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\RRESTED FOR ROBBERYASSISTANT POSTMASTER AT MULLENS RIFLED VALUABLE LETTERSEntrapped By Postoffice Inspectors, WkFound Him With Marked Bills in HisPossession.The Messenger learns through Attorney (ieo. P. Stewart, of Pine-ville, who is in the eity to-duy,thatElbert Senti *r* lt;iss is tit 11J p )lt;t[ mustat Mullens, Wyoming county, wasarrested on \\ ed nest lay of thisweek, charged with rifling the mails at Mullens.Registered lettt»rs, destined topass through the Mullens office, it is said, had been mysteriously disappearing quite frequently of late, and accordiujjfly federal detectives •i few weeks ago were set to work on tiie case to locate the source ofthe trouble. On Wednesday, it islearned, they placed in the mail atthe post office of Winding Gulf anumber of deeo\ letters containing• * ^money, and rode to Mullens on thesame train that conveyed the letters. Waiting at Mullens untilthe mail had been distributed, theyentered the office, and after a brief search found the decoy letters in a safe, and the money which they had contained in the pockets of the assistant postmaster, Mr, Senter. Idie inspectors were enabled to identify the money they found in the person of the assistant bv means of certain marks they had made on the bills previous to enclosing them.In the case of Senter he had bc-theopening of letters and some of hiswork, it is said, would hear the closest inspection before it wouldbe noticed.I bus lured into tin* snare S uiterconfessed to the robbery. He wastaken to Bluetield Thursday, whenhe was released upon his givingbond for his appearance at thenext term of the federal court, atthat place, which begins Tuesday next.Mr. Senter is a young man. andis tlu* son o| H. M. Senter, circuit clerk of Wyoming county, and upto the time of this unfortunate incident had enjoyed the esteem andconfidence of tlu best people of his count.v.
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Beckley Messenger
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Oct 14, 1910
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