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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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A
daring
robbery
of
a
Berlin
postman
occurred
not
very
long
ago,
when
the
outrage
was
accompanied
by
a
still
more
atrocious
crime--the
murder
of
the
postman.
The
man
was
one
of
a
class
who
deliver
money
remittances
at
the
addresses
of
the
persons
to
whom
they
are
sent,
under
a
system
which
prevails
in
some
countries
of
the
Continent,
and
he
had
with
him
cash
and
notes
to
the
amount
of
some
L1500.
The
robber
and
murderer,
a
man
of
great
bodily
strength,
had
so
arranged
that
a
small
remittance
would
fall
to
be
delivered
at
his
address
on
Monday
morning--an
occasion
when
a
large
number
of
remittances
are
received;
and
on
the
postman
reaching
the
place,
and
proceeding
to
pay
the
requisite
sum,
the
occupier
of
the
premises
felled
him
with
a
hammer,
and
with
repeated
blows
killed
him
outright.
It
was
evident
from
the
circumstances
that
the
murderer
had
duly
planned
the
outrage,
for
the
room
rented
was
near
to
the
starting-point
of
the
postman,
so
that
he
should
not
have
paid
away
any
portion
of
his
charge
when
he
reached
the
room.
The
body
of
the
poor
postman
was
found
afterwards
cold
and
stiff,
lying
in
a
pool
of
blood,
with
his
empty
and
rifled
bag
beside
him;
and
the
weapon
with
which
the
perpetrator
had
achieved
the
murder,
remained
there
as
a
witness
of
the
crime.
The
murderer
was
said
to
have
previously
served
in
a
cuirassier
regiment.
Before
decamping,
he
had
turned
the
key
in
the
door
of
his
room;
and
the
discovery
was
only
made
after
a
search
by
the
Post-office
authorities
at
the
addresses
at
which
the
postman
had
to
call,
on
his
failing
to
return
later
in
the
day.
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