Postal
inspectors fight to ensure the safety, security, and integrity of US
mail. They investigate postal-related crimes like identity theft,
postal robberies, burglaries, and more.
Did you know postal
inspectors existed back in the old wild west era? One even ran into the
famous outlaw Billy the Kid in 1881 – the same year Billy was killed!
Here’s an excerpt from a dispatch mailed January 11, 1881, to Col. D.B.
Parker, chief postal inspector of the Post Office Department:
US #1898A
Stagecoach robberies were common in the Wild West |
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On
my recent trip to New Mexico, I stopped at Santa Fe to learn as much as
possible in regard to the mail robbers who had recently been arrested
and their doings.
William Bonney (alias, the Kid) is held for
murder. He is supposed to have killed some 11 men, but that is an
exageration; four or five would be quite enough. He is about 21 or 23
years of age, born in New York City, and a graduate of the streets.
I
think his principle business has been stealing cattle and raiding in
Old Mexico, and there robbing stores and valuables from wealthy
ranchmen. He has probably done something in the line of stage robbing,
but refuses to say anything about it, denying all knowledge of the
business.
Very truly yours,
Robt. Cameron, Inspector |
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