Just got around to reading the emails... do I read correctly that Welborn wriggled himself into the hole of a LOO? (water closet?) to read through the letters? And what poor soul was required to retrieve the left over mail? > Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:31:02 -0400 > To: lovelace@rootsweb.com > From: greglovelace@comcast.net > Subject: [LL] [PML] Another Hanford (King's Co., CA) Lovelace story, Dec 1896 > > > [Greg's note: The T. Lovelace listed in the newspaper story below is > probably Thomas J. Lovelace, older brother of the twins Lemuel and > Manuel Lovelace, who we recently were discussing. They are all sons > of Archibald. I checked the 1900 census for Hanford, and Thomas J. > was listed there, with the occupation of "keeper cigars and tobacco", > which I assume to mean he was a shopkeeper in a tobacco shop, which > would fit in the story below. We're beginning to know a lot about > this family!] > > > >From: Dee Sardoc <deesar@frontiernet.net> > >Source: NORCAL@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [NORCAL] Hanford, Kings Co., CA - 11 December 1896 > > > >Hanford Journal > >Hanford, Kings Co., California > >Friday, 11 DECEMBER 1896 > >********************************** > > > >HELD TO ANSWER -- > >Hugh WELBORN Will be Tried in the U.S. Court at Los Angeles -- > >On a Charge of Robbing the Postoffice at Hanford -- > >Gist of the Evidence Introduced at the Examination -- > > > >The examination of Hugh WELBORN, the Hanford boy accused of stealing > >letters from the Hanford postoffice, was tried before U.S. Court > >Commissioner PRINCE at Fresno last Wednesday. > > > >There were present from Hanford: > >Jap WELBORN and his wife (parents of Hugh), and his little brother and sister > >Postmaster TANDY > >T. LOVELACE, of the Postoffice store > >Constable GOODRICH > > > >A Fresno lawyer represented the defendant, while Commissioner > >PRINCE, with a view to obtaining the facts relating to the guilt of > >the prisoner, asked questions. U.S. Deputy Marshal Bart ALFORD had > >charge of young WELBORN. > > > >The testimony of Messrs. LOVELACE, TANDY & GOODRICH was taken. The > >postmaster testified that mail had been missing from the office for > >a year and he had suspected WELBORN of the deeds, because he was > >hanging around about the front of the office a good deal, sometimes > >very early in the morning and again late at night; also how on Dec. > >2d, when notified by Mr. LOVELACE of the fact that young WELBORN had > >been seen to open a box and insert his hand therein, he ran after > >WELBORN and took from him a letter addressed to J. Cooper LEGGITT. > >The letter was offered in evidence and was the only exhibit made. > > > >Mr. LOVELACE, who conducts the store in the front part of the > >postoffice, told how on Dec. 2d, he saw young WELBORN enter the > >postoffice and go to the row of boxes on the south side of the > >office. He (LOVELACE) stooped down behind his counter to make the > >boy think he was busy at some work under the counter, but he kept > >his eye on the boy, whom he suspected of stealing letters. He saw > >young WELBORN look carefully about and then put his hand into a box, > >unlock it apparently from the inside and then insert his right arm > >clear up to the elbow. When young WELBORN withdrew his hand there > >was a letter in it, which letter he thrust into the left breast of > >his coat and then walked rapidly out of the postoffice. As soon as > >the boy as gone, Mr. LOVELACE went to the box into which the boy had > >inserted his arm and the door of which was half open. Mr. LOVELACE > >inserted his arm into the same box and called to Mr. TANDY, to see > >whose box it was. It was box 90, rented to J.C. LEGGITT, to > >whom the letter found on WELBORN was addressed. > > > >Constable GOODRICH told of the arrest of the prisoner and the > >finding of a large number of letters, addressed to different parties > >in Hanford, in a water closet in the rear of the vacant lots just > >east of the Opera House. Young WELBORN who is quite thin, could > >wiggle himself down through the hole in the closet into the vault > >beneath, where, secure from detection, he could open letters and > >take from them anything of value. > > > >The testimony was all in at noon, and at the afternoon session > >Commissioner PRINCE held young WELBORN to answer before the U.S. > >Court at Los Angeles. The trial of the defendant is likely to come > >off within a month and the witnesses at the examination will also > >have to go to Los Angeles to testify. Young WELBORN remains in > >charge of Deputy U.S. Marshal ALFORD and will be taken to Los > >Angeles later for trial. > >------------------------------------------------------ > >Transcribed by Dee Sardoch > >To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3050 - Release Date: 08/04/10 00:45:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HAHAHA! I don't think he actually went into the pit of the outhouse/water closet.... I think he was a skinny kid who could squeeze through a crack in the door and find a place where he could stash the mail and read it without fear of detection. But I have to admit it *does* sound that way! Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg At 10:14 AM 9/1/2010, S B wrote: >Just got around to reading the emails... do I read correctly that >Welborn wriggled himself into the hole of a LOO? (water closet?) to >read through the letters? And what poor soul was required to >retrieve the left over mail? > > > > > Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:31:02 -0400 > > To: lovelace@rootsweb.com > > From: greglovelace@comcast.net > > Subject: [LL] [PML] Another Hanford (King's Co., CA) Lovelace > story, Dec 1896 > > > > > > [Greg's note: The T. Lovelace listed in the newspaper story below is > > probably Thomas J. Lovelace, older brother of the twins Lemuel and > > Manuel Lovelace, who we recently were discussing. They are all sons > > of Archibald. I checked the 1900 census for Hanford, and Thomas J. > > was listed there, with the occupation of "keeper cigars and tobacco", > > which I assume to mean he was a shopkeeper in a tobacco shop, which > > would fit in the story below. We're beginning to know a lot about > > this family!] > > > > > > >From: Dee Sardoc <deesar@frontiernet.net> > > >Source: NORCAL@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [NORCAL] Hanford, Kings Co., CA - 11 December 1896 > > > > > >Hanford Journal > > >Hanford, Kings Co., California > > >Friday, 11 DECEMBER 1896 > > >********************************** > > > > > >HELD TO ANSWER -- > > >Hugh WELBORN Will be Tried in the U.S. Court at Los Angeles -- > > >On a Charge of Robbing the Postoffice at Hanford -- > > >Gist of the Evidence Introduced at the Examination -- > > > > > >The examination of Hugh WELBORN, the Hanford boy accused of stealing > > >letters from the Hanford postoffice, was tried before U.S. Court > > >Commissioner PRINCE at Fresno last Wednesday. > > > > > >There were present from Hanford: > > >Jap WELBORN and his wife (parents of Hugh), and his little > brother and sister > > >Postmaster TANDY > > >T. LOVELACE, of the Postoffice store > > >Constable GOODRICH > > > > > >A Fresno lawyer represented the defendant, while Commissioner > > >PRINCE, with a view to obtaining the facts relating to the guilt of > > >the prisoner, asked questions. U.S. Deputy Marshal Bart ALFORD had > > >charge of young WELBORN. > > > > > >The testimony of Messrs. LOVELACE, TANDY & GOODRICH was taken. The > > >postmaster testified that mail had been missing from the office for > > >a year and he had suspected WELBORN of the deeds, because he was > > >hanging around about the front of the office a good deal, sometimes > > >very early in the morning and again late at night; also how on Dec. > > >2d, when notified by Mr. LOVELACE of the fact that young WELBORN had > > >been seen to open a box and insert his hand therein, he ran after > > >WELBORN and took from him a letter addressed to J. Cooper LEGGITT. > > >The letter was offered in evidence and was the only exhibit made. > > > > > >Mr. LOVELACE, who conducts the store in the front part of the > > >postoffice, told how on Dec. 2d, he saw young WELBORN enter the > > >postoffice and go to the row of boxes on the south side of the > > >office. He (LOVELACE) stooped down behind his counter to make the > > >boy think he was busy at some work under the counter, but he kept > > >his eye on the boy, whom he suspected of stealing letters. He saw > > >young WELBORN look carefully about and then put his hand into a box, > > >unlock it apparently from the inside and then insert his right arm > > >clear up to the elbow. When young WELBORN withdrew his hand there > > >was a letter in it, which letter he thrust into the left breast of > > >his coat and then walked rapidly out of the postoffice. As soon as > > >the boy as gone, Mr. LOVELACE went to the box into which the boy had > > >inserted his arm and the door of which was half open. Mr. LOVELACE > > >inserted his arm into the same box and called to Mr. TANDY, to see > > >whose box it was. It was box 90, rented to J.C. LEGGITT, to > > >whom the letter found on WELBORN was addressed. > > > > > >Constable GOODRICH told of the arrest of the prisoner and the > > >finding of a large number of letters, addressed to different parties > > >in Hanford, in a water closet in the rear of the vacant lots just > > >east of the Opera House. Young WELBORN who is quite thin, could > > >wiggle himself down through the hole in the closet into the vault > > >beneath, where, secure from detection, he could open letters and > > >take from them anything of value. > > > > > >The testimony was all in at noon, and at the afternoon session > > >Commissioner PRINCE held young WELBORN to answer before the U.S. > > >Court at Los Angeles. The trial of the defendant is likely to come > > >off within a month and the witnesses at the examination will also > > >have to go to Los Angeles to testify. Young WELBORN remains in > > >charge of Deputy U.S. Marshal ALFORD and will be taken to Los > > >Angeles later for trial. > > >------------------------------------------------------ > > >Transcribed by Dee Sardoch > > >To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3050 - Release Date: > 08/04/10 00:45:00 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3106 - Release Date: >09/01/10 02:34:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. 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