Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

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A dangerous Mail Route--Wheat Bran--A faithful Mail Carrier--Mail Robber shot--A "Dead-head" passenger--An Old Offender--Fatal Associate--Robbery and Murder--Conviction and Execution--Capital Punishment--Traveling in Mexico--Guerillas--Paying over--The Robbers routed--A "Fine Young English Gentleman"--The right stuff 222