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SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF POST OFFICE CLERK BOWES
[Welland Telegraph, 27 March, 1891]
Quite a little excitement was occasioned on the streets last Saturday by the report that Robert Bowes, clerk
at the post office, had skipped to Buffalo. The appearance of Deputy Inspector Burnham and a detective led to all sorts of rumors, but the plain facts of the case, as gleaned from the post office officials, are these:- Some complaints had been made of letters being tampered with in transit, and every complaint was respecting letters which had passed through the Welland office. Last week a decoy letter was sent from Buffalo to Fonthill, which never reached its destination, and this led to an immediate investigation. Mr. Burnham dropped into the office at an early hour on Saturday morning, but Mr. Bowes had then left town, having come down to the office early, made up the morning mails, left the door unlocked, and taken the 5.30 M.C.R. train for Buffalo, from which place he telegraphed Postmaster Burgar that he would not be on duty that day. Mr. Burgar states that his first intimation of anything wrong was when he came down at the usual time in the morning and found the office in possession of the deputy inspector. He had no suspicion of any dishonesty on the part of his clerk, and exhibited considerable astonishment at the sudden turn of affairs. Bowes commenced work here on the 4th of last October, and was well thought of by his acquaintances. He came here from Alliston, Simcoe County, where he had been employed in a hardware store, and brought good testimonials of six years post office service at Amberstburg and Bracebridge.
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