The Hunt for Post Office Robbers
Local and federal authorities are tracking leads after a recent post office heist in the region.
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Jack Martin has been deputized and is assisting the sheriff’s office and the government detective in running down evidence and clues in connection with the recent post office robbery. Deputy Sheriff J. C. McClellan and the government post office detective were in Richland again Tuesday to gather more evidence. E. P. Chellis, Postmaster Timmerman, and Jack Martin were in North Yakima Monday, having been subpoenaed as witnesses at the hearing of the post office robbers who were recently captured by Sheriff Duffy.
“Jack Martin has been deputized and is assisting the sheriff’s office and the government detective in running down evidence and clues.”
Federal crimes in the early 20th century, like robbing the mail, were serious jurisdiction-spanning affairs that triggered intense, multi-agency manhunts. This incident reflects the era when federal reach, through the Post Office and U.S. Marshals, was consolidating law enforcement power across the rural West.
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