The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1861., [Electronic resource]

in the dead letter office.

It is possible that he may be slandered in the report, but as he is a Lincoln office holder, his old acquaintances will believe the worst that is said of him:

It some time past the meagie returns made O. Kev. I Flake, of the Dead Letter office, has suspections that many of the valuable taken from the letters were pocketed by him. In view of this fact he was transferred few dock, when it was observed that the made by the clerk were far below the amount. On Friday morning last, before the reverend gentleman had commenced a work, a couple of letters containing mark and specie were put into his pile. In the afternoon, as usual, he stated that he had to make, and he was at once arrested by as officer who was present. He was worked and the marked money found on his In the drawer of his desk a number a books, which illy corresponded with his pretended character for strict moral were found. Through the intercessions his wife and daughter, who soon heard of to arrest, the legal proceedings against him were dropped, and he was dismissed from office. The accused has heretofore borne a character as an honest and upright man, his labors in the cause of temperance here has been productive of much good.