NAPEIR.
{ This day,
Further particulars in connection with the charges against Kendle have leaked out, though the police are very reticent. It is known that about two hundred and fifty stamps torn frem letters were found on Eendle's person. They were of all denominations, from five shillings to one penny, but the greater number were sixpenny stamps, evidently taken from letters for England. In some instances scraps of paper with the writing on are attached to the stamps, which may lead to the identification of some of the letters. Rendle chewed up a great many, evidently intending to make away with the evidence against him, but he apparently thought better of it, and endeavoured to get them coaveyed to his wife, but unsuccessfully. It is doubtful whether any other charge than that of letter opening will be preferred?? -as, though several tradesmen recognise things which they believe to have been stolen, they cannot swear to them. These things are chiefly in the nature of books of music or engravings, which cannot be specially identified. To-day the police went round with the skeleton keys found on Eendle, and evidently made by himself by filing down ordinary keys. They were found to unlock the doors of several shops which he is alleged to have entered. The extent of his frauds can only be guessed at, _but a very uneasy feeling pervades the public mind, especially in business circles, as the stamps found on the man go to show that a larjre number of letters posted here must have been made away with. Handle's arrest was a universal surprise, as he was generally respected, as there was not a steadier man in the town, and during the years he has been here nothing discreditable has ever been alleged against him. He neither drank nor gambled, his evenings being generally spent in the practice of music, he being a proficient on half a dozen instruments, and an immense stock of music was found in his house. It now, however, appears that of late he has severely ill-treated his wife, and has given her cause for jealousy, which may account for her informing on him.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3949, 25 August 1881, Page 2
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360NAPEIR. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3949, 25 August 1881, Page 2
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