Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1919 — Ex-President Receives 1,825 Mystery Notes [ARTICLE]

Ex-Presid ent Receives 1,825 Mystery Notes

Long Beach, Cai—Former President Taft every day for the last five years has received from“'Ssome unknown person of this city a letter bearing a signature which resembles the tracks of a struggling fly escaping an ink bath. None of the writing is decipherable. Postmaster Demond received a communication from the former chief executive asking* relief from the correspondent and requesting that the local police -investigate the situation. In all, 1.825 letters from the mystery „ author have been received, the letter to the local postmaster states. -