People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1894 — A TRUST BETRAYED. [ARTICLE]

A TRUST BETRAYED.

A Michigan PoatmLstreg* and Her Son Charged with Robbery. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Oct. 24.—Mrs. Addie B. Holland, postmistress at Ndrth Grand Rapids, and her son, F. Marion Holland, were arrested Tuesdaj’ evening charged with robbing the North Grand Rapids post office and held in 92,000 bail each for examination. The scheme was a clever one and was worked so successfully that, it is said, $1,(500 has been embezzled by the parties under arrest. The method of operation was for the ■on. F. Marion Holland, to make out money orders signed by his mother drawn on various post offices in western Michigan payable to John Sutton, a fictitious party. After the letter of advice had been sent, F. Marion Holland would visit the office on which the order was drawn and get the money. Grand Haven was frequently tapped, and the books show he got $1,200*. The other places which have suffered by the scheme were Sparta, Rockford, Coopersville and lonia. The whole amount will reach $1,600 or more. The way the officers got the clew was owing to the fact that F. Marion Holland, a few days ago, drew an order on Grand Haven, and before the letter of advice reached the postmaster, he called and demanded cash on the order. This led the postmaster to become suspicious, and he put the matter into the hands of United States detectives, and the parties were arrested as stated. After arrest the son made a full confession, detailing the whole scheme. His mother still denies any knowledge of the embezzlement. The arrest of the parties is a sequel to the robbery of the office reported to the government authorities September 26, when the postmistress gave out that the North Grand Rapids office had been robbed of $1,200. Mrs. Holland was appointed postmistress six years ago.