from Mari Hall found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net
Mark Sullivan wrote:
>
> This talk of the Postal Inspectors reminds me that
the National Postal
> Museum in DC is currently running (through Nov '99)
an exhibit called
> Mayhem by Mail about the Postal Inspectors. It's a
small display, but
> it's got some cool stuff, bombs, forgeries, mail
order scams, etc. It's
> also got a trunk that some guy would mail himself
cross-country in.
> This would get him into the cargo hold with the
registered mail, which
> he would hide in other, empty trunks he had sent
along. He was caught
> when he failed to secure his hideaway properly and it
came open during
> unloading. For obvious reasons he was dubbed
"Jack-in-the-Box." There
> is also a short video about the investigations. So,
if you're in DC
> during the next year, you might want to go
postal.
>
> Mark
>
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