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NORFLEET
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went to the Express Office and searched the records for
the three days of Furey's stay in San Antonio, to see
if he had shipped out any packages.
Our reason for this was that at the time of the
finding of Furey's suitcase and belongings when Cathey
had spoiled the deal-there was no fur coat.
When Furey departed from the Stewart Hotel via
the fire escape it was not likely he was wearing or carrying
a lady's coat. Therefore it seemed logical to
think he must have shipped it out of San Antonio in
some way before leaving for San Bernardino.
WVe found out nothing through the Express records.
There was no trace of anything having been
shipped anywhere by Furey.
The next move was to get the Parcel Post records.
This was not as easily accomplished. When the facts
were made known to the Federal Executives, their files
were opened wide to us.
After thumbing dusty records for hours we came
on a peculiar thing, a package shipped to no one, from
no one; that is, as far as names were concerned.
During the three days of Furey's known stay in
town, a package was shipped through the mail to No. 506
Stanford Court Apartments, San Francisco, Calif. It
was addressed to no one in particular and bore the name
of no sender. Neither did it have a return address and
was not insured. Had it been insured the sender's
name would have been required. From the weight of
the package which appeared on the record it might
easily have been a fur coat. At any rate it was an
object of several pounds.
While there was nothing tangible to connect the
package with Furey, still the Post Office inspector said
it was a little unusual to ship a package in this vague
manner. Considering that it was mailed within Furey's
"three days limit," its destination California; and shortly
after it was shipped, Furey had gone in the same direction;
there might be something in it.
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Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-. Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men., book, 1924; Ft. Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5864/m1/141/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .