"I saw a man, who was not wearing a postal uniform, get out of the truck and walk over to the mailbox," Ms. Brunn, 74, recalled.

One of the suspects then dressed in the postal uniform and approached the home of an officer of the United Counties Trust Company of Elizabeth.

He has had a variety of jobs, including selling postal uniforms to letter carriers.

Especially one who looked like Mr. D'Aquino, a large man who wasn't dressed in a postal uniform.

A district spokesman for the Postal Service, Andrew Sozzi, said each postmaster can decide at what point which component of the postal uniform can be worn.

The bear, which is about 18 inches high and sells for $25, wears a postal uniform and carries a mail sack.

It shows Roulin in his gold-trimmed blue postal uniform and cap, sitting at a table against a simple, light blue background.

Before he leaves town, he puts his postal uniform and the envelope with Ferrin's hair sample in a mailbox.

Two of those who recalled seeing the car come out of Lower Leeson Street knew the driver casually, but only from his days in postal uniform.

The postal uniforms were modified several times, and generally worn only in the postal service, while in the other services uniforms were usually displayed only for special events.