, 1881-10-31
A Welcome Rain Gfaddens the
Water-Famine- Threatened
Metropolis.
Arrest or the Most Expert SnenlS-
Thief III the United
States.
Litigation Likely to Grow Ont Of the Late
Mceting Of the New York, Ponn-.
sylyania l. Ohio
VIEW AND 'l,YNEIE.

THE rouat1:n SAID TO iLAyi: iSuWfS0Lf
SUPPRESSED TIE sfAH-lIorTE FRAths'
gpsctal ntpa&eh to The Ch1caoo 7ttb@ut-
NEW YonIs, Oct :D.-A fow days ago en-
postmastcr-(tcneral DayfE N. Key saw fit 10
rive certificate Of good character 10 zen.
'ryner, OF llrsnyory star.rotlte rcpiltatloh'
snyipe through the medium of news.
paper interviews tllat i'c had sha siill
hns full confidence III the Integrity
and Judgment Of the mai, who
was formerly his second nssistant, MD IN
charge Of the Contract Bureau. The Tincs'
washington correspondent tonight sends
lengthy review OF tho case, and shows tint
Cnn. Key suppressed all investigation
az 1he scandals III tho post-Oltice
)onartu,cnt when he well knew that
thay existed, Tho special dispatch
INSTANCES tho swinllos which were pcrpe-
tratesl, giving figures md references Tint eaii-
not bo gainsaid, and presents report nIatte
to Judge Key. Oct. /, 1871, by Tatcott Will
iams, himself ..... .....-...-..-.
NOT A MEM1iEn or TilE POSTAL. pErAnT-
MESr,
directing Judge Keys attention 10 many Of
tho ,nany and serious seeming errors Of tile
Administration. Tho fuct tllat tl,ls report
was ,nado to lin, Mt that tine shows TINT
.Judxc Roy at The very beginning of his
term OF ofl1cc became acquainted with
tho star-route frauds, and refused 10
mike good use Of this Knowledge.
This examination Of tic h,nks
OF tho department was lnnfU In the summer
Of 1877, sfIun nfter .!udgn Key i,au bee1hte ltS
head. 4 cnnti,tipn hid seen Imposed "p:'i
sci sent 10 the I'ostmastcr.tieicral ths , r..
sliits Of .hls Inquiry hctorc ,pn:hl'sh,,n'E ,',.:
them; TIL eyS',yns rs,2t sg a "croase t II
contTact usl nrlces 1's.Ie BY Inc i;o,tri iiureai.
Mrlzona, X 1on b"kof", ' Ga'lifarna. ric AID 1raW.
ing Ns LttlmctHh1s tlnretrn1'i. TfM I1Mfs
luass nf yotuab!e inlormatf0n,. and Judge
XIV llutl Ouiy 10 gauacu 1T til, bnoks VI tlfs
4anao;rt'"c''t To "'t thu pr''f NJ every sta''''
THE ur;pnnr WAS MADE III HIN
H. goaa tlnr. ne elJ nt 1 tlls ennilMcl m I1. t"s M
@ie ,Fit S' ST: &1a@s 5 'ss e'e hss oat IT, 'IsS
report was submitted tic c.''trttel t.t!lce Wn;
# sIes. th1 Ws ,.''ts' 1uaku S Ksys 'e95 !i"ty
having hail hts attention tl1lectnt by this r.
ort to The }natsr N Is %'lsh wy y, sse,.S n1IM t
addition cf costly rXpedttoll, 10 spc tllat f!l'
advertisement wh!cI, was IL commit tue Ut
Jr.rtlnent fur unntller firm 0G f0ilr yrafs slt
theaG routes should int be- IlnnlplIatet 10
the rings benefit.
III: DID NOT PERFORM THIS Dt?rr.
Tho advertisement went ont with IFS absurt
allowances ut 1li.le which were to ho lIset!
few month nftcrwnrd IT, I'LL the pocke
dorsey, l}url0W. ssnlhiersnt,, ult1 their com
pluio1ls. 1lcrelM did Judge Key first hee01i
iuttlcss to Ills trust. Tlle report nbounlc4
III facts which In1ls have orallr1 llis eyes !,
tha Isal oxtsnl Of th"se araale, 10
,.roof that he over llfted III
linger to I,rntact tbs people's treasury agafnss
wnStefuIIicss, extravaganza, nHu robbery !
tho Contract bureau. At the very hesinHln
Of his terrIl, Will tbeSn revelations III III
ll,1,Nis, a1N1 the power to extend tllelr Scon
by Ills nwn. Investigations, he rcfu$Gt tp u
Ills duty. Why did hb roflise! Tint IS
utlcsttD,l for him to answer. Tfe attfarllss
mont wns l8snel and tho routes wero le
Two yours passed. md }o RnW
THE ryNEK KEpolr.
Tho transactions anu methods described lil
HerU mt rlBw u, him. l!o Mr5t have tor,
seen the nature Of tho report which would !
. made when he sent 1ylcr to 4
West. liayIng foreseel wllnt It woul
be. why tlltI lsu urge It's spprt'
sIoll when II. hal beei' submitted !
!It1n1 The discovery that tho star.ro1
methods wero ~ fully srt forth 10 key
1877 by tho WflilnMlH report Atits to tlIe NY
terry Which surrounds tho lyncr set'ot
Gen, Tyner may }tayo had Ills ehutlce III
Inst it,'but what vii! t.o people haye 10 "
AbGllt JutlTt ktYH