Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-31

SUPERINTENDENT TOOmer of the Post
once Carriers Delivery Charged with
Opening Letters-His Examination
Before commissioners Erwin To-Day.
An official inspection Of the post office
was made last Friday night and saturday
morning by United states Post Office In
spector Booth. The accounts OF the diff
ferent departments were found correct,
with the exception of a shortage Of Sl9o
i'm the stamp account Of /. B. TOOmer, col
ored. superintendent Of the Carriers De-
livery. ToOmer was called before the In
. sDector and charged with the deficiency,
hut denied being able TO explain
how il occurred. He was given a
sufficient time to make up the mount
which was done by his friends, and the
matter was supposed TO be settled. No
mention Of the shortage was made outside
0f the Office and the public were unaware
that any trouble had OccuBred.
ON Monday the Inspector received an
official letter from Atlanta pOstmarked
saturday night, and which should aVe
been received here Sunday morning. The
length Of time in its transmission
and the delay in its delivery. being
over fifty hours after it was mailed,
excited his suspicious, and, upon a close
examination Of the envelope he became
satisfied that il had been tempered with.
TO0mer's movements We're watched, and
Tuesday night the Inspector announced
that he would leave the city. He
boarded the train for Atlanta on
the Central Railroad and went sew
e.al miles into the country, where he
remained all night. Yesterday morning
he boarded the early train for the city and
placed i'm the Atlanta package Of letters
100 It, n-LE.I.
he had prepared and addressed to himself
in AN official envelope. On his arrival
the test was traced into TONERS hands
with other letters, and afterwards placed
among the mail in the private office Of
! General McLaws. Upon inspection it
was found to have been opened, and hay-
I ing been detained by TOOmer. the owl
/ dence pointed c~Onclusiyely to him as hay-
ing committed the Otfense.
An affidavit was made by the Inspector
/ before United states Commissioner En-
win. and TOOmer was arrested on a war
rant bv United States Marshal StrOhbar.
He was at once removed from the office,
and gave bail for his appearance before
the commissioner to-day, Albert Jack
son, colored, of the firm of Jackson ~
Johnson. becoming his bOndsman. His
T examination Will take place at I O'Clock
/ this afternoon. when interesting develop
ments are anticipated.
There has been considerable complaint
in the delivery of registered letters, n it
was in reference to this matter that the
] correspondence which TOOmeT is charged
with opening was being carried on be-
tween the Inspector n the head Of the
/ department at Atlanta.
The arrest Is a surprise to the friends
/ ToOmer, 10y whom he has hitherto been
regarded as an honest and faithful official.
| Matters have. however. been reported
10 have been going wrong for some time,
and the examination will probably de-
Z velop the extent of his crOOkedness.
TOomer has occupied a prominent posi-
tion among the cOlOred people. He has
been connected with the Post Office De
partment for the past fourteen years; is
! Adiutaut in the Georgia Battalion, color
ed. and is a leading member of the st.
stephens cOlored Episcopal Church. He
has been regarded as an influential col
ored politician. and was one of the famous
/ Chicago BOG. He has also held high posi-
tions in several cOlOred secret OrganiZa-
fiou-