The Globe-republican., 1890-02-26

4. u. hATHBONE. chl0t inspector.
The Boston division, which is under
the direction Of George 8. Evans,
Is required to detect crime and discover
criminals in Massachusetts,, Maine, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Vermont. The Chattanoopa
division embraces Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina and Tennessee, and is
under the immediate direction of
Colonel A. G. Sharp, formerly Chief
Post-Ofioe Inspector under the admins
tration of Chief Inspector Rathbone; the
divisions have all been placed under
the direction of the experienced inspect
5 crs who were removed during the last
administration. James E. Stuart is in
charge of the Chicago division; which
embraces Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mich
igan, Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota and Wisconsin. Mr.. Stuart has
been in the service for q number of
years and is an exceedingly competent
man for the work which is submitted
to his care.
George s. Seybold, whose headquar-
ters are at San Francisco, has the super
vision Of Oregon, Washington, Montana,
Alaska, California, Arizona, Nevada and.
Utah. When complaints reach the
bureau under the Chief Post-ofics In
spector they are referred by him to the
Chief Inspector of the division in which
the crime is likely to have been COM
mitted. Under each one of these di-
vision inspectors there is a corps Of
special agents, and each case Is re-
ferred especially to the man best fitted
to investigate each complaint The
Chief Clerk in the immediate Office of
the Chief Post-offlce Inspector at Wash
j. fngton is Mr.. James Maynard, son of
Postmaster-General Maynard. of Ten
: nessee, and he has occupied that impor-
liant position for the past ten years.
The detectives of crime against the
postal laws and regulations are very
careful in all of their work. When
ever they receive . case they mark the
date of mailing Of the letter or pack
age, the name of post-ofice from which
It is mailed, with the name Of the
county and State, the name of the
writer or the sender Of the registered
letter or package, the number Of letter
or package, the name Of the addressee,
the name Of the post-ofice addressed,
with the county and State, . descrip-
zion Of the contents Of the letter or
package and number OF registered en-
velope covering the letter or package,
also the name Of the complainant the
designation Of the classification of COM
plant, the name Of the inspector to
whom the case was referred for investi-
cation, with the date of such reference,
land the complainant is then notified of
the receipt of his complaint and in
: formed that the same will receive the
: attention Of the department.
During the last fiscal year there were
$4,000 papers sent to the Office Of the
~Chief POst-oface Inspector. These pa
pers did not relate entirely to the vio-
:. lations Of the postal laws. The Post
: Once Inspector. wherever he Il. II con-
: 1idered the representative plenipoten-
: tiary of the Postmaster-G General, with
autocratio authority over all subordi-
! 1ates. And it frequently happens that
Rost-ofice Inspectors are obliged to de-
eide, for example, who would b the
proper person Of various candidates to
Beceive IN appointment - postmaster;
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