New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-20
4 STUBBORN POSTMASTER.
~, NAN LARGE COLLECTION or LETTERS
,,.., 7.n1xG COMMISSIONS FOR SUCCESSORS

HE HAD A LARGE COLLECTION OF LII hi'''
INCLUDING COMMISSIONS FOR SUCCESSORS
From The Atlanta Constitution. ......s
Postofiice Inspector waterbury recehty rSt"' and
from protracted official tour OF ms U.s.
he brings home strange stoIy ~ - 75nearthed in
81 V.s IN details Of which. however nave never
bcrn published His last trip wl0I tgCN nc nntrj
ArlZ, ~ v,ith whom this particular story deas'
VINO is now awaiting execution iQl ~ ,ai,td IN,
" ~ ri, in 1874 Inspector Waterbury, itCrl "a AZ
~. -, f-Cn, thi General Postofce al ASH
inf,for TO 20 10 Ehrenourg ~ mr. to'iico mere
For eleven e4 az Doeiciais had forwarded stamps
II, aI ildrsTy The Posioffice Department; issued
orders which brooked Of no deiaS Dt no NJ ~
been taken Of them anI nc s Waterbury set out
and dnailv reached his destination lie uid NOT 'iue
on cd IN Ehrenburg the postoice was not very
ditfcilt 10 locate II WAS one OF tie poo - ,n
eirugeling adobe huts which constituted me Low" y,
So thSi lime But the postmaster was nowhere 10
cornpadre Of his was. met after %h nj Wn u
sr,eke English "Hayzoos' would be PACK IN a Lew
davs. Inspector waterbury was tolq ne f 1.i'
a,eil'y intel when information 1t took long time
TO elicit. The distance wa 700 IN M mission unac-
700 uij;std So Inspector waterbury sat down and
wal" 'lo nse ~ i've days arrived at Ehren-
~ ~ in he birch-hark canoe. The inspector was
4oI or 6an AZ The 5urpose OF his mission The
Mexican gave savage t = uir - Irencrtor Water
ir tS,o,,ch he nostofice The examination was
at once begun. Shutters "sIe M T., ~ Tni,s,v al
',nblited and the TWO sat down IN me HuSty -
uI'ii',,,eer. The safe was first opened IN u "
s,cctor Waterbury found thirteen registered ieI-
90, rnoef of which were Of an uit".ll tiin I'M y,
naftire which had lain there iol from wv" 70
pi,on t,.rs He found some OF the, Peoplc ~ =
vrhon Inc letters were addressed t'd ueil, ~,
,haTn There were hundreds OF letters lylns 49,,
49,. Of them directed 20 people VINO hau l99ns nn
- Ritt INSPECTOR Waterbury, RItht ni.u w..
- ,ornnssOns from subsequent aoihlliisI a. - Il
~ ,oer ennointed 10 succeed Jesus IjAhel a. "I
l.asscr one OF these men died III lshvrah,e OF
SaI tment and the other was kept III 6""-
tr 80 - ~ nv the astute Jesus.
i"t-toD confronted win the PILE or oocuile tai
'is1Dcs ageinst his ability or charhctet or y ~
80, ar ali three Jesus Daniel JUST erunteu' WIN. -
Ia 90 ,lsin as English could make IL ma -,
~ ', b"ve discovered it? Inspector Nate' 20.
- ~ ,hot tbere was no use In argument lne i'a ~
a.t.r Vas OF the brute type 700 Islo.~r. an
cunning 10 NoiuH'0'' "
ne w, men had left the postoihce Jeshs
49, US met hy some acqualht ~ 20
"a rim after their fashion FROM IL - 80,
49, ,.bicb crcpt over the faces OF M o. -,
I. w. Waterbury vcntured reH"Th an q" "'"'
ca IL took his wife up the river ana d'o""'' ~"
- 80 " said one OF the bystanders. 1900, ,-,,.,. "a
ne ~, TOOK YOUR wife up the river anu =
- did vou@' asked the astounded M ~ nan
hei' lonted Al the immObiic features Oh ''' ~
D..yrs / drowned her" doggedy I"p'eu '"e ~
can ''She was no soou any