Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-24

General Payne late this afternoon to n
large number OF newspaper correspond
ents. In a voice that trembled with
emotion he said that he regretted to
have to say that he had found IL neces-
sary % remove from Office the assistant
attorney general Of the department, and
after speaking In a general way about
thf facts already developed said the stO-
ny was best told In the correspondence
which he then read In most feeling
zone Then he announced that he could
say nothing further on the subject and
that he preferred not 60 be- asked any
questions. He was asked If any arrests
win be made as the result Of the abb
stracton, and II anyone else in the Of
fee was involved, He said that these
were matters which he could not dis
cuss that It rested with the attorney
general, to whom the papers would go
as soon as the record Of the case could
be copied and submitted The case,
however, he added, would be In the
hands Of the department OF Justice to-
morrow and what further steps will be
taken will be decided by the attorney
general He did not care to venture
any prediction as to the outcome.
Mr. Tyner at the time the papers were
taken was still technically assistant at
torney general and this fact Will figure
In consideration Of the question by the
department OF justice. II is pointed out
however that although Mr.. Tyner stil
held the office his resignation not hav-
ing yet become operative the accept
anoe OF the resignation was with the
strict understanding, specifically stated
IN the letter Of acceptance. that he
would not attempt to administer the
duties Of his ofice. II is fully realized
by the postmaster general that the case
presents a delicate situation, and for
that reason he declined today to enter
into discussion Of the facts.
Mr. 1'yner has been In the government
service in various important capacities
for many years He IS from Indiana,
He served as assistant attorney gen
eral for the postofice department and
later was first assistant postmaster
general. Subsequently he became
postmaster general and later he again
assumed Office in the department. He
is one of the best known men In official
life IN Washington. He and Mrs. Ty-
ner and President and Mrs Grant were
intimate friends. During the universal
postal congress which met here In 1897
he was one OF the committee which rep
resented his government
An effort made tonight to obtain from
Mr. Tyner or Mrs Tyner a statement
met with no success. Mrs Tyner stated
that they had nothing to say on the
subject The suggestion was thrown
out that there might be something TO
give out by Gen Tyners side some
time In the future. Mrs. ryner APP
parently took the matter very coolly.
II at all concerned about the postn0s-
ter generals letter she did not show
II In her manner to those who called
al the house during the evening. While
refusing to admit directly that Gen Ty-
ner received Mr.. Paynes letter, II was
evident from her answers 10 the quiries
on the subject that he either had re-
ceived II or had been made acquainted
with It's contents.
Gen. Tyner is In a very weak and
almost helpless condition from his long
sickness. He remains in his room most
OF the time, and sees very few callers.