The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
WOMAN ROBBED
THE SAFE
! ION ,,naed from First Page.)

- n1s superior Officer. Fourth Assistant
postmaster-G General Bristow. Postmaster
payne also was notified. Mr. Bristow
asked authority to have Mrs. Tyner eject
a. from tho office Tho authority can'e
TOO late. When tho inspector rotur ne,
Mrs. Tyner and her porty mad lelt - 10
safe, on being examined wha Iounu -
Ia ennty. The affair created much e1"
~ o,rant among tho investigating offi-
Gals. hut the news N1ls concealed caFetui-
~ Iro,, the public Two inspectors were
dIsnatnhet to the Tyner residence 20 re-
cover tho PAPERS. Mrs. Tyner refused 70
give them up, saying that she was acs-
ing under the direction OF nor nusp.ii4.
Bho told tho Inspectors so theS TO- ~, y,
Mr., Tvner was still asststant attorney
General. and moreover. insisted that inc
p.nera ,rare ali OF private character.
rho ,nspectors reported that Mrs Tyner
declared the papers belonged soieiy ~
them. and she announced eml'natic' wy
TINT she did not propose 70 hnse NC nc.
yaners submitted to the scrutiny OF tIe
inspectors. ,,t +h,t
80 n,n.rs have Some connection with
tha recent conduct OF the Office some
,yaak. eeo a turf Investment concern.
whose affairs wore aired IN court, al
legged that its operations and worAans
.,a.hod. had been sanctioned by the as
distant encouragement for the POST
Office Department. The charge involving
tho Office of the assistant attorney-Ben.
oral and a lawyer formerly connectea
with that Office was ventilated very gen
orally at that time. and an inVeausatlon
was ordered by the Postmaster General.
rhIs WAC really the inception Of the In
,,oat,p,t,on that has spread Into every
nnrt OF the Department. This complaints
orvstall,zed into e formal request for
Mr. Tyner's resignation OF March sth
last. Mr.. Tyner had been in exceedingly
had health for q long time ana mao WIS
tied the Office Mt only rare Intervals.
leaving the ONCE entirely In charge OF
his assistant for months Mt time he
is suffering from an unusually severe
case OF paralysis. and In consideration OF
this fact tho request for his resignhtiotl
was based on his Ill health. MrfTyner
then sent in his resignation. TO take Ell
feet May 1st, and 1t was accepted
VOICE TREMBLED.
The announcement OF these develop
ments were made by Postmaster-Ge
Payne late this afternoon to largo
number of newspaper correspondents. IN
voice that trembled with emotion hd
said that ne regretted to have TO say
that he found II necessary to removd
from Office the assistant aHorney-generai
for the Department. and, asked IN a gems
eral way about the facts that had de-
yeloped. said the story was best told IN
tha CORRESPONDENCE, which ne then read
In n most feeling tone Then ne an-
nounced that he could say nothing
further on the subject, and that he pre-
ferred not to be asked any questions he
was asked II any arrests would be maze
as the result OF the abstraction, ana u
any one else In the office was involved.
He said that these were matters which
he could not discuss, that II rested with
the attorney-general, to whom tho pa
rers would go as soon as me RECORD OF
the case could be copied ana submitted.
The case. however, he added, Will be in
the hands of the Department OF JUS
| tice tomorrow, and what further steps
| will be taken will be decided by tho at
| torney-general Tie did not care to ven-
| ture any predictions ms to the outcome.
| Mr.. Tyner has been In the government
| service In various important capacities
| FOR many years, He Is from Indiana, fId
was at one time acknowledgement Ha
| Is ono of the best known men in official
| life in Washington He and Mrs. Tynex
| and President and Mrs. Grant were init.
| mate friends.
An effort was made tonight to obtain
a statement from General Tyner or Mrs.
Tyner hit met with no success. Mra,
Tyner apparently took tho matter very
| coolly.
Mr., Tyner is in n very weak and almost
helpless condition from his long sickness.
He remains On his room most of the tims
and sees very few callers.
| After Mr.. Tyner had received tha ,at.
ter OF dismissal he called into consuita.
| tion r. Ross Perry and T.. T. Kitchener.
attorneys OF this city, who are Intimate
tlernen later made statement saying
| that Mrs, Tyner had no thought OF wrong.
doing IN opening the safe; that the papers
| removed We're tho private papers Of Mr.;
one bundle, not relating to department
| matters. These papers, the statement
\ Rays, will all be placed at the disposal
y xpant M