Warren sheaf., 1903-04-30
HIGH OFFICIAL IS OUSIED
James N. Tyner, Assistant Attorney
General of Post Office Depart
ment, Loses Position.
DISMISSED BY POSTMASTER GENERAL.
from the Safe by Mrs. Tyner and
Refusal to Return Th EN- the Cause
Public Asked to Suspend Judg-
ment Until Facts Are Known.

Washington, April PA most SEN
sational development of the investiga-
tion of post office department affairs
occurred just before the department.
closed Thursday, when Postmaster
General Payne announced the sum-
mary dismissal of James n. Tyner, as
sistant attorney general for the post
office department, coupling with the,
announcement the startling charge:
that all the papers and records in the
safe in the latter's Office had been alb
stracted by Mrs. Tyner, wife of the
discharged official, with the assistance
of others. The postmaster general
states that Mrs. Tyner has refused the
demand of the government for the re-
turn of papers taken.
Asks Public to Suspend Judgment.
Gen. Tyner asks from the public
suspension of Judgment until he can
put before them the facts relating to
his removal from office and the cause
assigned therefor by the postmaster
general. The matter has come upon
his so suddenly that he cannot now
make a detailed statement. He said,
however, that on Tuesday last, feeling
that the time of his retirement from
office MAY y was very near, he real
lied that he should remove from his
office certain private property and pa
pers belonging to his wife and to him.
self. These were contained in safe
in his room at the post office depart
ment.
Asked Wife to Get Papers.
Being unable himself to do so he
asked his wife to go to the Office and
secure from the safe these papers.
This Mrs. Tyner did. 1t is easy to see
now that it would have been better had
Mr. Mrs .TJyners gone to the postmaster
general and asked him to be present
and supervise her act. But neither
Gen. Tyner nor herself contemplated
any wrong doing or ina oined that such
would be imputed to them. He said
papers would be returned
Attorney General May Act.
The postmaster general has certified
to the attorney general for such action
as he may deem necessary in the cases
Of persons involved in the abstraction
| of the papers from the safe of the as
sistant attorney general for the post
Office department. Postmaster Gen.
eral Payne's letter makes no recon-
| mendation beyond submitting the case
| for such action as the department. of
justice might deem necessary and
| proper.
| Papers Returned.
| Washington, April 27.-An immense
mass of papers was submitted to Post
master General Payne and Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow Satur-
day by attorneys for Gen. and Mrs.
Tyner, who represented that these pa
pers were the documents taken from
the safe in the office of Gen. Tyner
by Mrs. Tyner Tuesday afternoon.
After they had been examined by the
officials the papers Were returned to
the attorneys, with the exception of
certain ones that referred to the con-
duct of former post Office inspector,
now dead. The latter were never
filed. The papers returned, it was
stated, were all the private property
of Mr.. Tyner and his wife, and rela ted
entirely to their private affairs. The
department officials stated they did
not accept the action of the attorneys
for Tyner as evidence that all the pa
pers taken from the department safe
| have hoan rotnrpoH