Arizona republican., 1903-04-24

their desks. Mrs. Tyner passed from
 the public room into the private office and closed the door behind her. Being
 alone in the office, she stepped to the door opening into the public corridor and by previous arrangement admitted Mrs. Barrett. mother O: Harrison J.
 Rarrett. foTmnr law clerk of tho past- office department. and G. G. Hammer. a safe expert.
 Mir Christiancy reported the pres erce of Mrs. Tyner in the office to two inspectors and to Postmaster General Payne. An inspector also reported the matter to Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. MT. Bristow asked authority to have Mrs. Tyrer elected
 from the office. The authority was too
 late. When the inspector returned Mrs.
 Tyner had left. The safe on being eX- amined was found to be empty The affair created great excitement among
 the investigation officials. but the news was concealed carefully from the pub lie. Two inspectors were dispatched to
 the Tyrer residence to recover the pa
 pers. Mrs. Tyrer refused to give them up. saying she was acting under the direction of her husband.
 She told the inspectors, so they re- ported. that they had a right to the papers, as Mr. Tyner was sull attor- ney general. and she. moreover. insist etl that the papers were all of a private character. The inspectors reported that Mrs. Tyner declared the papers be- longed solely to them, and sine an nOunCed emphaticaliy that she did not purpose to have her p1Fers submitted to the scrutiny Of the inspectors. Other pressure, it is understood, was brought to bear both on Mrs. and MT. Tyner, but both unequivocally refused 10 de- | liver the papers or even to show them i or indicate their nature.
 It is suspected at the department that the papers have some connection 1 with the recent conduct of the office. | Some weeks ago a turf investment con- cern whose affairs were aired in court, i alleged that it's operations and work
 ing methods had been sanctioned by | the assistant attorney general for the
 postoffice department. The charges
 involving the office of the assistant at-
 torney general and q lawyer formerly | connected with that office were ven- | tilated very generally at that time and
 an investigation was ordered by the
 postmaster general. This was really the inception of the Investigation that
 has spread into every part of the de- | partment.
 1 The complaints crystallized into
 formal request for MT. Tyner's resigna- 1 ton signed by Postmaster General
 Payne. on March 9. last. NIT. Tyner
 had been in exceedingly bad health for
 a long time and had visited the office
 at only rare intervals. leaving the office
 entirely in charge of his assistant for
 months at d time. He is suffering 1 from an unusually severe case of par 1 alysis and in consideration of this fact l the request for his resignation was
 based on his i'll health.
 | The announcement of yesterdays de | velOpments were made by Postmaster 1 General Payne late this afternoon to l Q large number Of newspa per cores l pOndents. In voice that trcnbled with emotion, he said that he regretted | to have to say that he had found it necessary to remove from office the assistant attorney general of the de- pertinent and after speaking in d gen eral way about the facts that had de- Veloned, said the story was best told | in the corresponds nee from which he then read in a. most feeling tone. Then he announced that he could say nOth- ing further or the subject and that he
 preferred not to be asked any ques- tions
 1 He was asked if any arrests would 1 be made as the result of the. abstrac
 tion and if anyone else in the office was involved. He said that these were matters which he could not discuss, that it rested with the attorney gen eral to whom the papers would go as soon as he record of the case could be compiled and submitted. The case. however. he added. would be in the hands Of the department of justice to-
 morrow and what further steps would 1 be taken will he decided by the dtt0r- ney general.
 MT. Tyner at the time the papers
 were taken Was still technically assist
 ant attorney general and this fact will figure in consideration of the quest ton
 by the department of justice It is pointed out, however, that although Mir. | Tyrer still held the office his resigna- 1 ton not having yet become operative. | the acceptance of the resigna tion was with the strict understanding specific ally stated in the letter of acceptance.
 that he would not attempt t0 admins ter the duties Of his office. It is fully re- ali2ed by the postmaster general that
 and for that reason he declined today
 to enter into the discussion.
 MT. Tyner las been in the govern ment service in various important
 capacities for some years. He is from Indiana. He is one Of the best known