The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
TWO ROOMS USED
FOR ASSOCIATIONS
Thursday Night, April IL, the
Date When Grave Offend
ing Occurred.
Fully A DOZEN WITNESSES;
ONE A CITY DETECTIVE
If Postmaster Thomas Dare In
yestigate, The Tribune
Will Aid Him.

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+ For several days The Tribune +
4 has been investigating a number 4
4 Of stories to the effect TINT the +
4 Salt Lake postofhce has been +
4 used by a couple Of Postofhce In
\ spectors for immoral purposes. 4
+ At first it was diff cult to be- +
r. love that men whose duty 1t Is \
4 to uphold the dignity of the =
4 Government and to prevent r
4 bringing Government property 4
4 into base usos would be parties +
4 to such grave offending. +
\ The Tribune, therefore, at +
4 tempted to disprove the reports, 4
+ but tho investigation discloses \
+ the fact beyond question that on
\ last Thursday night the private y
\ Office of Postmaster Thomas and +
y the Office Of the local Postoface 4
4 Inspector were used as assigna- 4
+ ton rooms by two Postoface In \
4 spectors.
y Fully a dozen men are wit
\ nesses, among whom is city =
4 detective. The Tribune has in +
\ terviewed three witnesses and
4 has learned that one Of the in =
4 spectors, after learning that \
4 postoflce employee had knowl \
4 edge of his disreputable conduct 4
\ in the Office Of the Postmaster,
4 ATTEMPTED TO INTIMI- 4
\ DATE THE EMPLOYEE AND 4
4 THREATENED HIM WITH
4 THE LOSS OF his POSITION \
\ It is also stated that this In 4
4 spector THREATENED TO \
\ SHOOT anyone further interfer- 4
\ ing with him, +
+ One of Postmaster Thomas's 4
4 pets in the postoffice was in I
4 superioI's apartments, and in =
\ stead Of reporting the matter, as 4
\ reputable Government en- \
\ ployee would have done, he \
\ called one Of the inspectors out \
\ into another room, and \
\ WARNED HIM THAT HE y
\ WAS BEING WATCHED. he 4
\ afterward employed a silly ruse \
\ to further protect the offenders! \
y Is it true, as charged, that Wis \
4 iting inspectors have thus been \
y compromised by official friends \
\ Of Postmaster Thomas in order \
y to compel these agents Of the \
~ Government to make favorable \
y reportsp DOES THIS EXPLAIN \
\ WHY WHITEWASH HAS
\ FOLLOWED WHITEWASHp 4
y Is it true, as reported to The \
y Tribune, that the beautiful Fed \
4 eral building, as well as the old 4
4 postoflce and other places, have 4
\ been employed by the Post +
\ masters friends to debauch in \
\ spectors and render their invest \
\ igations abortiveP 4
y Some Of these days President \
y Roosevelt will learn Of these \
4 outrages. When he does-when +
4 his personal attention Is called \
\ to these things-and when the \
y Postmaster-General and the \
v Chief Inspector learn Of the con- \
4 duct of their subordinates In \
4 Salt Lake, there will be an in 4
y vestigation that will sweep n \
y number of disreputable officials \
y of the payrolls. \
\ The affair of last Thursday =
\ night is the crowning infamy. 4
\ There is not Postoffice depart \
\ ment head in Washington that \
y will overlook this affair 4
\ THERE COULD BE NO y
4 BLAcKER STAIN ON THE
\ SALT LAKE PoSToFFICE \
y THAN WAS PLACED ON 1T \
y BY THESE OFFICIALS. The \
\ proof in The TRIBUNE'S pos 4
= session Is absolute.
y The names Of the offenders \
y are in Tho Tribune's possession. i
\ Merely out Of respect for the 4
\ families Of the dereIcts are 4
\ these withheld from the public \
y now.
+ If Postmaster Thomas dare in \
= vestigate, The Tribune will aid \
4 him. If any citizen desires the 4
y naked facts. The Tribune will \