The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-26
THREE MORE COUNTS
AGAINST THOMAS
Mail Matter Long Delayed Dur
ing Time of Great Nation
al Crisis.
WOMAN WATTS IN
AGONY FOR LETTERS
Salt Lake Doctor Deprived of
Rendering Aid to San Fran
cisco Sufferers.

At time when everybody IN the land
is strainlng every effort to assist the suf-
fcrinE and distressed in California, and
to alleviate the terrible anxiety OF wait
ing friends here and In other parts OF the
country as to the fate OF their loved
ones, Postmaster a. l.. Thomas and his
incompetent favorltes In the Salt Lake
postonlce continue their course OF ruth
less and culpable negligence In the hand
ling of mall matter, No after how much
u stricken people may suffer for lack OF
proper aid In devastated city. no mat
ter how much anxious ones at home may
endure because they know not what has
befallcn their own flesh and blood eager
ly waiting and watching for every deliv-
cry of mail In the hope that II may bring
some tidings of the dear ones-all this Is
as nauGht TO Postmaster Thomas In his
maladministration of the postal affairs Of
this city.
Most Flagrant Delinquency.
The facts OF the cases reclted are prob
ably the most hagrant OF the long list OF
dellnquoncles charged against Postmas-
ter Thomas. on April 20 a telegram adj
dressed to Dr. La Motto Of this city was
was received here at 2:54 p. IN, the same
day. After failing TO deliver the mes
sage the telegraph company at II p. m,
that night put the telegram In the post
Office duly stamped.
Wife Suffered Terrible Anguish.
DR.. La Motto knew nothing of the tele-
gram and how long II would have re-
mained buried In the debris OF the post
ONCE would battle any of our local proph-
cts. seerS and relVclntorS had II not been
that tho doctor received a letter from
Washington yesterday. In this commune
cation reference to the telegram was
made and then he instituted an invcstI-
cation. He went to the postoflce. and
after search the authorities resurrected
the mlssiye after It had lain there for nve
days. The letter tho doctor received was
from the Secretary of the Navy, and 1t
referred to a matter that indicated that III
he had received this telegram when II
should have been delivered he would have
gone TO san Francisco under the medical
service there and rendered aid to the
sick and suffering at u tino 1t was sorely
needed, but now 1t is too late
The second count In the Indictment IS
contained in a letter to The Tribune from
w c. Van Hoorebeke OF Sugar station,
Salt Lake city. Let him speak for him
self, He says; Il beg 10 call your attcn-
ton tc the following: My wife's sister,
Mrs w Rice, resides at 129 O'Farreli
street. San Francisco. In the very heart
OF the destroyed district. Since the dis
aster my wife has been sick with anxiety
and unable to rest. We used every means
to obtain news of her sister without sue
cess; but on Monday April %, at D. m
Sugar House postofilce teIcphoned that a
card. was there for us, but they would
not have time to deliver same until Tues
uuy- sent tpr tne caro-, ana IL stated
my wife's sister was safe This card by
tho postmark. was received In Salt Lake
City on Friday, April 20 at p m Had
II been delivered Saturday, April 2l, ns 1t
should have been, II would have saved
my wife days OF needless suffering and
had VIC not sent for the card II would not
have been delivered until Tuesday after
noon. April q.
Two Years Torture
II am q taxpayer and citizen and have
stood for two years. without complaint
tho careless delay In the delivery or my
mail, for which either or both the Salt
Lake City postofflce or the Sugar House
ward branch postofllco Is directly re-