Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-23

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Copyright 1911, by Frank C. Carpenter.)
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ENATt ence CT the Bse.l-In OF tie back
n wv ( rooms OF tie Dig posso1I1ce putting 1eES
in Washington sits who is I'M
ESC%Ea2E known to its thousands OF clerks He
IsSEZAA lives at the capital. but he can so 20 the
Isas sch OF Pennsylvania without raising his
hat II response bow. He has but few aequaint-
azess a=G almost no intimstes. Nevertheless he is
enc OF tie Important men in the United States
government: and to many who have guilty consciences
be Represents the ghost Of the pententiary, which
hauats taen cay All night
Ta.s rsa is the chief inspector of the Postoffee
DEPARTMENT who has not only to watch the lear
hundred a7d old millions Of dollars which go n aid
cat OF tat office in the Of the year but TO
keen track Of the crimes of its 100000 employees and
to see tAat every bit of its $4,000, 100000 pieces of
nail is honestly carried.
This in itself is a job: but when to the crimes on
the !ns!de added all the crimes and swindles car
rel through the nails all burgares of postoffiees'
all r-esi.-z Of stamps and padding returns will
see that the OF his influence reach every
woman ard child in the country. and that upon him
the most OF US depend for protection.
The Chief Inspector
TIE name of the chief inspector is Robert S Sharp.
and s!z5uarly enough. he is the of A G. Sharp,
who held this same office when Mr.. Gresham
postmaster general, and who at that time put down
the Louisiana lottery and wiped out all of
chance games through the mails Mr.. Sharp recently
acted as of the internal commissioners.
and ii was his work among the moonshiners of the
Tennessee mountains that caused Postmaster General
Hitchcock ask him aid in putting down the mail
swindIers. He took charge only about a year ago.
but since that time he has already convicted and pun
ished who have defrauded the people of perhaps
. 100000. 600. He has today of such mil
HonAires under the harrow. and half dozen more
have already been put behind the bars
should like TO introduce you TO the chief post
office inspector. but that is impossible. He will not
allow his face be published does like TO have
his mentioned and doubt whether the apart
uent house where he lives here in Washington knows
that he is anything more than a mere government
clerk He does not like TO talk, and it only
through a suggestion from the postmaster general
that il might be well to let the people know what
Uncle Sam is doing TO protect his children from the
Wiles Of the sWndlers that he gave interview.
UAcIe Sans Work.
1t il my business keep in the background.
This work IL done for the and the people.
and would like TO have you say that it is Uncle
Sam and the Postoffiee department who are con-
veting the rascAls. This government bigger than
any one man. and want TO make these swindlers
know that II IL the government and individuals
who are after them We want them know that
the government is bigger than any individual and
that matter how rich influential rascal may
be. he Il on level with the poorest of his kind in
the eyes OF this institution
These the instructions which the postmaster
general gave me when took charge. He urged M
10 be sure that right and to then 90 ahead
without fear or favor. That is what we are doing
Whea we arrest follow the same procedure
makes difference whether he Is millionaire OF
panpsr whether he Ia at the head politics Of
city or individual voter. have instructed m,
men 70 make change IN the arrest OF niIlionair,
over that OF negro stealing a ham The patro
vascn is hacked up 70 the door OF the palace an.
Ne take the rich swtndler handcuffed to Jail HI
has all of his rights at the trial, but if he does no