Show workTO I THOMPSONS CONFESSION It Came as a Complete Surprise to Washington Officials I Washington May i6Thc of Postmaster confession Thompson at Havana camo as a complete of ficial of surprise to the of the Posiofflce department who had generally been ot tho opinion that among those who could not i possibly be involved in fraudulent transacUons Mr WIlS Thompson who was re man of high integrity The regarded Poslnmster GllCTal read tho printed lImrl no comment stotement but Fourth Assistant POSIrttasterGeneral Drltow received his flna1 today and loft nt J Instructions ocloclt lila from Cor Tampa Which place he win san Havana for reaching there early morning Th Saturday only Ierson Pony Mr BrfaUw was S private to accom rotary It 3 see was decided at the rnent not to depart make Tpui public a t prent Instructions riven Mr BrlstL the Representative Hay pf Virginia introduced In the Rouse the today I rerolution OlloWlnS Whereas It in stated that I Pathbone dIrector ot E G P03tS In made a report to the Cuba oral on April 23 190 In Postmll3terGen cd that tho postal aconi he stftt accounts omclnls In Cuba were ot postal Whereas It 18 correct and stated I In the prints public that the Ostallll Cuban postal service had lflspectom not made of the I mspeeUon or reports Onr ot tbat tht0 Resolved by the RO1Ee Bontatlvcs ot llopre I That the jLl bo recviesud to inform PostmnslerGCl1 I acthe EdG the House I Rathborm f1C did on APrll 23 iwo or thereabouts make such a report and what said reportcontained and to further Inform the House whether wheth-er such report purported to be baaed on reports made to said K G Kathbonc by postAl Inspectors In Cuba > and wJioihor the PostmasterGeneral 1ms any Information as to whether said postal I Inspectors In Tuba ever mude urh reitorts to said E G Jtnlhbone Tin PostmasterGeneral would malo no stKtoment In regard to the subject today It IK I a fact however that Director Ralhbone did forward a typewritten ropy of a report miule by Special Ajjwus George O S Rlbold and 1VlJ Ham T G Neal stating that the accounts ac-counts of C W F Noely financial f clerk of the Postofllcc department were i correct on that date I |