| Show PAYNE DISMISSES JAMES Sensational Developments in Post Postoffice Postoffice office Investigation JS IS IMPLICATED 11 It II n 1111 III Hue of ul Valuable M pen unit Washington April 23 A mot senna lonal development of the of post ilko department affairs occur rod I Just before tho department cloned 1 to lI when ter General announced p the tho summary of or James N Tyner attorney for tor the department coupling with the announcement the strut Una charge that till ul tho records H In tho wife of tho hitters lutters of office fice Oce had been abstracted by Mr 1111 Tyner wife of ot the discharged with the assistance a sl of others The g ne Ill I states that Mm Tyner him hils re refused roo fused d the III demand of the government for the return of the papers taken raid the In III the cane would b submitted by J him to 10 the de department of Justice tomorrow Other sensational developments an ex ox expected Tho question of will willbe willbo be bo passed on Immediately by Att aen Knox LETTER I OP OF DISMISSAL DIS Tho rh facts are aro told tersely In the let letter ter of dismissal sent by hy I ter Payne late yesterday afternoon and made public tonight The letter follows Jamos N Tyner T Assistant tant Attorney General of the Department Sir Vou are hereby removed from tho of assistant attorney general for the department I de d m It proper lo to give Ive you OU ren sons for this action on the tho part of the department Early In the th month of March I communicated to you OU through a mutual friend a 11 request for fol your After n painful Interview with you ou und and n mote with Mra Tyner I consented to modify the demand for tor your resignation PO that It might take effect on all May In 1 I 1003 with the proviso however that you were Riven Ilven leave of absence from the time of of c the rua to the of Its toiling effect with the request Ft that you ou were re not In III any 1111 way to underlain to o the duties of the I PAPERS ARE AUE GONE GON Late Inte yesterday afternoon Mrs Ty net nN came camo to the of the assistant attorney general for the th de Ile department entering In the regular Ir way wa amI went through the main to the private the door behind hur hUl She then unlocked tho door enter In U from tho public hall Into the 1111 ate room and admitted her ulster Mrs Irs tl whose son lOll was Willi formerly assist assistant nl let ant In your OUI onlee whose who e Is now nol under Investigation by hy till the de She Sh RI o In the name ame manner G 0 G 0 r an ex ox ferl In the employ of nf the Ihl Bofe Baff ry with whom shu had made an nn to meet her at It the th depart department ment At her direction Mr 11 opened the safe In the room and h took all papers records articles of every kind Ilind and carried them away Iway with her MRS TYNER HAS NERVE Immediately upon learning what hat hatha had ha been Jeen done I directed the th fourth an postmaster ir to send Bend two to Inspectors to your Oll house hOUF to demand a In Inthe Inthe the name of the tm general the delivery dellery of any all papera documents or any nn materials which had bean blen ab abstracted n from mm the safe This demand was refused by Mrs Tyner T ner and he likewise refused to permit t the Inspectors tors lors to se see you OU or to see and examine the paper In her hH presence Mrs Irs Tyner T ner further to the Inspectors tors that she he committed this with your knowledge and by your our direction Further comment on this on my m pan Is not necessary The facts In the case will be sub submitted milled io to the attorney general P a erR I of the United States for such action In the tI as he Iw may 1111 deem proper Very Ver respectfully H C PAYNE I Postmaster General Mrs Irl Tyner came to the office nf of the assistant attorney general on the fifth of ot the building at nt Tuesday afternoon and re rf remained there nn all hour When she ahe ar aI arrived rived rind Acting Ally AU Gen On cy cr who ho had charge of the for months past In the absence of Gen Ty T nor nCI who haM hns beni In poor health for a along long period was In the The clerks were ai at their desks Mrs Tyner T ner packed III e 1 from the public room Into the private office and closed the door be behind Je hind her Doing alone In the oleI she stepped to the dor opening Into the public corridor DI by h previous nr II admitted Mrs Barret Barrett mo mother ther of ot Harrison J the former forler law clerk of the deportment department and 0 G a safe ff Mr I reported the presence of Mrs Orl Tyner In the office to two In Inspectors to Postmaster General Payne An Inspector also reported the th latter lo to Fourth Awl Al Postmaster pr Mr OIl authority to have Mrs Irs Tyner T ejected from the olce The authority crime too to late SAl J LEFT LEF 1 ITY When Wh n the Inspector returned Mrs Tyner had left I ft The safe Ife on being ex examined was found to be p empty empt The nf of fair created great excitement the officials Js but the tho news was Wl concealed carefully n I from the public Two Inspectors were dispatched to the Tyner residence to recover the Mr Tyner refused to give Iho them up saying she fh was acting under the direction tion nf of her husband Sim Sh told the In Ins s 11 lot so PO they Ihy reported thai Iha th hud a R lo to the papers as ns Mr Tyner I I II was wn still sll assistant attorn general nerl and moreover Insisted that the papers were all ni of a n private character The In Inspectors Inspector reported that Mrs Tyner dc de Glared the papers belonged solely lo to them and she announced that thai she did 1111 not purpose to her papers submitted io to the scrutiny of the tho Inspectors Other it Is II under understood understood stood II brought to hear henr both on Mr and Mrs Tyner TIr Jut but both unequivocally refuted fd to tl deliver deler the papers or even een to show them h I Is II believed at lt the department papers have some ole connection will wih the recent conduct of the Sev Severn Se ern weeks ago a o a turf lurf Investment con concern cern whose affairs were WI aired In tn court alleged ale d that thai Its Is working methods hall hai sanctioned by the assistant attorney ney ne general for lor the po depart dopart department ment Charges involving the office as attorney general and a I law lawyer yer Ir formerly connected with that office verc ere ventilated very er generally at that time and nn 11 Investigation IIo organ organized ell bythe hy the postmaster po general Jeneral This wan WK really eQI th the Inception of the Investigation gation that has hal spread lo to every part of tho department The complaints crys crystallized Into a I formal t for fOl Mr resignation signed 11 by IJ Post Postmaster master General Payne on reh S 9 last Mr Ir Tyner ner hUll had been In b health for n a long Ion time had hii visited his office only nt rare tre Intervals leaving the entirely In tn charge charle of his hil as for months nt at n time He le Is suf suffering fering from an In unusually case Cae of paralysis and n In II consideration of thin fact the for his request resignation was based on 01 his hil RESIGNATION Office of the Attorney Gen General eral ml for tor the Department Washington II IC C Payne Postmaster General Dc r the iho effects of light of paralysis which ly I disabled my left Ift leg lel partially ami Alil my m left lef totally tot I may prevent me le from fro In my duties ly Iy for some lame time to come ns R assistant attorney general eral for the t office de dl I deem d m It I proper to tender my resl naton of said Mid olce to take effect May In 1 I It I Is to tn me to thus thu sever eer my connection with the th postal service with wih which I have been en dol associated A ns n an In officer of the th department and anda a 1 member of congressional nt lit Intervals over Ocr a I period of years Cli Vary Voy truly trul yours url JAME N TY BIt The Th postmaster generals gln acknowledgment ment follows I IT IS Washington March farch 9 James N Tyner Ter General My y Dear Der have our letter of today tola tendering your yur resignation of the position of attorney general generl of the department 1 I regret the which has ha come to you 01 and which Is II of ot such n ns al to preclude your discharging th duties of your OUr ol It I mUst indeed i Jj painful for you OU to ver er your with lh the department with Ith you ou have hae be n associated for so 1 many years al and nn of which you OU 1 al at alom aton om on lime official h ad Your resignation Is 18 In view of nil ni the circumstances tance but hit I wm Im It hut but Just Ju t proper for that thai It take Ilk effect May Ma J I IM and that you OU be 1 given leave of ot until that d Ilal t I this will give you r rest sl from care Cr ond will wl be of Ild M MIn In bringing Improvement nt to your yur condi condition tion ton which Is nt t the th time of Mich urh n 1 nature an 81 to render any nn labor Ifor on your 01 part With kindest kinest regards rr I am m very VI sin erl yours OUr Signed H r r PAYNE 1 P o INTERVIEW WITH PAYNE I The of de development 11 was Wo nudo mado by Postmaster 1 nl this nn nn to 10 a B BIlg large number of Ilg newspaper ent In n n voice that tuH trembled with emotion he hI al thai he h to tl have ha to say ay that thai ho he hud found U It necessary sary U to remove from amel lie a Ill of tho th department nd lifter lter In 1 way 1 about i In fact 1 developed mid 11 the t h sto story st ry was WaK bent tt told In II the which ho he then re d In a I most one Then ho II announced lint he hp could vay I nothing on the subject I It t hut he preferred not to In I asked any He le was asked A ke If I any all arrests ts will wi Ix x made as M thu tho result of the ab fU and If anyone anyon II In the of involved He I Ml 11 i that thene were pre IRI rM which he hI could not din dlA ru that it I rested with the hp I attorney general to tl whom the mp would woul go goas ro as R soon Hoon an I the record of or the cue case could be ll copied and al submitted The case however he ht added would bo In th of at the th department of Justice to tomorrow morrow And what further steps will 11 he be bet luken t ken will wi bu bo decided dehle by h the attorney general Hn 11 did not care to tu venture any prediction an al to the outcome Mr at the time the papers were was Wil still technically ai a lorney torney general and ud Oils fact will wi figure fure I In of the by l the Ihl department of Justice It I Is I pointed out hoer Mr Jr Tyner still the hi hl resignation not nt Ing yet et become operative the accept Ane of 0 the resolution reI was wall with wih th Ih I strict sp If stated 1 In the tw letter Iter of acceptance that thai h would not nt attempt to administer the dulles of his onre It I Is III tully fully realized by y the postmaster that the tl cane presents n situation and for tor that 1111 reason hit hl declined today toI to enter Into a of the facts I I Mr 11 Tyner 1 nel has been be n In the government rICe In various Important capacities for many 1111 years ea He HI Is from Indiana He H ered as I Q attorney gen general gln eral Irl for the postoffice department nt and later M first assistant aH postmaster he became general Subsequently postmaster general and later he again Illee In th He lt IN one of the best heRt known knowl men mel In life In Washington He Be Mrs Ty Tyner Tyle ner Ild President nt and Mrs Irs Grant w wel re le friends During the universal congress which mat Ilet her In II ISO he was 11 one of the committee which rep represented resented hl hil government An Al effort hi to obtain from I Mr I Tyner or Mr 11 a statement met with wih no success Mrs Tyner Mated that they had nothing to suy y on the I subject The was thrown out there might be he something to I Ih out by h GAn side Ide some lime in the future Mm Iu Tyner III I ap apparently tool took the matter later very vr coolly coolY If at all Al concerned I about the postman II I hi generals letter she did not shuw II It In II her manner lo to who all l lat I at the house during durIn the evening refusing to admit directly that Gen Ty Tyner I ner nl received Mr Paynes I letter It wali evident from her answers to the on n the subject that thai he either had re received reo ceI It or hall had been made acquainted with Its wih Uen Tyner Is In a I very el welk almost helpless condition from frol his hil long R He 10 remains In II his room most of the time and sees BeS very few Lowest Price Tor Coffee New York April another low record In coffee prices was registered today when a n partial decline of ot 00 points resulted In II a sale of May Olay nt at 1370 70 compared with JUS 7 the lowest nf nr yesterday Trading was more ac active c cI tive I today tola under liquidation of nearby contracts hut but the II further decline os not accompanied by J special Decision Chicago April filing of a I petition In bankruptcy followed by h hIel Iel uro and un by adjudication In 11 bank bankruptcy It 1 a I of oC the by bythe II the law for or the tho benefit of creditors am nn appropriation of It to the 1 of the debt tel of the bankrupt It I Is II a aH H of the property by Ly legal pro equal oqual In II rank to and of the an me attachment force flee and effect ua II by ly execution nm In these the words the local branch of the United Wales circuit court of ap 1 nan Just given the first decision of ot the kind I nd In regard to title tile to prop property erty eb The watt W H given In the bankruptcy case cape of Alexander Rodgers Hodil it H seed sect merchant m who failed fallet In May m lw ini ii in mi nun 1901 1901 The lower court curt hud denied thul the Title Company tep wan WIH In II actual of th 1 property of the bankrupt lo to which wan 1 really in name of holders of oC 1 N O I v i Atty Aty New Newton ton thi LI from this Il and the higher court ha hM now no O ardt th o u thC or orde de i |
