Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-12 | Page 10 | Body of Postal Official Found

oeeiSSd Janitor Comes Across Dead Man When He Opens San Francisco Office SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. A janitor jani-tor opening up tho offices of tho United States postal inspectors here today found the body or Thomas J. Flavin, city postal Inspector, and brother of Michael .Flavin, member of the' British parliament from Ireland, seated at his desk, Flavin having died suddenly yesterday after A'isiting tho office for his mall. Flavin Avas successively postmaster of Bismarck, N. D.. when that city Avas in the Dakota territory, chief clerk of military telegraph lines at Bisrnarok, assistant postmaster at Butte, Mont., postal inspector In the Spokane division and city Inspector in San Francisco. While attached to his last office he served two years as postal inspector In Hawaii nnd In the Spokane post Avas one of the first to establish complete com-plete mail service In Alaska. He was said to bo ono of tho most prominent inspectors in tho west. He Aras born in County Kerry, Ireland, Jn 1S62. oo