, under whose immediate supervision Mr. Carpenter performed
service, written to the superintendent of the sixth division of said
service at Chicago, and dated November 16, 1882, containing the
following statement:
I desire to call your attention to the case of W.S. Carpenter, Gilman
and Springfield R.P.O., as follows: October 10 he was requested to
appear at the post-office at Springfield, Ill., for examination on
Illinois scheme. I went to Springfield for the purpose of examining him,
but he failed to put in an appearance. Upon my return home I found a
letter from him stating that he did not expect to remain in the service,
hence his failure to report for examination; and, furthermore, that he
would send in his resignation to your office by the first of the
following week. This he had not done the 12th instant. He has not been
on duty but two days since October 1. He left the run in charge of Mr.
Jones, of the same line, telling him he did not know when he would
return, and for Jones to keep up the run. He has no leave of absence,
either verbally or otherwise. What his motives are for conducting
himself in this manner I can not imagine. I have written him on the
subject, but can not hear from him. When in Springfield the 3d instant,
I requested the postmaster there to not pay Carpenter for October until
he received notice to do so. I then notified you of the facts in the
matter.
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