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May 16, 1910
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
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In Washington on May 16, Secretary Ballinger discharged stenographer Frederick M. Kerby for leaking confidential information about the Lawler memorandum on Glavis charges to the President, calling it treachery.
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STENOGRAPHER KERBY, WHO
TOLD SECRETS, DISCHARGED.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Frederick M. Kerby, the stenographer in the office of the secretary of the interior, who on Saturday issued a statement regarding the Lawler memorandum on the Glavis charges to the President, was discharged from the government service by Secretary Ballinger today.
In a stinging letter dismissing Kerby "for the good of the service," Secretary Ballinger said that the stenographer was "unworthy to remain in it."
"The fact that your treachery is futile cannot mitigate the character of your offense," said the secretary.
The text of the secretary's letter to Kerby is as follows:
"You are hereby discharged from the public service because you are unworthy to remain in it.
"In divulging information obtained by you in the confidential relation of stenographer to the secretary of the interior; in communicating that information to those whom you are bound to know are wrongfully seeking to bring reproach upon the administration and to injure me; and in deliberately mistaking material facts as to which you did treacherously communicate you show that you are unworthy and unsafe. The fact that your treachery is futile cannot mitigate the character of your offense. For the good of the service you are hereby dismissed.
(Signed) "R. A. BALLINGER, Secretary."
TOLD SECRETS, DISCHARGED.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Frederick M. Kerby, the stenographer in the office of the secretary of the interior, who on Saturday issued a statement regarding the Lawler memorandum on the Glavis charges to the President, was discharged from the government service by Secretary Ballinger today.
In a stinging letter dismissing Kerby "for the good of the service," Secretary Ballinger said that the stenographer was "unworthy to remain in it."
"The fact that your treachery is futile cannot mitigate the character of your offense," said the secretary.
The text of the secretary's letter to Kerby is as follows:
"You are hereby discharged from the public service because you are unworthy to remain in it.
"In divulging information obtained by you in the confidential relation of stenographer to the secretary of the interior; in communicating that information to those whom you are bound to know are wrongfully seeking to bring reproach upon the administration and to injure me; and in deliberately mistaking material facts as to which you did treacherously communicate you show that you are unworthy and unsafe. The fact that your treachery is futile cannot mitigate the character of your offense. For the good of the service you are hereby dismissed.
(Signed) "R. A. BALLINGER, Secretary."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Betrayal
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Stenographer Discharge
Government Leak
Treachery
Ballinger
Kerby
What entities or persons were involved?
Frederick M. Kerby
R. A. Ballinger
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Frederick M. Kerby
R. A. Ballinger
Location
Washington
Event Date
May 16
Story Details
Stenographer Frederick M. Kerby was discharged by Secretary Ballinger for leaking confidential information about the Lawler memorandum on Glavis charges, deemed treachery in a dismissal letter.