New York Times (NY), 20 July 1928
Postoffice Inspector Who Captured Gerald Chapman Dies.
Charles G. Kinzel, one of the best known Postoffice Inspectors in the United States, for the last eight years on duty here, died yesterday at his old home in Knoxville, Tenn. His age was 65. When he departed for Knoxville on sick leave several weeks ago he has expressed the wish to die at his old home if his illness, a complication of kidney disease, should prove fatal. News of his death was received by Chief Postoffice Inspector Clarahan.
Inspector Kinzel had been in the service for twenty-five years, according to Chief Clarahan, and had taken part in many important captures, including those of the train robber gang under the leadership of H. Grady Webb in West Virginia, and Gerald Chapman, who was executed for the murder of a New Britain (Conn.) policeman, Inspector Kinsel (sic) was unmarried.
Postoffice Inspector Who Captured Gerald Chapman Dies.
Charles G. Kinzel, one of the best known Postoffice Inspectors in the United States, for the last eight years on duty here, died yesterday at his old home in Knoxville, Tenn. His age was 65. When he departed for Knoxville on sick leave several weeks ago he has expressed the wish to die at his old home if his illness, a complication of kidney disease, should prove fatal. News of his death was received by Chief Postoffice Inspector Clarahan.
Inspector Kinzel had been in the service for twenty-five years, according to Chief Clarahan, and had taken part in many important captures, including those of the train robber gang under the leadership of H. Grady Webb in West Virginia, and Gerald Chapman, who was executed for the murder of a New Britain (Conn.) policeman, Inspector Kinsel (sic) was unmarried.
New York Times (NY), 20 July 1928
Postoffice Inspector Who Captured Gerald Chapman Dies.
Charles G. Kinzel, one of the best known Postoffice Inspectors in the United States, for the last eight years on duty here, died yesterday at his old home in Knoxville, Tenn. His age was 65. When he departed for Knoxville on sick leave several weeks ago he has expressed the wish to die at his old home if his illness, a complication of kidney disease, should prove fatal. News of his death was received by Chief Postoffice Inspector Clarahan.
Inspector Kinzel had been in the service for twenty-five years, according to Chief Clarahan, and had taken part in many important captures, including those of the train robber gang under the leadership of H. Grady Webb in West Virginia, and Gerald Chapman, who was executed for the murder of a New Britain (Conn.) policeman, Inspector Kinsel (sic) was unmarried.
Postoffice Inspector Who Captured Gerald Chapman Dies.
Charles G. Kinzel, one of the best known Postoffice Inspectors in the United States, for the last eight years on duty here, died yesterday at his old home in Knoxville, Tenn. His age was 65. When he departed for Knoxville on sick leave several weeks ago he has expressed the wish to die at his old home if his illness, a complication of kidney disease, should prove fatal. News of his death was received by Chief Postoffice Inspector Clarahan.
Inspector Kinzel had been in the service for twenty-five years, according to Chief Clarahan, and had taken part in many important captures, including those of the train robber gang under the leadership of H. Grady Webb in West Virginia, and Gerald Chapman, who was executed for the murder of a New Britain (Conn.) policeman, Inspector Kinsel (sic) was unmarried.
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