Harkins July 25, 1897 – January 12, 1949 By Retired Postal Inspector Calvin W.
Photo: Post Office Inspectors of the Chattanooga Division in 1917 Caption: Inspector Lamberth poses with other Post Office Inspectors of the Chattanooga Division in 1917. Lamberth is in the second row, fifth from the left. Photo: Watercolor Caption: Watercolor of the crime scene, the Elam Hotel courtyard, painted by Berne Holman, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, San Francisco. Photo: Lamberth family photo Caption: A family photo of Myrtle Lamberth and her two children, Elbert, Jr. and Sarah, taken approximately seven years after her husband’s murder. The absence of a father in this family photograph is painfully obvious. Photo: Sarah Lamberth Fink Caption: Post Office Inspector Elbert Lamberth’s name was officially recorded on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, DC, and his sacrifice formally recognized by adding his name to a Postal Inspection Service memorial plaque in June 2004. Lamberth’s daughter, Sarah Lamberth Fink (pictured here), traveled from her home in Tyler, Texas, to attend the ceremony at National Headquarters. Photo: John Gibson, Inspector Elbert Lamberth’s killer Photo: Tombstone of John B. Gipson Caption: The epitaph reads, “His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory.” In Memoriam U.S. Post Office Inspector Ernest M. Harkins July 25, 1897 – January 12, 1949 By Retired Postal Inspector Calvin W. Hudson A Post Office Inspector’s Tale January 12, 1949, began as a blustery winter day in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As was the family routine, 15-year-old Grace Harkins was dropped off at school by her father.
