The morning times., 1895-12-08
Three Postoffics Employees Sum.
alarily Discharged.
VICTIMS MAKE CHARGES
They Say Congressional InvestiGa-
ton VIII Be Made of Certain High
Power by These Officers-Spottsf
System the Root of 1t All.

Three employees in the free delivery de-
partment of the Postoffice Department
were yesterday disniis sed from office
The following assignment OF cause for
their dismissal was given out By the ds-
partment:
william q. Hill, assistant superintend-
ent of free delivery division. Samuel Beight
clerk in the free delivery division, and
william A. Sullivan. formerly a clerk In
the free delivery division, and lately as
signed to The dead letter division, we're
today removed by Postmaster General
Wilson for Improperly giving out 10 parties
not connected with this department infor-
nation in relation TO the official records
and business.
They were found guilty of conspiracy
to iniure and bring into disrepute certain
Officers and employees OF the post al scrvice-
When questioned by First Assistant Post
master General Frank II. Jones in
regard 10 their conduct in relation 10 the
foregoing matters, each made false state
meDts 10 relation thereto Beight and
Sullivan confessed as 70 the foregoing
action and Implicated Hill"
A CONSPIRACY ALLEGED.
1t is alleged that these employees had
formed q conspiracy To bring about Coz
gressional investigation of some OF their
To sustain charges against them. ard had
even gone su far as To employ attorneys to
push these charges. which IL is understood
related to the secret Investigations re-
Gently instituted by the Department and to
other matters.
Mr. Beieht one of the dismissed clerks,
said to The Times last night that the
matter would he Investigated by Congress.
Mr.. A. W. Macheu, superintendent Of the
free delivery division, was seen at his
residence, 1928 Corcoran street. last night
by a Times reporter and asked for further
information than that given in the Of
ficial statement by the department. He
said:
"The men were removed because they
disclosed official matters to outsiders"
MR.. MACHEN Is RETICENT.
When asked by tie reporter what was the
nature OF the matters they gave out Mr..
Machen said that he could not say.
"The men," he continued, were forming
a conspiracy 10 bring discredit upon the
Postoffice Department and to drag the
officials aud employees into disrepute.
"The motives of The men were learned,
and today, when they were confronted by
the facts IN the case, they confessed. They
were Immediately dismissed
wv Hill was also seen about the ma tier.
In addition to his office of assistant super
intendent of free delivery, Mr. Hill is also
special commissioner OF the United states
Court of Claims, and has during the past
two years reported to the court and has
adjudicated on such reports fully million
dollars in letter carriers letter overtime
claims under the act of May "a, 1883.
Referring to the dismissal, Mr.. Hill de-
MES IT emphatically so far as concerns him
self, he not having received any notice TO
that effect. He does admit however, that
this morning Gen. Jones suggested his resig-
tna rxr,Six.r dkarl inn
and wall probably tender it, to take effect
on Monday next.
MR.. HILLS VERSION.
Mr.. Hill said that the charges against
certain officers to be investigated are
substantially reprehensible conduct as an
officer, the expenditure OF money without
warrant of law, and misappropriation of
money allowed for personal expenses, the
using OF railway postal passes fer private
purposes, completely In contracts for let
ter boxes, the assessments for political pur-
poses in Ohio on the secret agents of
the postoffice department, in some cases
the assessments being $50.
Mr. Hill said that fun investigation of
all these allegations would be made BY
Congressional committee, and that an
Indiana member would present the reso-
luton of inquiry
Mr. Beigbt was seen at his residence, No.
639 Second street northwest. he was
shown the statement given out by the De-
partment. He said that so far as there
being any conspiracy In the case, he was
prepared to prove that the conspiracy was
altogether on the side OF the government
officials.
He does not deny that he obtained in
formation from the records Of the Depart
ment. There is no reason, he said, why
public records can not be used for the BEN
eft of the public. He Ia what he calls a
"Rcpublican from away back" who. al
though he has been In office for thirteen
years, had his salary reduced from 81 500
to 81 400, although he has the reputation
of being an expert clerk and penman.
of being an expert clerk and penman.
sPoTTER SYSTEM INVOLVED.
Nr. Beigth said that in common with
o great many others he found the spotter
system of the secret service very odious.
He was conscious al the time that -