The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-09-15
THE INDICTED MEN.
Official Statement Regarding Al
legged Postal Frauds.
Some of the Men Are Charged With
Conspiracy to Bride An officer
of the United States-Let-
ter Box Contract.

Washington, Sept 12.-The names
'of those indicted by the federal grand
jury few days ago in connection with
postal frauds were made public Fri
day. They are Beavers, Machen. En-
win, McGrehan, Huntington and Sche-
BILE.
The official statement regarding the
indictments follows. "The indictment
against Beavers, Machen and Erwin
alleges in substance that the Postal
Device and Improvement Co., of San
Francisco, formerly the Montague In
,dicator and Letter Box Co., by resolu-
ton Of October 6, 1899, set aside TO-
900 shares of its stock to be used in
any legitimate way its president might
think proper in forwarding the inter-
ests of the company. Armed with this
authority, the president Daniel S. Rich
ardson, accompanied by Erwin, came
to Washington. Erwin was then a post
Office inspector and the company was
composed almost entirely of post Of
fee employees in the west. Erwin in
troduced Richardson to all the post
Office officials at Washington and Bea-
vers, Machen. Heath and others exam
ined the device. AS a result an order
for equipping 2,0S9 letter boxes with
the device was secured.
''The indictment against Mcclellan,
Huntington and Machen alleges that
Mcclellan was the person interested
in the profits from certain contracts
from the United States for furnishing
package boxes from July 1, 1898, to
June l, 1897; that in pursuance of
scheme to defraud the United States,
Machen recommended to his superb
ors that the compensation of the COP
tractor be increased in payment for
attaching a different support to the
boxes which raised them higher from
the ground. This scheme was put
through and afterwards, when Hunt
ington became interested in the con-
tracts with Mcclellan, they continued
to receive the extra compensation.
The indictment is in ten counts.
'The other indictment against Nc
Giehan, Huntington and Machen is in
Is counts, on the same facts as set
forth in the first Indictment, these be-
ing conspiracy to bride an officer of
the United States.
"TEe indictments against Mcclellan
and Huntington for bribery alleges
that Machen procured the payment Of
$1.25 on each of the package boxes,
additional to the contractor. for the
device which lifted them higher from
the ground, when the sum paid for
that attachment should not have ex-
cee6ed rs cents. Mcclellan agreed to
pay Machen so cents from each SIPS,
with the concurrence of Huntington,
who was then interested in the con.
tracts with Mcclellan as the Columbia
Supply Co., for his own personal use.
THE Indictment against Schebls
and Machen alleges that Eugene D.
@Scheble, of Toledo, O., became inter-
ested with the firm Of Maybury & FL
lis, of Detroit, of which town May
bury is the mayor, in securing con-
tracts with the United States for pur-
chasing letter boxes. That in pursu-
ance of their scheme to defraud the
government Machen induced the de-
partment to order large quantities of
letter boxes for the rural free deliv-
cry service; quantities far in excess of
what was needed or what could be
used; and that Machen, in his official
capacity, approved the bills for the
.Samc -