The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-01
Report of Federal Grand jury
On Investigation of Pos
tai Frauds
CHARGED With CONSPIRACY
How Oreanixed Gang Came to
Me. il Punishment They
Will Receive

WASH1NGION, July ne red
eral Grand Jury. which ha sheen con-
sidering evidence growing cut of the
postoffice investigation today returned
indictments against the following:
August W. Machen, formerly gen.
eral superintendent of the free deliv-
ely; j. A. Cupp.er, mayor of Lock
Haven, Pa; w. c. Long, of this city;
William "a Crawford, also of this
city; George E. Lorenz and Martha
Lorenz, his wife, of Toledo, Ohio;
Maurice Unkel, of New York City;
Thomas W. McGregor, formerly chief
of the supply division CT the rural
free delivery service and Leopold j.
Stern, C Baltimore.
With the exception of Crawford all
of the above are indicted for eonspir-
acy. The indictment against Craw-
ford is for presenting false calm
against TIE government.
Long and Cuppler also are indicted
separately Cor bribery.
Orders for the arrest of all the par
ties were Immediately issued. This
batch c. indictments does not end the
cases before the grand jury. Other
matters resulting from the postal in
veztigation are pending before that
body. which MAJ result in indictments
against others in the near future.
Four Of the indictments named Ma
chen jointl. with others. Machen,
Cuppler and Long are named Jointly
in one indictment for violation of the
conspiracy section of the revised
statutes.
The indictment sets out that be-
tween July IA, 1897, and July l, 1901.
Cuppler induced Machen to give him,
CuppleT, the contract for furnishing
materials for, and employment in the
painting of letter boxes. package
boxes and posts and that Cupp ef
PAINTED these boxes in Reading, Al
bany, Scranton and many other cities
throughout the country and in addi-
ton painted 17,771 boxes at the box
factory in Cleveland, Ohio, Cuppler
paying Machen a commission OF ten
cents a box, and Long acting as an
intermediary.
Another indictment against Stern,
Long and Machen. based on alleged
violation CT the same statute charges
that Stern entered into a contract
with the government to furnish letter
carriers and collectors satchels for
the free delivery service, the satche.s
to be supplied in each case with a
leather shoulder strap. The cost OF
each of these straps to Stern, in COM
plying with his contract. would
amount to 25 cents.
The indictment charges that Ma
chen, in his official capacity to pro-
cure shoulder straps at the expense
OF tho government and deliver the
same to Stern to be used by the lat
ter in the performance cf his contract,
in order that Stern might save %
cents on each satchel delivered to the
United States; it further charges that
Notwithstanding the furnishing CT
such straps by the United States
Stern was to charge the full contract
price FOR each satchel furnished by
him, and that portion of the saving
&c Stern should be retained by him
and the residue paid to Long, to DC
divided between Long and Machen.
Various overt acts OF Machen. such
as the procuring of purchases by the
United States of such shoulder straps
and the delivery CT them to Stern to
be used in this way are cited.
Stern is alleged to have presented
bills to the postoffiee department
without deduction or allowance fol-
these shoulder strape and various
overt acts of Long in the receiving
of money from Stern. and in the fur
therance of the conspiracy are reeited
third indictment jointly names
William Gordon Crawford. wei
known socially in this city: Angus
W Machen; George E. Lorenz and hi
wifo Martha j. Lorenz. both of To
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