Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-30

traps were used Lamb paid Long con-
rlbutions aggregating about $50, 900. a
part of which has been traced into
5lachen's hands,
Long. Machen and Stern have been
indicted by the federal grand jury In
The District OF Columbia for conspiracy
20 iofraud in connection with these
transactions.
CARRlERs sATCHELs
Carriers salchels are purchased un.
der four-year contracts
Boyle contraction June 25 1894 a
contract Was executed With John Boyle
q CO. Of New York for furnishing these
satchels, beginning July l. 1894 The
shoulder strap was a part OF the satchel
TO De furnished by the contractor. on
Aug. IS, 1894, Machen wrote the COM
pany that straps would be furnished
them by George d. Lamb During the
life Of the contract 2O1A shoulder
straps were furnished Boyle & Coupon
which Long and Machen receive two
and one -half cents each
The Boyle contract expired June 80
1898, and that year Machen awarded
the contract TO Leopold J, Stern Of Bal
timore, n dealer In plumbers supplies
The specifications called for a satchel
with leather strap infinitely described
the SEINE as the contraC, with Boyle y
Co. Yet Stern was supplied with $500
shoulder straps. Lamb continued TO
pay Long bonus ON the straps, and
Stern paid for being relieved from FUR
nishing them.
Machen, stern ana Long were indlct-
ed on July 81, 1903 by the federal grand
jury in the District OF Columbia for
pOuguiIapV IN de fraud.
CRAWFORD CONTRACT
On June &c. 1902. the contract with
Stern expired. and a new contract was
entered into for q period Of four years
from that date with the Postal Device
& Lock company OF New York, repre-
scented by William G. Crawford or
Washington, y. g. Crawford was the
deputy auditor for the postoflice depart
ment under the last Cleveland admin
istration
Before the bids were opened Crawford
enlisted the services Of George h. Lor-
enE Of Toledo. o., to aid him In secur-
ing the contract An agreement was
entered into between LorenZ and Craw-
ford whereby Lorenz was to receive q
specific amount on each satchel as his
share Of the profits and he was to fur
nish the straps, An analysis Of the
accounts shows that the money which
was paid TO Lorenz by Crawford
was subdivided between Lorenz, Ma
chen and Crawford. Machen and
Lorenz and received 3Ga per cent and
Crawford % per cent The straps
which Lorenz agreed to provide We're
never furnished by him. but by Ma
chen. and paid for by the department
This was probably the most skillful
and complex scheme invented by any
OF the postal grafters.' 1t consisted
of "A double conspiracy First Lorenz
and MaChen conspired with Crawford
to defraud the govrnment out Of the
price Of the straps then Crawford con-
spired with Machen and Loren2 to de-
fraud his own company Of the profls
on the manufacture OF the satchels,
while on the side was Long and Ma
chen receiving graft on straps from
Lamb,
on July p, 1903, Machen, Crawford,
George II. Lorenz, and Martha j. Lo-
REM were indicted by the federal grand
Jury In the District of Columbia for
conspiracy to defraud
CROFT FASTENERS.
The Croft fastener is a patented de-
vice for attaching street letter boxes
to posts No contract was ever ex-
ecuted for these fasteners, They were
bought by Machen direct. This method
of attaching letter boxes was not a
necessity and In many places post
masters lid not consider II satisfac-
tory The cost OF the manufacture
of the patent fastener was % Gems each
For many years the department paid
81. 80, but the price was afterwards re-
duced 90 81 25.
OF the Sl2s,G5l,25 that during eight
years has been paid the Groffs by the
department Machen and Lorenz have
received about $5l 400
The Groffs, Machen and Mr. and Mrs.
Lorenz were indicted by the federal
grand jury In the District OF Column