The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-01
INDICTMENTS
ARE PILING UP
Four MOre Bills Returned Against
August W. Machea.
MANY OTHERS IMPLICATED
ORDERS ISSUED FOR IMMEDIATE
ARREST.

w eral grand jury. which has been
considering evidence Of the post
office investigation, today returned in
dictments against the following: Au-
gust ". Machem. formerly general SUI
perintendent of the free delivery; J. A
CUpper, mayor Of LOckhaven, Pa: w
c. Long of this city. William A. CraW-
ford, also Of this city; George +. Lor-
enZ and Martha LOrenZ, his wife, OF
Toledo. o.; Maurice Runkle of New
York city, Thomas w. McGregOr, for
merly chief Of the supply division OF
the rural free delivery. service. and Lee
opold j. Stern of Baltimore. With the
exception of Crawford. all Of the above
are indicted for conspiracy. The in
dictment against Crawford Is for pre-
senting false claim against the gov
eminent.
Arrest Ordered.
Long and Cupper also are indicted sep
dratelv for bribery Orders for the ar
rest Of all the parties were Immediately
issued This batch of indictments does
not end the cases before the grand jury
ether MATTERS resulting from the postal
BODY which may result I'm indictments
against other parties In the near future.
Fcur Of the Indictments named Machen
Jointly with others Machen. Cupper and
Long are named jointly i'm one indicj-
ment for vocation OF the conspiracy set
ton OF the revised statutes. The indict-
ment sets out that between July ]. 1891,
and july ]. 1901 Cupper induced -Machen
to give him Copper the contract for
furnishing materials for and employ
mont IN the painting of letter boxes,
Der PAINTED these boxes in Reading Al
banv- ScraT ton and many other cities
througnout the country. and in addition
PAINTED In boxes at the box factory I'm
Cleveland. o. Cupper paying Machen d
commission Of ten cents on boxes, Long
aCdng as intermediary.
Stems Graft.
Another indictment against stern.
Long entered into contract to furnish
lauon Of the same statute. charges that
Long enered into a contract to furnish
10 be supplied in each case with a
letter carriers and collectors satchels Tor
the free delivery service. the satCnels
shoulder strap. The cost of each of these
straUS - Stern in cCvoDlying with ms
contract would amount 10 twenty-five
cents. The Indictment charges that
Machen. in his official capacity. TO pro
cure shoulder straps at the expense of
The United StaLeS and deliver the same
20 Stern to be used by the latter in the
performance OF MS contract IN order
that Stern might save twenty-five cents
on each SatChel delivered To the United
States. 1t further charges that, nOtwith-
standing the furnishing OF such shoulder
straps by the United States. Stern was
to charge the full contract price for each
satchel furnished by him, and that por-
ZION Of the saving to Stern should be re-
tanned by him and the residue paid 70
Long. TO be divided between Long and
/ Machen. Various overt acts Of Machen,
/ such as the procuring OF purchases by
the United States OF shoulder straps
and the delivery of them 70 Stern to be
used in this way are recited- Stern is
alleged to have presented bills to the
| pOStOffice department without reduction
or allowance for these shoulder straps,
and certain overt acts Of Long i'm the
/ receiving of money from Stern. and I'm
/ the furtherance of the conspiracy are re-
Clearly a Steal
A third Indictment jointly names VIII
/ liam Gordon Crawford. well known so
CIaliv in this city: August w MaChen.
George T.. LOrenz and his wife. Martha
| j. Lorcnz both of Toledo. o.. for con-
splracV- Lorenz was formerly an official
I CT the UOstOffice department Crawford
/ ronresentcd the postal device and lock
| COmIanv which received the contract for
/ furnishing certain of the letter carriers
s&tehclS. The contract called Tor shout
der slTaDs for the Satchels which. the
| Indictment charges, were never furnished
/ nv the contractor. being supplied IN
/ stead ~ the United States under Ma
J chen s orders. although the contractor
! received the pay for them For this con-
| cessiOn it is charsed that Crawford paid
| 10 MGchcn, through Loreuzr ABOUT thirty
per cent CO the amount received from the
| government The company. il Is SAID.
] has received since July. 1902, and up 10
| crUment for these Satchels OF this
| amount it - charged that Crawford paid
| the Lorenzes $1,000 and thta the latter
! divided that amount with Macneu- The
/ Postal T-cvice and Lock company is a
( New JERSEY co. pOratipn and its mem
/ Iers are 1nt stIv New York people. but
| era = fCrd has been its manager and at
| tGrnov in this CITY and EaS had entire
! charge Of It's business here No one else
/ in the company is Implicated
Jointly Indicted.
| Maurice Runkel OF New York City.
/ Thomas w. McGregor, formerly in charge
/ - 1no q
| service. and recently indicted in Balu-
/ more under another charge, and August
! W. Gacben are named jointly IN another
I irdiC tIHeuJ for similar transaction. IL
/ is charged that Runkel received payment
[ for shoulder straps which he failed 10
I furnish with carriers satchels. as re-
I uuir1 - under the specifications. and that
The D0StOtfiCc department furnished the
/ straps for which the contractor was paid.
I For this concession the indictment al
/ lCecs that Runkcl paid sums 10 Aacnen
/ and MCCivcgOr. aEgregating about S2,0e0
/ II Macheu and $500 to McGregor-
] John r. Copper. mayor OF Lockha"en,
! Pa is cFaI ced in separate Indictment
/ with payIng Machen q bride Of SSel z.
| August. 1904. Ions Is indicted separat eiy
! for paving bride. both these bribery
| cases being i'm the same transactions IN
/ vowed i'm the conspiracy indictments.
/ Crawford was separately indicted for
/ rrcseatjng o false calm for Satchel5 10y
I charging the government and recei ing
nav 'hercfor f7r shoulder straps never
I supplied bv KIM
crawford came into court voluntarily
! this afternoon and was released on So
! 600 bond Long was brought in on "A
| bench warrant Arrangements for his
! bail GRE now being made
/ Official Statement Of Gases.
| The nostoffice department today made
public the following official statement of
In lSg2 the Department through the
! free delivery division, entered into con-
/ tract with the Postal Device and Lock
I COmnanV for the purchase OF carriers
I sJaches for a period of four years. The
| manager of this company, with whom
! All NEGOTIATIONS were conducted, was "
/ q. crawford of Washington. u. g. The
/ satchels were 10 be made Of a coated can
| vass called pcgamoid. instead of leather
/ as formerly The specifications of TINS
| contract required the contractor 20 fur
nish straps the same as in the stern con-
/ tract George +. LOrenZ of Toledo made
1 a contract with Mr. Crawford. reDreSeu-
I tative of the Postal Device and Loci
( company. TO aid him IN securing the con-
tract and 70 furnish the straps for q
I specific amount per satchel. Pursuant u
! this agreement. which was q clandestnt
/ agreement and not "a matter of record ir
/ the department, every time the POsta
Device and Lock company was paid iol
q supply Of satchels. remittance was
/ made by the company To George T.. l.or'
/ cuz. for his part I'm The COMPENSATION
] Mr. lorenz. however. did not turnlsi
the straps. They We're furnished by IN,
department through Machen. and pals
for bv the department. Crawford there G
fore maid I.orenz FOR the straps which
the department furnished. and Lorenz
10 show his appreciation OF Macnen
iberalitv in furnishing free of charge me
I strans which he Qorenz) was paid LOT
Crawford RENTED to Lorenz the iallei
at once remitted 70 Machen
Four Under Indictments
I ssaroc,a,, t--ay-ford George L. I.orenl