Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
MORE INDICTMENTS ARE FOUND
-Four Are Against rachen Jointly With Ohers-AI Are the
Result of the Federal Grand Jurys Investigation Of the
Scandals in the P Department.

Of the saving to Stern should be re-
tained by him and the residue pald 10
Long. to be divided between Long ana
Macnon Various overt acts Of Machen
such as the procuring OF purchases by
the United States OF such shoulder
staps and the delivery Of them TO
Stern to De used in This way are re-
cited stern is alleged TO have pre-
scented bills to the p0stOnice depart
nent without deduction or allowance
for these shoulder straps and various
overt acts Of Long In the receiving of
money from Stern, ana In the turther-
ance Of the conspiracy are recited
A third Indictment jointly names
William Gordon Crawford, Well known
socially In this city; August W, Ma
chen George r. Lorenz aud his WIFE,
Martha j. LorenZ, both of Toledo,
Ohio, for conspiracy. Lorenz was for
merry an official Of the postoilice de-
partmcnt. Crawford represented the
Postal Device and Lock company which
received the contract for furnishing
certain Of the letter carriers satchels.
The contract called for shoulder straps
for the satchels which, the Indictment
charges, were never furnished by the
contractor being supplied instead by
The United States, under Machen's or
defs. although the contractor received
the pay for Them For this concession
1t. Is charged that Crawford paid TO
Machcn, through the LOren2s about 30
per cent Of the amount received from
the government The company II Is
said has received since July, 1902. and
up to the present about $1,000 from
the government for these satchels OF
this amount It is charged that Craw-
ford paid the Lorenzs s. coo and that the
latter divided that amount with Me
chen The Postal Device and Lock
company Is New Jersey corporation
and lis members mostly New York
people. but Crawford has been its man
ager and attorney in this city and has
had entire charge Of its business here.
No one else In the company is lmpli-
Gated
Maurice Runke OF New York city,
Thomas W. McGregor, formerly in
charge Of the supplies for the rural
free delivery service, and recently in
dicted in Baltimore under another
charge, and August W. Machen are
named jointly In another indictment
for a similar transaction. II Is charged
that Runkel received payment for
shoulder straps WhlCn ne tdlleu 70 Iur-
nish with carriers satchels as required
under the specifications, and that the
postOfice department furnished the
straps for which the contractor was
paid For this concession the indict-
ment alleges that Runkel paid sums to
Machen and McGregor aggregating
about $1,000 to Machen and $500 TO
McGregor.
John T. Cupper. mayor OF lsockhaven,
Pa, is charged In n separate indict-
ment with paying Machen a bride of
$500 in August, 1900. Long is indicted
separately for paying a bride, both
these bribery cases being In the same
transactions involved In the conspiracy
indictments. Crawford was separate
ly Indicted for presenting a false claim
for satchels by charging the govern
ment and receiving pay therefor for
shoulder straps never supplied By him.