The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-17
BTistOW'S Full Report Brings Out
 More Sensations
GRAFT WAS BUSINESS" MAN
Young Clerk Says Heath Wanted the Canceling Machines Installed and Advised That He Do Less
 Talking Against Them.

Washington, December 16.-The full re- port of Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen. eral Bristow was made public today. with the exception of the exhibits, which are withheld because of the pending crim- inal trials. The report reveals many new facts brought out by the month of investigation and not embodied in the abstract made public a fortnight ago. These are mostly in the way of suppll- mentary information regarding the al- legged connection of executive officers of the department with fraudulent contracts for supplies, alleged efforts to promote mining stock among postoffice employees, irregularity in outside postoffices, etc.
 The report speaks of prohgate expendi- ture for Brundy time records. Continu- ing, it states that Hugh Nick Landon, secretary of a pneumatic canceling ma chine company, testified during the in- vestgation that in this city, in 1902, when he came for orders, Beavers referred him to a clerk named II. Clayton Graf. "as the man to do business with" and that In a personal conversation. Graf said you know none of us are here for our health. The government Is not liberal in the matter of salaries and it costs much to live in Washington"
 Reports Unsatisfactory.
 Edward Allen, clerk of Cleveland, O., in the postoffice, testified that reports he made on the merits of the Hampden can ceiling machine were not satisfactory to First Assistant Postmaster General Heath or to Beavers, and says he was plainly advised that it was MT. Heath's desire that these machines be installed by the desire of Beavers, and that he do less talking derogatory to the machine. He says he was forewarned of this by his brother, then chief clerk of the first as- slstant postmaster general, and thereafter Allen testified he simply installed the ma chimes and refrained from any comment. The machines proved worthless.
 The report says that H. J. Truesdell of Binghampton, N. r.. of the cancelling machine company, told inspectors that before the order of June 30, 1900 was given for 100 Doremus cancelling ma chimes, 200 shares, face value SEQ GOO of t4e stock of the company, was transferred to First Assistant Postmaster General Heath with promises to order not less than 300 machines at $225 each. Doremus ad- mitted to the inspectors that Truesdell told him subsequently that the stock which Green asked them to contribute was 10 be transferred to Perry s. Heath in consideration of receiving large order for machines.
 No Indictment Against Heath.
 Truesdell said that the payments which Doc .F1R44. H1I Perry s. Heath, were made with the pos itlve knowledge and approval of George Green and w. D. Doremus. The evidence against Heath was submitted to the grand jury here but the district attorney de- cided that it was not sufficient to war rant his indictment.
 Concerning the case of II. H. Rand, who was appointed assistant superintendent of the salary and allowance division April, 190S though his duties wer confined to the postmaster generals office, the re- port says:
 "Chief Clerk J. J. Howley of the first assistant postmaster generals office testi- fled that shortly after Rand dame to Washington he told him he had an option on a Mexican mining property and was looking for some one with 5000 to go into 1t with him, asking Howley if he had that amount Miss Mae G. Wood testi- fled that when she, as stenographer, was writing letters for Rand he talked to her about buying some stock in his mines but she declined to invest. Mrs. Clara c. Bangs. q clerk employed In an office adjoining Rand's, stated that Rand had asked her if any of the people around there had any money She said she thought Machen and Beavers had it all and not long after that he told her he said that he had made Machen president of the company, that the stock was ad- vancing rapidly and 1t would be a good thing for her to put some money into it. All officers or employees of the depart ment who owned stock declared that they neither bought from or were solicited by Rand. Miss Wood and Mrs. Bangs testi- fled that the meetings of Rand's, the Nat ional Capital Copper Mining company were usually held during office hours. Mrs. Bangs testified that Rand required so much of her time to attend to his cor respondence relating to private schemes that she complained that she could not keep up her regular office duties, and Miss Wood. who succeeded her stated that her time was taken up almost wholly with correspondence relating to Rand S private business"
 Rand Was lndiscreet.
 MT. Bristow says that Rand was indis- erect in his official relations"
 "A. w. Machen thought he saw through Rand" MT. Brlstow says, "a direct con- nection with the postmaster general. and therefore readily interested himself in some of his mining schemes. Rand was probably not aware of Machen's real pur- pose but coming into the department as he did, as the personal appointee of the postmaster general, it is unfortunate that he should have allied himself with Ma chen so as to become his partisan defend CT when charges were filed against him. "
 Regarding the sale of promotions in New York city and Jersey City. the report mentions Bayonne, N. J.. as also involved and says that while Otto F. Weis, the registry clerk at New York now dismiss ed, and an intimate friend of Beavers. says he collected from $S000 to S10,000 for the legislative fund for the clerks, Weis' bank account where these funds were de- posted aggregating $l9'154 and MT. Bris- tow expresses the opinion that this rep resents the amount of Weis collections.
 Prosecution Dropped.
 The report says that after inspectors began work at New York, Parkhurst ask ed numerous clerks and at Jersey City to say what money was collected for legisla- It, ,,,rnocac and t0 eepIlra propaotIopc