The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-27
RYAN WAS SORE
HEARD OTHERS STOOD IN WITH
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
BY HANDING OVER $4,000
so HE LISTENED TO THE SCHEME
JOHNS PROPOSED.

Turf Operator Tells All About the
Way He Gave Up Money to Get
Authority to Use the MaiIs-MiIIer
Was Said to Have Taken the
$1,000 Job for the Sake of the
Trimmings 1t Would YieId-What
Ryan Got for His MOney-He FL
nalIy Drew Out.
Cincinnati, May 26.-John j. Ryan,
whose confessions caused the arrest of
Miller and Johns, operated his get
rich-quick' turf investment concern
from here, and from St. Louis, and
ran winter races at Newport, Ky.
Other warrants have been issued as
a result of the investigation of the post
office inspectors. Ryan is here now and
admits that he operated some time at
St. Louis before the inspectors got
after him, and later he was called to
Washington. Ryan says:
II was sore because heard others
doing business like mine stood in with
the Postoffice Department. by giving
up $4,000, and 1 felt that those who
were standing in with the department
were behind the investigation so as to
get me out of their way"
Johns Photographed Him.
After returning from Washington to
St. Louis last November Ryan says he
got a telegram from Attorney Johns of
Rockville, Ind, saying that Johns could
be of service to him with the depart
ment at Washington, and later Ryan
and Johns met in Terre Haute. There,
Ryan says, Johns explained how close
he was to Miller, and how Miller had
accepted a $4,000 job in the Postoffice
Department at Washington with the
idea that the job had certain trim
mings," such as Ryan says Johns ex-
planned Ryan would be able to furnish.
In Cash and In Checks.
Ryan declared Johns asked $4,000 to
get from Miller a letter from the At
torney Generals office, showing Ryan
was entitled to use the mails. Later,
Ryan says, Johns came down to 81
500, and the proposition was accepted.
A proposition to pay $1,000 for liter
allure so worded it would pass mus
ter if it was ever taken up in the mails
was later accepted.
Ryan says Johns delivered the let
ter and literature to him Dec 16 Ryan
says he gave Johns 100 cash and
checks dated Dec. II, one for $1,000 and
one for $1.400.
Then, Ryan says, everything went
along smoothly until the trouble of
Feb 8. A week later fraud order
was issued against Ryan, and Ryan
says an effort for another shake-down
was put on foot, but he would not
stand for it, He says he received more
kilograms from Johns. Ryan says he
preserved all the kilograms and let
ters.
The warrants for Miller at Washing
ton and Johns at Rockville were
drawn here last Saturday by United
States Attorney Bundy and his as
sistants, on information furnished by
postoffice inspectors, who have a great
mass of documentary evidence, notably
a letter to John j. Ryan from George
A. C. Christiancy as acting assistant
attorney general for the Postoftice De-
Lartment, informing Ryan that the in
vestigation satisfied the Washington Of
ficials of his right to use the mails in
his business. In one corner are the
initials I'D. ". M" in Miller's hand
writing, indicating tnaJ Mlller ulctdleu
the letter and for that reason, the Of
ficials say, there is no proceeding
against Christiancy.
This letter was not forwarded to
Ryan, but it came to him through
Johns when they met in Cincinnati,
Dec. g. 1902, after Ryan paid Johns ST.
100 cash and $3,4OO in st. Louis checks
These checks. Endorsed by Johns and
cashed by him in the bank at Rock
willie, Ind, are also in the hands of
postoffice inspectors here.