The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-09
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Grand Jury Strenuous re-
In the Postal Cases.
WILL LIKELY MAKE
ARRESTS; I. TO-DAY
Stern Has Been Located and
Beavers Surronders.
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volumlnous Evidence was Laid Before
the Grand Jury Question Of Ex.
tradItlng Stern Is Taken Up.
The G harge that is Brought
Against the h Fugitive.
Beavers Case.
Stern Has Been Located and
Beavers Surronders.
THE END rs NEAR
IN INVESTIGATION
2(Byf Associated Press

/. WARRINGTON, D. c., September g.
After deliberaung for several weeks over
a mass OF documents xsubmltted by the
postofilce inspectors. the Federal grand
Jury In this city to-day returned seven
indictments In postal cases, involving SIX
different persons All the indictments
were kept OF the public REGARD, and both
the officials OF the district: attorneys
office and OF the Postoft1ce Department
refused to .divulge names or details of the
Indictments until the parties indicted are
arrested. The Identity OF the indicted In
5diyiduals was thus left q matter Of con-
lecture. It is expected that arres VIII
occur tomorrow morning Ii and that the
Postoflce Department will have some
announcement to make during the fore7r fore
noon. S55
The grand 5ury'g; acton probably marks
the beginning OF the end Of the inyestigac'
ton that has been In progress since the
middle OF last March.S Yolumino ous evl-
dence has been laid before the grAnd
fury as the result Of ;the inq ;and
while the present report OF the jury dis
poses OF most OF the leases, there yet
remain several to beSpassed upon. Nv hen
Postmaster General PeW, y, the investtsa-
ton, SO far fas It he work at shinst ton
.is concerned, will be- at an end sfor all.
practical purposes. Several OF the per-
sons Indicted to-day live outEide OF Wash
ington. They will be arrested as soon
as bench warrants can be served.
538 STERN FOUND &1NtTORONTO. ll5f.
Two other important events occurred
to-day / In the postal inquiry Leopo!e
stern the Baltimore ntractor, who dis
appeared from Baltimore before he could
bc i arrested on an Indictment returned
2Julv 31st 2last, wa1 located at Torontof
md the ilo1lg-delayed surrender Of George
Beavers. the 4 former head OF the salary
and allowance division, to the New = York
autho,,ties took place. The postal ofn-
cialg have been searching for stern ever
since he disappeared, and finally received
,yorf from the Canadian authorities that
he Is In Toronto.
THE question OF extraditioni has been
taken up with tho State Department. Ihe
IN 90 i has features similar to the Green
caynor case. 1t was then contendcd
thnt conspiracy was not extraditable, put
tha state'Departmen took tho view that
ti,e cta themselves involved alleged em-
hazzIement and constituted extrnditable
offenses. stern was indicted for con-
fsmracv ia 8defraud the government, He
va ,Schnrged with receiving full price for
satchols b for letter-carriers, incluolng
should der-straps, despite the supply to MIN
of these straps at government expense
4 - confederation of the supply OF these
stran 70 him. for which he was paid IN
;filll he Is charged with paying sums tP
W q Long OF this city, and "A, w. Ma
chen. the deposed head OF the free de- de-
livery service