The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-23
WOMAN FIGURES
IN THE SCANDAL
Martha J. LoTenZ Indicted Along
With Husband and Machen.
CONSPIRACY is THE CHARGE
CROFT BROTHERS INCLUDED IN
THE BILL.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The grand
~ jury which has been investigat-
ing postal affairs today returned
an Indictment against August w.
Machen, Diller B. Croft, Samuel A.
Gron. George e Lorenz and Martha j.
LOrenZ, the two latter being residents
OF Toledo. .. As previously stated in
these dispatches, the specific charge is
conspiracy TO defraud the government.
The Indictment is based on section
$40 Of the revised statutes. which pro-
vides penalty Of $4,000 or two years
Imprisonment, or both, in the disCTe-
ton Of the court.
There are twelve counts to the in
dictment. eleven of which are substan-
TALLY the same as those found pre-
yiously against Machen and the
Groffs.
Conspiracy Charge.
The first count of the present jndict-
me1t which relates to the conspiracy
charge, sets forth that on June %, 1900,
IN the District of Columbia LOrenz,
Mrs LOTenz, Machen and the Croft
brothers "cOnspired, com bined. confed-
Grated and agreed to defraud the
moneys by the following arrange
ment; Machen should advise and rec
.ommend to the first assistant postmas-
r ter general the purchase from the
Grom brothers Of a large number Of
The Croft fasteners for mail boxes at
Sl.25 each. and should procure pay
ment thereof, upon which the Croft
brothers should retain 60 per cent Of
such payment, or 20 cents for each
fastener; and the Croft brothers should
then pay TO Mr.. and Mrs. LOTenZ, either
or both, the remaining 40 per cent,
winch was to be converted, apprOpri-
ated and applied to the use" OF Mr.. and
Mrs. LOrenz and Machen.
Money Was Divided.
The indictment says that this agree
ment was carried out by Machen on
June 80, recommending the purchase
OF 5000 of the fasteners at the price
mentioned; that the Croft brothers on
the same date presented a bill for 5000
fasteners at the price mentioned; that
on Sept Is Of the same year Machen
recommended to the first assistant
postmaster general the payment Of
that bill, and that the Croft brothers,
having thereafter, on Sept p of that
year. received from the United States
$500 IN payment Of the bill" Diller 3.
Groff on Oct. 20 of the same year paid
$4,000 to George Z. and Martha LO-
REM. The testimony upon which the
Indictment was found was given by
Walter :. Mayer, Paul Williams and
Joseph F. Farrell and Theodore w
Warner and William r. Lewis, the two
latter being bank men
machen Not in Court.
The Croft brothers and their eoun-
sci and the counsel of Machen were
in court when the Indictment was re-
turned Machen was not present. It
was announced that neither Machen
nor the GrOffs would be rearrested-
also that they would not be required
TO give a new bond.
Assistant District Attorney Taggert
announced that the investigation into
postal affairs by the grand jury viii
continue, but that the indictments pre-
scented today complete the work Of his
Office so far as the grand jury has
acted.
1t was said by Assistant District
Attorney TaggaTt. today that the in
dlctment was found against Mr.. and
Mrs LOrenZ by reason of the fact that
the evidence adduCed before the grand
jury showed them TO be the go
betweens Of the COTS and Machen.