The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-12-04

The nroc,,roa ~ otiler occasions; that
me Seventh National bank ei 81 Se on
han cashed at the Citizens nation eM
81 Sim, py Il. Crowel. Ida %. Grow.
r ailu .ne records of the hank cont;rn,
lruesdells statement. NiN eohlir1n
aaa u. CroWell states that the n,onan
pLocured by cashing these checks mo 10y
taaIsed on the books of the cnnonan1
~ eonlfnlssion account" Her state,
Iinnn IS c~orroborated by William W
Leann, u washington, y. c., a book.
the Doremus mpan oooAs u
MRS. Crowell and T%ruesae,1 ,af+ ~
summary IN 1901, and since ten Greas
he ~ 70 the business personalIv &c
IE u.d IN the case of the Rundv cioets
IL mas left a more definite record os
.le money paid to Beavers than was
left by Truesdell. "an was
n has peen stated, an account of he
tpn'paiy was Kept in the Seventh Ma
Dank Green also kept an account nn
Marcn IA, 1902, Green drew a chec1r
aoI souo on the account of the Doremus
on March Is the ~nerson.1
account OF Green in the same bank was
creaited with the same amonnt o M
on March IS Beavers deposited in his
aeGouht IN the Nassau Trust
" N. Y, a check on the Sew
NV n Natlonal for $500, and on March
= - i'slsolal account Of Green in the
$500. Naise WIN
On May 10, 1902, a check for $1,000
was charged to the account Of the
A'o.enlus Machine company in the Saw
ehth National bank, and on the sarna
Gay the personal account of Green Vas
efea1ted with that sum; four DAYS Ia
yer George W. Beavers deposited Nv
ietter from Washington, d. c.. with
we prokerage firm of Moore & Schley.
o. New York, the personal check Of
George %. Green for $1,000.
The Entries Coincide.
ON June "a, 1902, the account of the
LoIehlus Machine company in the Sew
eIth national bank of New York Is
charged with q check for $3.50, and on
the same day the personal ccount Of
9reeh IN the same bank is credited
with the identical sum. The next day
Beavers deposited with the brokerage
nrm Of Moore & Schley, of New York.
the personal check Of George b. Green
for $3.50.
There were 1870 Doremus canceline
machines installed by the postoftice de-
partment from January 1, 1902, to June
], 1902. The three checks referred to
% otS %ot@oV, ail alliollll GNlCCly
equivalent TO SO each on 1870 machines.
When the inspectors inquired of
Green as to these payments to Beavers
ne refused to make any statement. He
was ~subpoenaed before the grand Jury
and he still refused to answer any
questions.
The inspectors also called upon
Doremus and asked permission to ex-
anime he books of the company to
either verify or disprove the truth of
the statements of T%ruesdell, Ida e,
Crowell and Long, but they were re-
fused permission to see the books.
Doremus claimed that they were not in
his custody; that he had no authority
oyer them and could not therefore per-
nit them to be examined: that they
were in the charge of l.. S. Fish, the
booklkeeper. Fish was subpoenaed to
produce the books before the grand
jury. He answered the subpoena, but
stated that the books of the company
had been burned last winter.
On October 5, 1893, indictments We're
found against Green, Doremus and
Beavers for conspiracy to defraud.
The evidence against Heath was also
submitted to the district attorney, who
decided that it was not sufficient to
warrant his Indictment.
The Tyner-Barrett Gases.
The array OF evidence concerning the
office of Tyner, assistant attorney gen.
eral for the postofice department, is
startling. Tyner and Barrett's selling
of the fright kind" OF opinions to get
r~ich-quicll and turf investment con-
Germs has been detailed piecemeal in
the press. This appears to have been
the most ~viciously corrupt department,
for such monumental frauds were per-
petrated by it. on. the public, while the
grafters got so little return. Thus the
L. s.. Arnold Turf company vas al
lowed to rob the public of $4,000, 90, on
payment OF about $4,000 for ruling al
lowing IT to use the mails.
The supply contracts for many arti-
cles are shown to have been utterly
corrupt, the government paying excess
I.sive prices for things worthless or not
needed, and Beavers and Machen and
their associates in the department get
ting part of the rakeoff.
President Roosevelt in making the
report public accompanies it by a
| memorandum Of his own, strongly
commencing the work of Mr.. Bristow
and assuring that the offenders Will be
| punished to the limit.