New-York tribune., 1903-07-21
BEAVERS BRAVES ARREST
YOUNGS FAILS TO ACT.
Indicted Man Will Not Surrender
IN Brooklyn.

In accordance with the agreement OF his counsel.
william NJ Seabury. of Morgan & Seabury, their
chent George w Beavers. the ex-superintenoeat OF
tne bureau Of Salaries and Allowances in the Post-
office Department was at the Office of his counsel,
AT NO. go Broadway. yesterday at 11:SO a. M, ready
TO race warrant for his arrest the indictments
charging him with accepting bribe- But no war
rants or any communication from Colonel Youngs.
United States District Attorney for the Eastern
District were at hand. and Mr.. Beavers returned
10 his home to await the action OF his prosecutors
Just what this action would be Colonel Youngs
refused to say yesterday. Beaverss counsel insists
that he shall not give himself up in Brooklyn but
shaIl wait until Colonel Youngs gets a bench war
rant, which win give seabury access TO evidence
which he declares the United States District At
torney does not wish him TO see
After denying that Beavers had held consulta-
ton with Postmaster General Payne on Saturday or
Sunday, Mr.. Seabury made the following state
ment:
Mr. Beavers was IN our office at IL 80. as we had
promised and he again communicated with Colonel
9Ted Tetsd at hs time to produce r Bsayeg
District for the purpose Of preliminary hearing
This offer Colonel Youngs did not care at this time
eral Burnett United States District Attorney for
the Southern District. and have informed him OF
While We have had no opportunity to examine
found against our client. we desire TO say tnat our
S@ sr5okyn T0pG and e2e peaa not saS
dictments which may have been found agalnst
him. AS Mr.. Beavers's counsel, we nave assumed
the responsibility of declining to allow MI Beavers
to adopt this course =.
The course of action adopted by the government
in this case has been to find an tndictment sum
rnary against our client without afrording hiIn an
opportunity to know the nature OF the charges
afainst him the character OF the evldence "n1Sn
we will be obliged to meet upon the trial. rms rms
procedure is irregular and extremely unfair 20 any
accused person, inasmuCh IL denies him the oP-
portunity of a preliminary hearing and precludes
him from ascertaining anything OF tne nature VI
the charge against him to the date OF his trial
For some weeks past our client nao . IesluGu n ~
the Borough of Manhattan. attending. 10 prlNdte
business matters, and at the time the indictments
were found against him in Brooklyn Mr. Beavers
was in the Borough of Manhattan TINS clrcuIn-
stance entities him to preliminary nearing oeIoIs
the Commissioner in this district. We may add
that the reports repeatedly circulated IN tne press
that Mr. Beavers has at any time onered 70 turn
States evidence absolutely untrue 1neSe re-
facts whatever and could have been circulated only
for the purpose of annoying and lnJurlng MI Bea-
As counsel for Mr. Beavers we have advised him
matter At the proper time he Will take sucn ac-
ton as may be necessary to demonstrate MS 1nno-
cence Of the charges brought against him. In the
mean time ask the public to suspend Judgment
in his case.
Colonel Youngs made the following comment on
the statement of Mr.. Seabury:
The ALLEGATION that this matter has been con-
Quoted unfairly is entirely untrue The mode or
procedure has been that of court in the couh-
try IT is true that I was informed that Mr.. Bea-
vers was to be found In his lawyers ofnces thlS
morning but I will not say that l refused 10 accept
the course that offered to me by his attorneys
1 will not say anything else about the statement
and I will not say that we unwilling that Mr.
Beavers should be examined before United states
Commissioner.