The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-12

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wv States District Attorney Beach
announced today that the six
persons named in the seven inGict-
ments returned by the grand jury last
Tuesday are:
George w. Beavers, former chief of
the divisions Of salaries and allow
ances. postodce department; August
W. Machen. former general superin-
tendent of the free delivery system.
postohice department; James w. Err
win, former postomce inspector with
headquarters in San Francisco; George
w. Huntington and Isaac Mcclellan,
both Of New York City, owners Of the
Columbia Supply company Of that city,
and Eugene d. Scheble or Toledo,
Ohio, a dentist and interested in the
firm Of Maybury g. Ellis of Detroit
letter box manufacturers.
Beavers. Machen and Erwin are
named Jointly in one Indictment for
lconspiring 10 defraud the United
States government. Another indict-
ment is against Mcclellan, Hunting
and Machen for consp piracy to defraud
the United States and still another is
against the same three for conspiracy
TO commit bribery, both under section
b4i0, revised statutes; Scheble ana
Machen are indicted Jointly for con-
spiracy against the United states and
again for conspiracy to commit brib-
cry. Another indictment is against
McGieh IN and Huntington for brtb-
cry and the last is against Machen
singly for accepting brides under sec
ton 5501 revised statdJes.
Sensational Charges.
an the indictments are based on
Transactions relating 10 the supply OF
letter boxes and package boxes and
devices Some sensational charges are
made. The indictments against Bea-
vers. Machen and Erwin allege tha-
the Postal Device and Improvement
company OF san Francisco. formerly
the Montague Indicator d Letter Box
company. was composed almost entire
ly Of western postal employees: that i'm
1889 IL set aside one thousand shares
OF stock for forwarding its interests
and that. armed with this authority,
its president. Daniel S. Richardson and
Inspector Erwin came to Washington,
saw Beavers. Machen, Heath and
others and got an order for equipping
2.0S9 letter boxes with their device.
The Indictment says the company
was systematically relieved Of its OBJ
legations I'm the way or paying freight.
Grating painting and printing cards
for the devices IL was furnishing The
indictment charges that Beavers and
Machen owned stock under assumed
names. Most of the thousand shares
OF stock set aside. the Indictment says.
went to different pOstoffice officials and
again President Richardson came to
Washington and following an increase
in the contract price hc got for the
company, dividends were paid on the
stock.
Division Of Shares.
McGieham. principal owner Of the
Columbia supply company Of New
York. is charged with agreeing to pay
Machen so cents for each dollar
and a quarter paid on the package box
contract by the government Specific
Arguments TO Machen are cited in con-
sideration of increased compensation
and under the package box contract. Os-
tensibly for attaching a different sup
port TO the boxes. Scheble became in
terested 81 the firm Of which Mayor
Maybury of Detroit. Mich. is a mem
Der. and which furnished letter boxes
tc the government, and Scheble and
AIachen. I'm Joint Indictment are al
legged TO have schemed to defraud the
government by supply Of excessive
quantities of boxes. The indictment
says that Maybury and Ellis paid
Scheble to the extent OF the latteTs in
terest in the company and that he in
turn paid large sums to Macnen. In
seventeen counts the Indictment cites
specific payments to Machen by Sche-
bic. The other indictments involve
practically similar transactions. Mon
tague, whose name figures in the Mon
tague Indicator & Letter Box company.
IS the postmaster at San Francisco.
a number Of other postal cases are /
now pending before the grand Jury
which Will resume its sessions here
next Monday.
The complaint also charges the three .
men with being stockholders in the /
Postal Device & Improvement COM
pany at the time the devices were pur-
chased. The Indictment charges that
on August I. 1901. one thousand OF the 4
devices which are attached to letter 1
boxes indicating the time Of the col /
lection and the delivery of mails were /
purchased the check for the payment I
amounting TO S4,370. on September 1, /
1901, another thousand were purchased, /
the Indictment alleges. the check in |
payment amounting to S41e6 and a /
third thousand We're purchased on Sep /
TENDER !, 1902, the sum Of S4,14S being
paid. Still another thousand We're I
bought on Feb. ]. 1902, for S4.07S.