The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
(AUGHTIND RAGNET
Names Of Six Indicted Postal
Officials are Published
MAcHEN CHIEF OFFENDER
Others, However. Were wiling Work
evs In the Plot to Swindie the Ma
tionni Government-Ars Ac-
cused of Attempt to Defrand

A Washington, September II, dis
patch says: United States District At.
torney Beach today announced that the
six persons named in the seven in
dictments returned by the grand jury
last Tuesday are:
George w. beavers. former chief of
the division Of salaries and allowances.
p%ostofiice department.
August w. MaChen. former general
superintendent of g free delivery sys-
TEN. postofice department.
James w. Erwin. former postofiice
inspector. with headquarters in San
Francisco.
II. George II. Huntington and Isaac
A. Mcclellan. both Of New York city,
n OF the Columbia Supply COM
pany of that city.
T.. ID. Scheble of Toledo. O.. a dem
fist. and interested in the firm of May
bury 4 Ellis. of Detroit. Mich, letter
box manufacturers.
Beavers. Machen and Erwin are
named jointly in one indictment for
conspiracy to defraud the United
States. Another indictment is against
Mcclellan. Huntington and Machen for
conspiracy to defraud the United
States and still another is against the
same three for conspiracy to commit
bribery. both under section $40. X. S.
Schebel and Machen are indicted joint
ly for conspiracy against the United
States and again for conspiracy to
commit bribery.
Another indictment is against Nc
Geihan and Huntington for bribery.
and the last is against Machen singly
for accepting brides under section
5o01. revised statutes. All the indict-
ments are based Oh transactions relat-
ing to the supply of letter boxes and
package boxes and devices. Some SEN
sational charges are made. The in
dictment against Beavers, Machen and
Erwin alleges that the Postal Device
and Improvement company of San
Francisco, formerly the Montague In
dicator and Letter Box company, was
composed almost entirely of western
postal employees: that in 1900 it sem
postal employees: that in 1900 II set
aside 1000 shares of stock for for
warding its interests" and that armed
with this authority its president. Dan
lei 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 obli-
cations in the way of paying freight.
Grating, painting and printing cards
for the devices it 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 postoflce officials,
n again President Richardson came
to Washington. and following an in
crease in the contract price he got
for the company, dividends were paid
on the stock.
Mcclellan. principal owner of the
Columbia Supply company of New
York, is charged with agreeing to nav
Machen 80 cents for each dollar and
a quarter paid on the package box
contract by the government. Specific
payments to Machen are cited in con-
sideration of increased compensation
and under the package box contract.
ostensibly for attaching a different
support to the boxes.