The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-05-27
t The POsTOFFIGE SCANDALS.
Bribs Taking Official Arrested
Daniel '. Miller, an Assistant
Attorney
in the PostofHce Department:
Charged With Accepting a Bribe
to Allow a "Get-Rich- Quick"
Concern to Use the Mails.

u AEEOH q QO&@ltsOi OOsoN
Concern to Use the Mails.
Washington, May 25.-Postmaster
General Payne has summary dismiss
ed Daniel V Miller, assistant attorney
in the Office of the assistant Attorney
General for the postofice department,
for acceptinag bribe in connection
with the case of John j. Ryan & Go,
charged with fraudulent use of the
mails. A warrant has been issued
for Miller's arrest.
Another warrant has been issued for
the arrest of man who is charged with
being the partner, or go-between, IN
the transaction. A postofice inspector
has gone west from Cincinnati to
effect the arrest, which is expected to
occur tonight or tomorrow. The bribe
is alleged to have been accepted at
Cincinnati last December.
Miller came here from Terre Haute,
Ind, about two years ago. He was
appointed by former Assistant At
torney General James n. Tyner. The
charge against Miller has been under
investigation for three months. The
RYAN Company was turf investment
concern, which operated at st. Louis
and Coyington, Ky. Its methods and
working operations are said to be
similar to those Of the Arnold Com
pany, which has figured conspicuously
in the postoffce Investigation. The
inspectors have been quietly at work
on the case, and action was delayed so
they might get together all the papers
and evidence which, in their opinion,
was necessary. Postofce Inspector w.
J. Viekery, at Cincinnati, and Post
Office Inspector r. NJ. Fulton, at st.
Louis, were recently given full charge
of the case. Complaint was made by
Inspector Fulton before a United
States commissioner in Cincinnati on
Saturday, and warrant was then is
sued for Miller and for the other party.
Inspector Fulton Immediately came to
Washington, while another inspector
went west from Cincinnati to make
the other arrest. Today Inspector
Fulton exhibited the papers in the
case to United States District Attorney
Beach. Tonight Miller is in the
custody of a postof6ee inspector, and
his formal arrest will follow tomorrow
morning. Miller was at his desk all
day today. He was called into the
Office of Assistant Attorney General
Robb shortly after O'Clock this after
neon and notified of his immediate
dismissal ard of the steps that had
been taken. He was allowed to draw
his salary, and then return to the
private Office Of the assistant Attorney
General, where inspectors we're In
waiting.
The Ryan Company was the bene6ci-
ary under decision of the assistant
Attorney General of the postofice de-
partment, made several months ago,
subsequent to the decision IN the
Arnold case, and couched in practical
ly the same terms as that decision.
Those decisions declared the con-
Germs named to be free to use the
mails. The Arnold decision it's stated,
was signed by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Tyner, and the Ryan decision by
George A. G. Christiancy, the law
clerk of the department, who was
then acting assistant Attorney General
on account Of Mr.. Tyner's protracted
illness. Mr.. Christiancy was at the
postofce department today on a sum-
mons from the department, and was
closely examined regarding the case.
It is stated that the amount offered
Miller as a bribe aggregated several
thousand dollars and was In the form
of cash payment, followed by a check.
This payment is alleged to have taken
GO no
be tried there, probably in the October
term of the Court. Mr.. Miller prob
ably will give bail for his appearance
at that time. The penalty for the
offence is fine of not more than three
times the amount asked or accepted and
Imprisonment of not more than three
| years.
| Miller was taken to the City Hall
tonight and placed under arrest by d
| deputy marshall He waived examina-
tion and was released on 81, 500 bonds
for appearance at Court in Cincinnati
next autumn The warrant, it was
learned late tonight, charges con-
| spiracy instead of bribery as first re-
ported.
| A warrant on the same charge has
been Issue Tor JQ6 arrest OF JOS9pQ
NJ. Johns, a lawyer, of Rock Hill,
| Parker County, Ind. 1t was intended
to lave both arrests made at the same
| time. but no report has been received
Of Johns apprehension.
Postmaster General Payne made the
| announcement of this latest develop
ment in the Investigation this after
| noon in a brief statement, giving the
foregoing facts. Mr.. Payne said that
this statement was all that could be
said a this time, in view of the fact
that the case is now before the judicial
authorities. He said that the,case has
been under consideration ever since the
general Investigation began, and add
ed that there would be another arrest
Immediately. The party, he said, is
outside Of the department.. He de-
clined to say what explanatory state
| ment had been made by Miller.
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