The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-27

Barrett, however, had the inside track,
as he was the nephew of General James
M. Tyner, recently removed. The post
office department actually sends out this
mans circulars to people for whom they
are about to make trouble | received
one. They expect their victims to go to
this lawyer. and then they get their rake
off. The lawyer gets his fee and they get
a percentage of that. Then the victim has
to pay tribute right along to keep the
privilege of the mails.
AN investiga tiOn is always made, an
adverse report follows and this report is
held like a sword appended over the vic
TINS head. When he stops payment, the
sword falls.
II vowed that I would fight this battle
through and win the use of the mails.
When my mail was stopped and piled up
in the Chicago postoffice for month, to
the amount Of $4,000 the Washington Of
ticlals told me they would deliver the
whole amount to me and let me decamp
with the money if [ would stop my efforts
to expose the gang who are fighting me.
I refused. and have been shut out from the
mails ever since, but when this investiga-
tion comes 1 shall receive justice.
My mail was stopped Sept "a and I
went to Washington soon after to see the
officials and attempt to regain its use. I
saw Barrett. and made arrangements with
him, 1 thought, to adjust the matter
! Though it was very hard to win any ad-
vantage over him. I succeeded in getting
his signature to- two receipts one for a
$500 retainer fee. and the other to an
agreement that $500 was to be paid him
in consideration of the postoffce depart
ment taking no further action in regard
| to the league.
This Lawyer Barrett was formerly a
| postoffice official and was therefore
closely in touch with the department.
Nevertheless Barrett did not regain
the right to use the mails for men and
after the attempt to bribe me by deliver
! ing $4,000 worth of MAIL the order was
at last made out closing the mails. All
! this month they had been held UP at the
| Chicago pOStoffice without any order,
thereby breaking the federal statute which
states plainly that no man may be denied
the use of the mails without an order from
! the department.
Il determined to fight the battle out and
made out circulars which 1 sent to Presi-
! dent Roosevelt aud others resulting in the
! present Investigation
! Mr. Davis stated that the following are
! among the officials Victims: s. w. Dc
vore of the Diamond Investment company
! New York Life building. Minneapolis; Fl
/ w. Biggler. manager of the Monarch
Manufacturing company of Springfield
I ILL.,: r. P. Lukens: 1910 Home street; G;
i e. Stiliings. New York Life building an(
j. L. Fulkerson. Hall building. all of kan-
sas City: the North American Investment
company. the Woman's Magazine. Winner
building and G. Fl. Ten Broeck, HOLLAND
! building. al of st. Louis.
"Mlchigan Investment Syndicate"
Benton Harbor. Mich, March Ell
| Mickels. proprietor of the Michigan In.
I Vestment Syndicate, was arrested here to.
day by United States Deputy Marsha
! O'Donnell in company with United State.
I District Attorney Covel Of Grand Rap.
ids. Mickels has been doing business here
:, since Dec. last. selling by mail securi
ties, lands, whisky, abstracts and what
ever else he could dispose of. His arres
is, the result of an investigation of his
business by two postal inspectors. The
officers say they think Mickels is one O.
a gang doing business all over the coun
l try. The office of the Michigan Invest
| ment Syndicate was in a back room o.
the Center block. =" g - q. IT ! - =