The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-08
First Session After the Long Sum-
mer Vacation.
POSTAL SCANDAL DISCUSSED
Indictment of Former Postmaster
General Tyner Regarded as a eli
max-Twenty-seveB Persons In
dicted Up 20 Present Time.

cabinet since the conclusion Of the
presidents summer vacation. Seere
tarles Root, Hay and Hitchcock were
the only members absent. While all /
those present were reticent as to the
details Of the meeting, it is known that
some matters Sof Importance, particu-
larry relating to the navy and the post
Office departments, were discussed.
The indictment by the federal grand
jury Of James n. Tyner, former post
master general and subsequently at
torney for the post Office department,
and his nephew, and former assistant
in the post Office department Harrison /
]. Barrett, is regarded as the climax
Of the post Office scandal.
These indictments present remark
able story Of malfeasance. 1t IS charg-
cd that Barrett, as assistant attorney |
for the department, entered into an
agreement with one J. Henning Nelms,
Baltimore attorney, that the firm 50
formed should handle the cases of con
1 Germs to which the use of the mails
had been forbidden by Tyner and Bar
rett
On Nov. there were seventy-nine
such cases pending. Forty-nine are
specifically named in the Indictment
most Of them known as get rich quick
concerns. All Of these were declared
by Tyner or Barrett to be without the
pale Of the law, but instead Of informs
\ ing the postmaster general so that he
might issue a fraud order against. them
| it was agreed that Barrett should pre-
pare an opinion to be sent 70 the con-
Germs and that the postmaster general
be advised that these companies should
have reasonable time in which so TO
amend their methods as TO warrant
4 their use Of the mails.
/ Whether any more persons viii be in
dicted is not known. So far tile federal
grand jury has returned indictments
against twenty-five persons besides
Tyner and Barrett, as follows.
August w. AIachen, former general
superintendent Of free delivery, indict-
ed fourteen times, eleven times for con-
spiracy to defraud the government and
three times for asking or receiving
brides.
/ George w. Beavers, former superin-
tendent Of the division Of salaries and
| allowances, indicted twice by the
Brooklyn grand jury and four times by
the District Of Columbia grand jury for
conspiracy 10 defraud the government
George e. Green of Binghamton,
president of the international Time
Recording company and Of the Dore-
mus Canoeing Machine company, and
member of the New York senate, in
dieted by the District of Columbia
grand jury for conspiracy to defraud
the government I'M connection with the
Bundy time clock contract.
James I Metcalf, former superin-
tendent Of the money order division,
indicted for conspiracy to defraud and
on other counts growing out of the al
legged illegal award OF printing con
tracts to the Wynkoop Hallenbeek-
Crawford company.
Norman r. Metcalf, son Of James II
and an employee Of the Wynkoop com
pany. indicted on the same counts as
his father.
III. c. Hallenbeck of the Wynkoop
HaIlenbeek- Crawford company, indict
ed on the same charge as the Metcalfs
Thomas w McGregor Of the free de
livery division
c. Ellsworth Upton of the free dellv
cry division.
George Il. Lorenz Of Toledo, o., who
was appointed postmaster of that city
! by President Cleveland.
Mrs. George Il. Lorenz.
Diller II. Croft Of the firm Of Grof
I, Bros. Of Washington.
= Samuel e. Croft of the same firm.
William Gordon Crawford Of Wash
!. ington, manager of the Postal Deyict
( and Lock company Of New York. Craw
ford was deputy auditor for the pos
office department from June II, 1893
to Sept. /, 1897
Leopold J. Stern Baltimore, a fugi
r tive in Canada, but whose extraditiol
j has been granted by the Canadial
4 courts,
I John I. Cupper, mayor Of Loekhaver
e Pa.
John W. Erwin, superintendent o
u free delivery for the territory west 0
l. the Rocky mountains.
q William G. Long, popularity known q
Il "CHn" Long, of Washington.
Il Isaac S. Mcclellan Of the Columbl
u supply company OF New York.
i George H. Huntington Of the sam
company
Eugene ID. Scheble Of Toledo @.
Edmund III briggs, ex-represent;
re tive fin congress from New York.
S. George f. Miller, president Of th
at Fraudulent Automatic Cashier con
Of pany of WATERFOWL, Wis
il Maurice Runkel Of New York,
TO w. Scott Towers, superintendent {
~ 4 washington subpostal station,
~ dicted for accepting a commission q
ye book typewriters made by the Ellio
en- & Hatch Book Typewriter company,
ng which ex-senator Don Cameron is pre-
va ident.
w w. ID. Doremus Of the Doremus Ca
ceiling Machine company.