The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-18
MORE POSTAL CORRUPTION
FORMER CHIEF OF SALARY DI-
 VISION INDICTED.

Bench Warrant Tor His Arrest Issned---
 George ". Beavers Accused of Accept
 ing Bribe of ss4O s4O-Ex-congressman
 Driggs, Name Dragged In-checks
 Bearing His Name Deposited by Ac-.
 cused.
 New York. July 17.A bench warrant
 was issued by Judge Thomas in the
 United States circuit court. Brooklyn,
 to-day for the arrest of George w. Beavers on an indictment found by the federal grand jury which charges him with accepting bribe of sS4o. It is un-
 lerstood that payments to Beavers were traced back to the purchase by the gov- ernment of the Brant- Dent Cash Regis-
 tering Machine company The postof-
 flee Inspectors found that Beavers had Ia large account in the Nassau Trust company, Brooklyn, md are said to have discovered that checks deposited
 there had been given by x-Congress- man Driggs.
 The warrant has not yet been served and 1t was rumored that MT. Beavers could not be found. It was stated that he would have until Monday to present
 himself, and that an arrangement has
 been made with his attorneys to enter a |plea for him at that timc.
 | Washington, July IT, The issuance of la bench warrant for the arrest of George w. Beavers, the former chief of the division of salaries and allowances of the postoffice department, is the cul-
 imitation of an investigation that has
 been in progress at intervals since his
 sudden resignation from office last |spring. A number of matters affecting his administration have been probed |into, one of the first results of which was the cancellation of 3046 promotions that had been passed on by him to take effect at postoffices throughout the country during the present fiscal year.
 Subsequently other matters were talk en up by the Investigating officials. The case on which the present action of the. grand jury is based, it is said, is a more recent development The inspectors have worked continuously on the inves- ltigation, and it is said that it was only, within the past two or three days that Ithe evidence finally was secured that furnished basis for action by the fed- | eral grand jury Chief Postoffice In spector Cochrane has made several mysterious trips to New York in con- nection with the case, and Inspector Walter s. Mayor, of Chicago, who worked up the case against August w.
 Machen, the former head of the free delivery service, has figured conspicu- ously in obtaining the evidence placed | in possession of the district attorney at
 Brooklyn. MT Mayer made a hurried | trip here Wednesday night to report the situation to the department The au- thorities are now searching for Beavers to place him under arrest. His present whereabouts are unknown. The postal officials were chagrined to learn of the publicity of the action of the grand jury in advance of the serving of the war rant. They regarded the news as pre-
 mature and declined to discuss the
 matter on the ground that the time was
 not yet ripe to make a statement. Fourth Assistant Postmaster-G General
 Bristow conferred with several of his
 assistants immediately after he learned |that the action of the grand jury had become known Subsequently he refus-
 ed to answer all questioners on the sub iect. s