Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
no rtment It was opened by Mr. Bellmann.

nartment 1t was opened by Mr.. Bellmann,
this chief spy the money distracted from
the envelopes, and portion at least Vi t,ie
money was sent by Wallace McGregor' the
mage or messenger in the room there. ana
deposited to Mr.. Bellmann's credit in the
Ohio National Bank"
Senator Chilton-"In this cityE
Mr. Hill-"Yes sir. He was seen by en-
ployes. 1 was not In the depar tnent a.
the time 1 was in the service. but not IN
the department. But the envelopes were
all there; the room was scattered with
them: it was full of them; and the causes
of the dismissal of some of the otner clerks
that will speak of in few minutes was
due to the very fact that they informed me
of this proceeding when l came BACK u
Washington. to the department
'Just at that time the Ohio campaign was
in full swing, and they apparently oio no.
desire to make any secret or the aHalr
that they intended to assess these men Ior
political purposes and, In order, presume,
that they could assess them more II they
were receiving IS a day. they raised tneif
nav from 81 to IS in July preceding the
campaign
Case of Henry L. Lorenz.
I'm connection with the employment OF
these spies there Is one feature, but 90
not know whether 1t Is admissible In the
contention with the commission do not
know to what extent it was practiced, put
I do know Of single case. that Is, the
employment Of Mr.. Henry L. Lorenz, who
was a brother commissioner of mine. He
is a man who was appointed as box re-
pairer in the Post Office Department and
detailed to the Court of Claims to be
commissioner of that court
denominated as box repairers or mechan-
les ostensibly to repair letter boxes In the
streets, though they never repaired any IA
their whole experience. MT. Loren1 was
M
the court In order, first to anoro COM
pensation at all, and afterward to IN
crease his compensation to decent inquire.
he was appointed. In the guise OF one OF
diately commissioned by the Court OF
Claims to pass upon and examine an in
ferior class of claims which were being
considered in small cities, and ne went OH
about 1t the same as l did.
Mr.. Lorenz was first appointed by the
Post Office Department shortly after the
1st of November, 1894. but because he had
been hard up and out of office for some
time Heretofore his pay, at 81 a day, was
antedated from the list of July, 1894, ana
the postmaster at New York was oroereo
to send the money not TO Mr: LoIehI, pue
to Mr. Machen, superintendent OF the Iree-
delivery division; and that amount was
ssee. which you will find charged in the
accounts of the New York post ONCE for
the first quarter of that fiscal year, paya-
bic to Henry L. Lorenz-
paid from the revenue of the particular
offces to which they were detailed?
Mr. Hill-"Yes, sir; but IN MI Lorenz s
case he was not in the service at all until
about the LIST Of November; know he was
not in 1t prior to the LIST of November, 1884,
and the date line of his appointment Is the
1st. ed or Sd of November. 1894. Notwith-
standing that for the first four months
preceding that date he was ordered 70
be paid by the postmaster at New York at
the rate Of 50 day for every day. sundays
Included and that money was sent by the
westminster at New York, individually. to
the sunerintendent of the free delivery d.
Senator Chilton-"Who was. Bellmann?"
Mr. Hill-"No; Mr.. Machen."
..In connection with that money! happen
ed to be in New York at the time the requi-
sition was made, and there was slight
error in the form of the requisition; In fact
there was a slight error in computation
THE auditor of the New York post Office.
Mr. Jardine, called on me to know whether
that could be rectified inside Of the reQui-
sition or whether 1t would have to be sent
back stating that they seemed to be in
very much of a hurry for the money. /
said as it was clear clerical error in COM
putation he could rectify it on the face of
the requisition. I had nothing to do with
the merit of the payment.
Money Sent to Machen.
1.-THE money was sent to Mr.. Machen, and
I afterward came back here and compli-
mented Mr.. Lorenz. when was with him
one day-no one else was present-upon
having his pay antedated and getting such
an amount In bulk, he having been. as he