Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
WILL Be DISMISSED
A Number of Postal Officials
to Go.
PADDED THE ACCOUNTS,
DEPARTMENT.
Three More Indictments Made Public
Bonaparte's Report in Presidents
Hands-Bristow's Report.

partment will be dismissed from the service
as the result of the investigation just closed,
and that the order of dismissal will be is
sued soon after Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General Bristow completes his report
and it is submitted to the Postmaster Cen
eral and by the latter to the President.
Mr.. Bristow's instructions from President
Roosevelt were to make the 1nVeSt1gatlOn
thorough and to accompany 1t with such
recommendations as he might deem neces-
sary for the publication of the Post Office
Department.
False Expense Accounts.
1t is said that number of subordinate
officials We're found by the inspectors to
have falsifed their expense accounts, as in
the case of Charles Hedges, superintendent
of the city delivery service, who was dis
missed by the Postmaster General a couple
of months ago for that offense. When
Hedges was removed he made statement
that was printed in the newspapers at the
time that twenty-five other men i'll the Post
Office Department were equally guilty OF
charging per diem expenses, swearing that
they were actually engaged in service away
from the city when indeed they were not
Under Machens regime in the division of
free delivery it is understood that the prac-
tice was general. particularly with those
persons on whom Machen looked with favor
Mr.. Bristows report, it is said, will deal
considerably with this practice.
Three More Indictments.
Three indictments not made public with
the others yesterday afternoon were. it de-
veloped today. against State Senator George
A. Green of Bnghamton, N. Y, and Will
liam d. Doremus of this city, charged with
having bribed George w. Beavers; one
against George w. Beavers, charged with
having accepted the bribe, and the other
conjointly against Beavers, Green and DO
remus 1t is s.alleged that they were in
deal to get rake-off by the sale of stamp
cancelling machines to the government.
Mr Bonaparte's Report.
The report of Charles ]. Bonaparte, to
whom the Tulloch charges were referred by
President Roosevelt, is still in the latter 8
hands, where it was placed the day after
he returned from Oyster Bay. There was a
rumor today at the Post Office Department
that Mr.. Bonaparte had recommended the
dismissal of several officials from the serv-
ice of the government.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne returned this forenoon from Boston,
where he went last week on official busi-
ness. While there he spectator for a
short while at the republican state conven-
ton of Massachusetts. Mr.. Wynne was
pleased to learn that the investigation was
closed, and that the result had borne out
his conformation that his bureau was any
thing but it should be.
Mr.. Bristow's Report.
Now that the investigation of the Post
Office Department scandals is closed Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Br.stOw will
concentrate his efforts to complete his re-
port
Mr.. Bristow is desirous that the report
shall be completed before any of the trials
of the persons indicted are commenced. 1T
is understood that the report will make ap-
proximately $50 typewriter pages of about
800 words each.
II am in "a position now to go ahead and
round up everything. Mr. Bristow said
this afternoon. mo time will be lost in
bringing it to fnish.'
Richardson Returns to Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO. October 6.-Superin-
tendent Danied S. Richardson has reappear-
ed at his office in the post office after an
absence of weeks in Washington,
where he was summoned before the federal
grand jury in the investigation of the deal
ngs of the postal device and development
company. which resulted in the Indictment
of Postal Inspector James w. Erwin
August w. Machen and George W. Beavers
for conspiring to defraud the United States
In an interview Superintendent Richard
son said Il will say that it is absolutely
false that any testimony of mine was in
Strumental In securing the Indictment of
Erwin. except as to matters to which he
himself had admitted to the inspectors when
they were here investigating, as / under
stand
Richardson said that he was no longer
president of the development company hay-
ing resigned in favor of Edwin F. JOY the
vice president. after the inspectors same
here from Washington. for the reason that
he had other duties and could not give it
proper attention"