Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-11
BEAVERS ARRA|GNEO
Former Post Office Official
Gives Bond for Appearance.
NATURE OF CHARGES
ACCUSED OF OBTAINING BIDS IN
EXCESS OF REGULAR PRICES.
Machen and Beavers Jointly Accused
Of Preventing Competition and
Profiting by Result.
NATURE OF CHARGES
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, September 11.-Geo. w. Bea-
vers, who was indicted in July in Brooklyn in
connection with the post office scandals
and for whom new warrant has been
sworn out in Washington, appeared at the
federal building at $50 o'clock this morn
ing and surrendered himself to United
States Marshal William Henkel. He was
arraigned later before one of the commits
sioners
Beavers was accompanied by his counsel,
Messrs. Morgan and Seabury, and his
bondsman, ]. r. Brown of Audubon Park,
N. Y. He was formally arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hitchcock
after three-quarters of an hours delay.
Defendant Identified.
AS required by law, the defendant was
identified by Post Office Inspector Wayland,
who, with Inspectors Little of New York
and Birdseye of Boston, was present.
When the question of bail came up Beav-
ers counsel made an unsuccessful attempt
to have the amount of bail reduced. AS
sistant United States District Attorney
Wise, however, insisted upon a bond of
5000 declaring that the nature of the Of
fense was as grave as that specified by a
former Indictment against Beavers, wherein
the bail was fixed at 5000.
Counsel for the indicted argued in
vain against this, Commissioner Hitchcock
fixing bail at, 5000.
Brown, who signed Beavers previous
bond for 5000 to secure his appearance
September Is to answer to the Brooklyn in
dictment again qualified and signed the
second bond. after which Beavers was
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counsel. The date for examination on the
Washington indictment was fixed for Sep
tember %.
Beavers is Reticent.
Neither Beavers nor his counsel would
discuss the nature of the charges, but gave
notice they would on September % insist
upon the government producing it's COM
plete evidence against the defendant.
Wise retorted that If such demand was
made he would stand on his previous con-
tention and insist that q certified copy OF
the indictment returned against defendant
in another district was all the evidence the
law required. The indictment, Wise said,
was of itself all the evidence the govern
ment intended to produce, and if the de-
fense figured on forcing the government to
bring here all of it's witnesses and subject
tne1n 10 cTOSS-eXdnlIldtlOn Dy lne UelenSe,
practically trying the case in New York,
they would find themselves mistaken.
It is more than probable, however, that
Commissioner Hitchcock will have decided
this question, already raised In the case
of Maurice Runkle of New York, a mer-
chant, indicted in Washington for compile
ity in the postal frauds, and again by Bea-
vers' counsel on first arraignment of their
client in answer to the Brooklyn indict-
ment. The next hearing in the Runkle
ca Sc is set for September q, and the first
Beavers examination for September 10,
and by the time the examination of Beavers
under the present charge is reached, Sep
tember %, that question will in all prob
ability have been decided by Commissioner
Hitchcock.
More Arrests Expected.
Arrests of business men in this city who
have been connected with the sale of sup
plies to the Post Office Department were
expected today.
Inspectors are here with warrants issued
yesterday afternoon in Washington. Post
Office Inspector A. E. Holmes of Cincin-
natl, who has been obtaining evidence per-
tanning to the contract between the gov
ernment and the International Time Rec
ord Company and the purchase of stamp
canceling machines from the Doremus Com
pany of Washington, d. c., will be in