New-York tribune., 1903-11-30
NEw.YoRK pA1LY TRIBUNE. MONDAY NOVEMBER 80. 1909

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had ever paid any part Of the money ben en he he
Seyed fer psld5tRE Mh drafts Which paid e
w C. Long he admitted thst ne nap ar about $1,000
ap5g the Ssf last 9 OF this money has
peen nper 70 and Long were indicted by the
federal grand jury on July 81. 1903 for conspiracy
I TO defraud.
CARRIERS LEATHER CASES
when the system OF carrier registration was
ADOPTED Machen conceived the idea that the car ar
riers needed small ease Sourbt N these cases from
Msmrice RunEie of New.York. and Charles Char ,ds 2.
fss Tndse p8fchesed of BsTG5n ff6& anRe
the rural delivery service ,,g In ~ that time there
were but II 900 rural carriers in the service: ,
dealer in cIothiae He received from the depart
% cents each fGg the TsSG psns S from 2 to
2s cents each The n 900 cases cost Runkle $oS5l 20
Ehs Sm prS sRe ESGeIsS Of ssG a. RqnEie paid Maehe
for worthless minqs st0Gk o e certain sums OF
mSaey: D. n,.,. ana ycC,ro.or vvor. indicted by
the federa grand jury in the District OF Columbia
on July 81. 1903. for conspiracy to defrsud'
CHARLES Z. SMITH CASES.
The cases alleged to be for city delivery we're we're
We're exactly the same as the RunkIe cases con-
e ba t SSTy GtS al vsdn f%oys took @
with Smith the matter of supplying these SaseSS:
toid o him he could furnish them for 50 or % cents
each Upton told hm to make pr9p0.ai % oo aGT Tn
bought from him at that price smith states tnat n
and that this amount was divided follows:
McCIreeor northumberland 2O0O
sRitb sRiiftbb $40
Upton and 1IcGregor we're indicted s1u in Baltimore
One of the most important contracts for free de- de-
livery supplies is that for street letter boxes These
contracts are let periodically. every 1our years,
In February. 1899, the contract was awarded to
hs Tf Of r. deey in the fol-
loving September: six months after the contract
Maybury states that not many months after
tist Of Toledo, Ohio. called on him and interested
him in patent he had acquired for new letter
cent interest in the contract which he then held.
Maybury. when asked why he gave Scheoie an m
there was merit in Scheble's box. and that 1t
aibS pettor HI '"e iu'ure Os'o'i' ''0lO'sS'i' ''.
It is not reasonable 70 SUPPOSE that man ,.st Of
two terms in Congress and IS at present NAY Nayor II OF
stranger from Toledo Ohio one-fourth Of his
profits in valuable contract because ne feared req
that two or three years hence tnat man IlgnL o
come dangerous competitor for another contract;
During the first year mat rs: Sel4Fs er aeHSe we're 20
boxes ordered. for which the department PAID
mated. amo9nted to r$Sl5 on that years business.
During the second year after Scneoie nst i Of
$50 26 % The total profits OF the SeG4nd rSsivsd
thTee-fourths s15.S75 and Scheble ore-fourtn or
In 1897. when a new contract was to be made, the
box which AIaybury had ACQUIRED from SGheols'
know as & the sene6SS a9SuFS Ellis required to
give him 50 cent interest rest n soba thG new emitted f4
one-haf OF his profits in this contract to Isshe ~
One Solomon G. Wynn 5%0'Iep nT af 81 75 g 3 and
s. 10 as against the scheble box at 81 60 s. 3 and
n 2s 2 competoy saEF But Machen was equal he
oason; he stated to Postmaiter Macen Of
Toledo Ohio. who was, interested with @ Mynn dn IN
this and that he did not Il think S it IL Pr9RF %bicb iOf
relative Of the Superintendent Of Free Delixery very
era eHideny was impressed by the unselsh de
y%tiOn q Sd M2Gnen sc2dtd 70 though in SO doing the
cost letter boxes curing the eGntact & period vas as
Maybury & Ellis aggregated soSne thing OYER oyer s3S 3S
evidence indicates was divided equally Win
psys been distributed on rural routes. They
unnecessary. since every farmers letter box serves
Postmasters wrote frequently stating that the
boxes 3 ettgf Of 91 Gseo5sd Gs On S Month Never
theloss Machen continued to have -, IhsT1 m erefrsg S
1nf pn{d dHTin 9r stt9f fef Ist bcxe on rr routes
Macnen d nTp INV in the district Of Columbia Sep
ternber s. 1853. fer conspiracy and fraud
PACKAGE BONES.
77a large boxes fastened to the letter box posts
o. other T supports aTf M IN @ isaac cGhan
was the real contractor at that time ana mas Oeeh
nc 1907 Solomon c. Wynn whose bid for letter
bSd cousin interested with him also bidder
on package boxes. and onered 10 suppy tt ILtt ~.
otRers he ranging in price from 81 to $ per box box and and
fine contract given TO Mcclellan at 40 ". Inc eVi-
dence shows that Mcclellan paid Machen royal
w. of 80 cents a box. Mcclellan and Machen nave
both been indicted.
THE MONTAGUE INDICATOR
The Montague Indicator is a device attached TO
street letter boxes sh%wTg Ne 5ag1 9onS OF
at San Francisco. Cal, and D. S. Richardson.
a Company was organized in 1899 with capital
stock Of $4,000. consisting Of 10000 shares, par
value s. dmmedatsyd ad aI5eT Iss ss w FrwH. at that
nc p1rpose Of securing the adoption of the device
pr fbe pPostoffice Department Richardson
suited George w Beavers. who told MN tnat @ 10
the officials who had charge of the matter. Act
ing upon this suggestion, Richardson gave Machen
issued in the name of H. G.. Seger, and Beavers 2U0
shares that were issued in the name OF Richardson
A short time after this gratutous distribution OF
stock an order given for 1890 indicators, at
% %SSeer 20 in whose name the stock donated to Ma
chen was issued. says he bought this stock from
Machen and paid him $500 for it. There is a
shares given Beavers 1t was issued in the name
of D S; Richardson and at BeaverEs % suggestion @ i
dend consisting Of s12o was forwarded to Beavers,
February 6. 1901. and acknowledged by him In the
following letter:
Nv Desr Mr. Richardson Yours Of February 8 with
inclosure duly received will hold the papers in your
am 5 GLAD & TO kT| Nov Heath W hut m mSKe another enort
totav He is rghy hard to just now. being busy
national committee matters Give my regards to all
Mr. D. s. RICHARDSON. Room : Mills building. San
Francisco. Cal
still in Richardson's narnc and apparently in Beav
erss possession. In August, 1892. Beavers again