The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-26
FOR ACCEPTING A BRIBE.
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ant attorney general on account of MT.
 Tyners protracted illness.
 MT. Christiancy was at the postoffice
 department to-day on a summons from
 the department and was closely exam
 ined regarding the case.
 It is stated that the amount offered
 Miller as bribe aggregated several
 thousand dollars, and was in the form
 of cash payment followed by check.
 This payment Is alleged to have taken
 place in Cincinnati so the case will be
 tried there, probably in the October
 term of court. MT. Miller probably will
 give bail fer his appearance at that
 time. The penalty for the offense is
 prescribed In section 5,501 of the revis-
 ed statutes, which says that ''every of-
 ficer of the United States and every per-
 son acting for or on behalf of the Unit
 ed States in any official capacity under
 or by virtue of the authority of any de-
 partment or officer of the government,
 who asks, accepts or receives any
 money or any contract, promise, under
 taking, obligation, gratuity, or security
 for the payment of money, or for the
 delivery or conveyance of anything of
 value with intent to have his decision
 or action on any question, matter,
 cause or proceeding which may at any
 time be pending or which may be by
 law brought before him in his official
 capacity. or in his place of trust or
 profit, influenced thereby, shall be pun
 ished by 8 fine or not more than three times the amount asked or accepted and f~-@ .,se 11+ years"
 Postmaster General Payne made the announcement of this latest develop ment in the investigation this after noon in formal brief statement as fol- lows:
 Daniel V. Miller assistant attorney in the office of the assistant attorney general for the postoffice department, is charged with accepting a bribe for a decision in connection with a case be- fore the department, involving the fraudulent use of the mails by John J. Ryan & Co. The case has been in the hands of Inspectors W. J. Vickery of Cincinnati and R. M. Fulton of St. Louis for some days. Complaint was made by Inspector Fulton before a | United States Commissioner in Cincin- nati Saturday and a warrant was is- sued. Inspector Fulton arrived here yesterday and this morning exhibited the papers to District Attorney Beach," MT. Payne said that this statement was all that could be said at this time, in view of the fact that the case is now before the judicial authorities. He said that the case has been under consider ation ever since the general investiga- tion before and added that there would be another arrest immediately. The party, he said, is outside of the depart ment, He declined to say what explan- atory statement had been made by Miller.
 ' T. w. Gilmer, the former expert of the l office of the comptroller of the treas ury, whose examination of the accounts \ of the Washington postoffice and whose 1 subsequent transfer to another bureau l of the treasury, were referred to in | Comptroller Tracewell's report to the 1 postmaster general regarding the Tul- ! loch charge, refuses to talk about the subject. Comptroller Tracewell alleges \ that MT. Gilmer himself, at his own suggestion, wrote the letter which MT. ! TraceWell signed, exempting the Wash ington and New York postoffices from
 his examination of accounts. MT. Gill mer, it is understood, admits that he did so but says his reason was to have
 some written authority on record for the
 action he took under the verbal orders to that effect.