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SENATOR GREEN'S ARREST
New York Politician Accused of COM
pIicity in Postal Frauds.
He is Charged With Paying Bribes Ii
Order to Furnish Time I;ecord-
crs to Governments.

Binghanton, y. Y.-Senator George
| q. Green, President Of the Inter:la-
tional Time Recording Company and
| Chairman Of the Republican County
Committee. was arraigncd before
United States Commissioner Charles s.
Hall on two indictments recently found
| against him by the Federal Grand Jury
in Washington. charging Mr.. Green
Jointly with George W. Beavers, Of
Brooklyn, with conspiracy to defraud
the United States Government and
charging Mr.. Green with giving bribes
to Beavers.
The Government was represented by
United States District Attorneys G. B.
Curtiss and T. l.. Arms and by III
spector Mayer. Mr.. Green was repre-
sented by James T. Rogers. the Broome
County Assemblyman and Republican
leader on the floor Of the Assembly.
A plea of not guilty was entered to
both of the indictments and bail was
set in $4,000 on each indictment, Jonas
M. Kilmer qualifying as surety.
a formal examination into the
will be held before Commissioner Hall.
Mr.. Green will at that time be repre-
sented by John 2. Stanchfield, Demo.
cratic attorney, Of Elnira, and T. L..
TuthilI, of this city. The Indictment
reciteS that Green. as President Of the
International Time Recording COM
pany. undertook to furnish and did
furnish, large numbers Of time record
ers to the Postoftice Department
through George w. Beavers. and in so
doing committed several offenses
against the United States.
The: indictment then sets forth that
Green and Beavers. on December H..
1901. entered into an unlawful agree
ment, whereby Green undertook to pay
Beavers ten per cent. Of all sums paid
to the Time Recording Company for
Ill clocks and supplies furnished the
Government, and that on the same day
Green gave to Beavers a personal check
for 1925, drawn on the knickerbocller
Trust Company, Of New York, to in
fluence Beavers decision to the detri-
ment of the United States.
It is further charged that on January
13. 1902. Green gave to Beavers draft
on the Seventh National Bank Of New
York for 1881 Is: another checl; OIL
April %. 1902, for S41s.36. ar another
on October 8, 1902. for SS42SS.
The second Indictment is wordcd
much the same as the first and con-
tains eleven counts.
The fourth count sets forth that
Green and Beavers conspired on De-
cember IS, 1901. by sending out an Of
fetal letter notifying certain officers
that time recorders had been ordered
for them, the letters having been un-
lawfully signed with Beavers initials.
The tenth and eleventh count deals
with a check for S1O42. sc. which. it is
alleged, was given to Beavers by Green
Oh behalf Of the Time Recorder Com
pany on October s. 1902.
Senator Green has been Chairman
Of the Broome County Republican Com
mittee for eight years and served two
terms as Mayor of Bingha mton. He ia
the general manager Of the Yagui
Paper Company Of Mexico. with Offices
in New York; is the owner Of the Dore-
mus Stamp Cancelling Company Of
Washington. which has figured promi-
nently in the recent Postoffice Depart
ment investigations; is the President
Of six or eight large industrial corpora
tions. director in about dozen others.
and in many ways has for years been
the most prominent business man Of
this city.