The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-19
RrAVERS GOT DRIGGS'S CHECKS
poSTlL INSPECTORS FIND EVF-
DEN(E or COLLISION.
,,,., Relieve That briggs Divided His
commission in Cash Registers with
beavers, and ON the Evidence They
pIa,e on This Beavers Was Indicted.

,ortment officers are much perturbed over
,be premature announcement yesterday
or tho fnct that the Grand Jury in Brook
~, had found an indictment against George
" Beavers, former superintendent of the
s,lary and allowance division OF the De-
rartment. 1t is very apparent that the
postal inspectors have been hampered
in their investigation by the leakage in
Rrooklyn, and, while there is disposition
70 refrain from crticising District Attor-
nov Youngs, it is expressing it mildly to
CAV that the officers here regard the matter
very seriously
That the inspectors are after some one
else in connection with the Driggs-Beavers
transactions is practically admitted. Who
the eunknown" might be no one will say,
but it is feared that the know ledge that
Beavers was indicted may seriously in
terfere with the plans of the inspectors
and possibly defeat their purpose. It
was thought that by Monday sufficient
evidence would have been gathered to
warrant the arrest of Beavers, who, taken
of his guard might have made important
disclosures to the inspectors.
The TACT that former Congressman
briggs and Beavers were close neighbors
in Brooklyn and were also close friends
led the inspectors to suspect some time
ago that Beavers may have had some know-
edge of the transact ion by which the auto
matte cashiers of the fraudulent Com
pany we're introduced into the Post Office
Department, and for selling which Repre-
sentative briggs received total commits
sion of about Si2,5OO. This suspicion was
further strengthened by the fact that it
was through The Salary and Allowance
Division, OF which Beavers was superin-
tendent that the machines first found
their way into the Post Office Department
Mr. briggs denied that he had shared
his commission with any one but this was
not believed by the postal inspectors, who
sought evidence that Beavers had found
it to his interest to purchase the machines
for the Government. Official information
in the Post Office Department shows that in
May, 1893 contract was made for $50 Of
these machines at $50. This was $25 more
than the machines were then selling for in
the open market in small lots. To account
for the increased price a slight change in
the base of the machine was made, the cost
of which was practically insignificant and
I'D non warrant tho increase over the mar
u'N nv ""AA''' WIG
ket price.
IL was ascertained tnat aiter the zoo
machines had been supplied the purchase
of them was continued until over 500 had
been bought by the Post Office Depart
ment. The investigation has shown that
Mr. briggs received a commission of $50
on each machine, the regular agents OF the
company VINO maze tne oeai WIFI lle De-
partment also received so0 per machine,
and the company Yot IKE sum me
inspectors now MINK tney nave secureu
conclusive evidence tnaC MT Drl88s 81
vided his commission with Beavers, and 1t
was upon testimony on tnls point, con
slsting largely OF 9ocuMehts showing the
passage OF checks from briggs 70 beavers,
that the iaI'er Was ihuic'eu ny 'he "lanu
'uTy: o,gcsrs ~ tho Pos, Office Depa RI mept
INC VH.9oIs y. vtio Ss'e ~ = :. 80
VIII no. DISCUSS ene Smi - .no ma :. % o,
iT pea ,h,. LII nnSns ,,or ~ asoans e
oeheVed Ilat ne WIN enuea a ~ esra apn
arrest rssi WV 70 ,ae rnaS from a;t ber
ulReilhho9 ohiiIs 20 toa SneraI RE
Iolii w AeeieVa n i".Hna - - i,
Tow OF any u .Le ilispeetois ama nF he
uispoeitloh W p ras4 Vhe ro,, yo,,,ns
arrest eiNIeiy " lc' nCIoa ny oo1,nsS
u'iAel Nhose .i ;-oat;ra.;oT 40.
NE" iea. of,ern W In1 NAV u Gas ascer-
Nelopeu inns alt1rhoon wnen =. we'n ss;hi,,
lalhed that the uovernnleho III may puo onnay
recover from eohIract4rs an Tue r LaVses
IiieSdliy s4pehueu ior Inese oasn I,; ~ 80,
,.uer the REVISED soas u YES nlans ,out
ohence ior lnse,hper VI Sonsi0sS ~ 20 na
tlcipa1e III any EoNerhiheliC con.i ~
VISION Is made lor tne recoseiy -, SUI J.,
money as may De PAID OH any coh''"'' ia
N.
secretary noot ~ uiiec'iIH VIC eu
sdI!?n Vi nepIesen.a.iSe ., ,,,;,h ~,
ltcllon "l.t the lyon coIi.' a. "o ,r'S
Quartrrrlaster DepaI.niehe iol go. .Sa an
gauil'lets Ior tne army, anu itas o,' ',. 70
!hSpeclor-veheral burton 20 nna ~. ~, "a
,lr.Ie was III Ine niasiits vi .n .7oo nf re
any sucu Vioiatlon vi oeo., '; ',"' ;,,s,is,,
IeElhea statutes ds 10 reIuIe VI ISL
dHmand ny the proper oilicer vi .ne o nrs
par hien' TOT Cne repayment ~ .ns li.ot. ny,
pala oy the government uiiueF sucn 'oi'-
IaG's' , .,,
inns sectIon was pr0ugnI 10 .1e aIeeH
."n 81 tne rost oince DepaI' .ligiiI au'U nn
,ies ,nls AFTERNOON ana mere VIII pe .ol 10
rsi,nna on n Mp roasJ E ' gainst former
pps.nulhe ciVil ProceeulnSs asalnss L ~, s
representative DrlgGS ana ti,t iileii h ",
Nv manufacturing nrin nahins VIZ ;I od ISL
essIers 10 recover tne money pa" ~.
| IesN'ers: was iouI,u "aJ u "s
rmele mere Is evidence una. ilae, me- +ba
C"Msress participated IN coh.raSs t Tls t t
Government the law is mandatory thar me
ssnsn.Tacors and ms bonosnieh sI,am . be
"rth"lrn prosecuted az "a" 10 IeeouS' ~. liz
no o,'y paln him' ana ~ - oetausI % . G
nrol NAV ,ne autnoIiss ZEE, H~s NV"
p@,eeulngs shoulo he az once i''s.i i.tIi;o -.
a., .oalroler iracewei mace Pupnt ~. 70
way .lls result OF tne e1a[niiiaelon i. vi VIC
% a, OF Cornelius van toIt' p 9s,d1SS. on
az q, N view l9rk, f0r the quarter ehaeu nee,