Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-10-09
ENID POsT0FF|CE
INVESTIGATION
Fifteen New indictments Re-
turned to the District
Supreme Court.
JAMES N. TYNER IN The LIST
Late Assistant Attorney General Of
the Posfofice Department Charged
With Conspiracy Meteaf Again
Indicted.

Washington, Oct s.Fifteen neE IL
dictments we're brought into the ST.
preme court for the District of Coinrr-
bia yesterday as the final result OF
the Investigation Of the postofsce de-
partment. Many Of these findings
were against persons who have al
ready been indicted The indics.
ments involve: IS
James n. Tyrer, tie late assistant
attorney general fer the postohce de-
psrtment.
Harrison ]. Barrett. assistant to
Mr.. Tyner.
James 7. Metcaif. superintendent o;
the money order system OF the post
Office department.
Norman Metcalf, son of James I.
Harry G. Hallenbacs, president and
general manager of the WynkOCp, Hal
lenback & Crawford company Of New
York. the FIRM which for several
years supplied the department with,
its money order blanks.
William D. Doremus, who Is COZ
nectei with house which has been
supplying stamp canceliilg machine
TO the department.
There were additional indictments
against August W. Machen. former su
perintendent Of free delivery: George
W. Beavers, formerly chief OF the sal
arr allowance division; w. Scott Tow
ers. who was in charge OF suh-sta-
ton of the Washington city postofhcs.
and State Senator George A. Green OF
New York In some cases there were
several indictments against one per-
son. Concerning the indictment
against TyHer and Barrett 3 state
ment was made by the postof1ee de
partment which says in part:
Three indictments charge Tyner
and Barrett with conspiracy and two
additional indictments charge Barrett
with agreeing. while in ONCE, to re-
ceiye fees for services rendered or to
/ be. rendered in cases pending before
him as an officer All the indictments
are founded upon the treatment by
/. Tyne- and Barrett of the business Of
the so-ca!led bond investment com
! psn;es."
The statement then cites the duty OF
TyneT and Barrett 10 investigate the
operations Of this concern and report
to the department SO that in case OF
guilt fraud order might be issued:
but that instead Of doing this the!
conspired TO give them unohStructed
use Of the mails in order that Barrett
might profit thereby" II is also al
legged that Barrett entered into an
agreement with a Baltimore attorney,
the obiec. of which was to share IN
Inc profits arising from representing
bond investment concerns before the
postof:,ce department that; Tin Pursu-3
ance OF conspiracy with TyneT, Bar
re,t investigated the schemes OF the
concerns and wrote and signed q re-
Eor. thereon: that this report declared
the business in its existing form to be
illegal and not entitled to use Of the
mails. but that its basic principle was
sound and that it could be made over
so as to be legal: tina. Tyner and Bar
rett procured the signature OF the
acknowledgement to a letter written
by Barrett. stating that reasonable
time would be given to those COM
panies for making over their business;
during which time their use of the
mails could not be Interrupted.
Continuing, the statement says this
opinion was printed at government ess;ss
pease and sent to every known CON-
.pany with a circular letter to each
stating that the business of the COM
pany was Illegal: that at aboHt the
same time Barrett sent to each COM
pany an announcement that he had
resigned his position and entered into
9 partnership for the practice OF law,
The purpose Of the conspiracy is arr
legged to be the sending Of business 70 \
Barrett's firm. In pursuance Of this I
cons piracy tits alleged that Tyner and ana
Barrett refused to consider or approve
new contracts submitted prior to the
time that Barrett retired except LOT
the one or two services. ss
The indictments, 4 says the state M
ment, cite specific cases In when
Barrett. while still In Office sought OF
agreed to receive fees, or in which. ~
ter Barrett retired, Tyner referee
clients to him and approved new COL
tracts at his suggestion without eyetlx
reading them over" L
Convict Nearly Gains Liberty.
San Quentin Prison, Cal, Oct.
The effort OF one OF the most daTins y
prisoners confined at San Quentfa .oss
cut his way out Of the incorrigiMe cens 4
and escape has come to light In1;s