The Globe-republican., 1903-12-03
BRIsTow TELLS OF FRAUDS.

| BRlSTOW TELLS OF FRAUDS.
Astounding Revelations Of Long-Exlst
ing Corruption.
The report Of Fourth Assistant Post
MASTER General ], l.. Brlstow on the
postal investigation is substantially al
follows
He first takes up the case Of Michae
W. Louis Of Cincinnati. appointed in 1887
Acting Superintendent Of the Supply d.
vision. His peculatlons amounted tx
many thousands Of dollars. He was re-
moved In October, 1908.
The administrative methods of Tynel
and Barrett are clearly Illustrated in Q
number Of cases which were passed upor
by them.
Mr.. Bristow shows how many fraudu-
lent schemes were accorded protection BY
Barrett and allowed use Of the mails
These include many small swindes ir
the shape Of lottery inducements, land
Investment schemes, etc.
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d. J. Arnold & Co., Of st. Louis, Mo-
were conducting what Is known as 9
turf investment scheme. On Novem-
Der rs, 1902, the inspectors, having inves-
tisaleu 'ile COMPANY, ie'oiilineiiueu ''i az
d ifauu oluef VI issueu asai,'. ~, ~
llie hleah'lile ''le COMPANY ii'lu e,ip l,
barrett as a's a.to'iiey anu pau ., I'M. !
ice OF so,VVV ana iiisteau vi issuils
fraud oiuer lyher gave une conipahs d
ietter Oh conmehuallol' lWo uays ai'cl
lyher Wro.e thls ietter oarle.t leGeiseu
u cllecA Vi si'vVv ~ al auu'''oi'a. oa iee'
Inc company ialieu IN fopruary, ioVo-
assets, sto'VVVi ilap!lllles, so'lAV', ~,
D. D. Ryan O. Co.. d. hyah M eo'' VI
81 LOUIS was klhureu iIs.ltutioh u
Arnold & co. IN OctopeF' isO1' lhe lh-
spectors recommended lfauu oruei
against 'his company Inc company was
given nearing by lhe As'istaht-Atlol-
hey uehefais ollce anu announcer lHSestiT
gatlon by lhe INSPECTORS was requested
Ill 'ho nieahtiiie Dc M' 'oii'is' ah a..o' :
ney.at rockville lha,' MADE y proposl1ion
10 Ryan lhat iof a Zee OF $o,ooo ne could
help him' through MS friend u " MIL
Ter, OF the Assistant acknowledgements
olllce. Aller some NEGOTIATIONS II was
agreed mat St5Oo would be paid 10 johns
by. Ryan II ne would give MIN a clean
billY before the Post-oillce department
Thls JOINS agreed 10 DO, ana Miller Sc
cured y favorable ruling Tor Ryan " Co.,
Which ne sent TO JOINS, AS result o.
this transaction Miller and Johns were
lhulcteu' .
'".hllllng OF lhe Sale'-Oh April III lvoJ,
WINE INC investigation OF the AsslsGaht
Attorney General oiNce was IN prog
fess MIS- D. M lyler' IN elahaestlne
MANNER auhillteu Mts' Barrett anu MI
TANNER SAFE expert INTO private
room Oh the ASSISTANT Altofney-ueherai 3
once WheIe ne unlocked the saie ana
LOOK GUT an Oh lhe contents Whloll MFs
lyhef carried OIL, what was IN inc saie
mo one Knows pat the lyherS' MiS
lyller stated Ahat sue weNt 10 ING once
ana secured the contents OIL the SAFE ull-
uer lhe a'recuoh OF her husoahd' Which
statement he cohiiTmeuN AS result oil
Vnis ep.soae lyher was summary re-
moved from inc once Oh Assistant Altof-
hey-Gefieral ana Chflstlancy resigned
For SIX years under lyhers admins
tratlon certain favored irauHs ana lottef-
le5 were given Tree use OF the mans
barretts scheme to resign and practice
before the once, ana IyneTs part IN
that scheme, as set lofth IN the body Of
this report was the climax OF official per-
my more evil IN It's results and more
demofalaing to the public conscience
than outright empezzlement or open
theft
Tyner and Barrett were indicted on
October by the grand jury for the Dis
trict Of Columbia for conspiracy to de-
fraud
The frauds in money-order forms, in
which James I. Metcalf, superintendent
of the money-order system, Is involved,
and for which he was removed from
office, are next taken up,
A long list Of swindles carried out by
August W. Machen of Ohio is enumerat-
ed. and the charge Is made that he has
been guilty of forgery. The schemes by
which the government was defrauded in
clude carriers satchels the Croft fasten-
ers for letter boxes, painting of street
letter boxes, carriers leather cases, the
contract for street letter boxes, package
boxes the Montague indicator, device