Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
SIX RECREANTS
ARE SHOWN UP.
Indictments in Postal Frauds Re-
lating to the Supply Of
Letter Boxes.
DETAILS GIVEN TO A NICELY.
They Show a Most Effective Combina.
ton of Grafters to Rob the U, s.
Government.

| Washington, Sept ll.-Unlted states
Dist. Atty. Beach today announced that
the six persons named in the seven in
dlctments returned by the grand jury
last Tuesday are:
George W. Beavers. former chief Of
the division OF salaries and allowances,
postohice department. August ". Ma.
chen, former general superintendent, OF
the free delivery system, postofilce de.
partment; James w. Erwin, former
| postofiioer inspector with headquarters
at San Francisco; George w. Hunting
ton and Isaac Mcclellan, both OF New
York city, owners Of the Columbia Sup
ply company OF that city ana Eugene
d. scheble OF Toledo o.. and dentist
and interested in the firm OF Maybury
& Ellis Of Detroit letter box manu-
facturers.
Beavers, Machen and Erwin are nam
ed jointly in one indictment for con-
spiracy to defraud the United States
government. Another indictment ~
against McGleham. Huntington and
Machen for conspiracy 20 defraud the
United states and stll another Is
against the same three Cor conspiracy
10 commit bribery, both under section
$40, r. s.; Scheble and Machen are in
dicted Jointly for conspiracy against
the United States and again for con-
spiracy to commit bribery. Another
Indictment Is against Mcclellan ana
Huntington for bribery and the last
is against Machen slngly for accepting
brides under section 5j0l revised
statutes.
MENTIONS HEATH.
All the indictments are based on
transactions relating to the supply of
letter boxes and package boxes ana
devices, Some sensational charges are
made The Indictment against Beavers
Machen and Erwin alleges that the pos
tai device and improvement company
Of san Francisco, formerly the Mon
tague Indicator & Letter Box company,
was composed almost entirely Of west
ern postal employees; that in 1889 It set
aside one thousand shares of stock for
forwarding It's interests" and that
armed with this authority It's president,
Daniel s. Richardson, and inspector
Erwin came to Washington, saw Beav-
ers, Machen, Heath and others and got
an order for equipping 2,0S9 letter boxes
with their devise, 69.ftat
HowYr WAS BONE.
The indictment says the company was
systematically relieved OF its oblga-
lions IN the way " paying freight craft
ing, paintlp~ and printing cards for the
device 1t was furnishing. The indict-
ment charges that Beavers and Machen
owned stock under assumed names.
Most of the thousand shares OF stock
ser aside. the Indictment says, went 20
different postohlce officials and again
President Richardson came to Waeh.
ington and following an increase In the
contract price he got f-r the company
dividends were paid on The stock,
WOULD PAY MACHEN.
Mcclellan, principal owner of tho Co.
lumba Supply company Of New York.
is charged with agreeing TO nay Machen
80 cents for each dollar and a quarter
paid on the packing box contract by
the government Specific payments TO
Machen are cited In consideration Of in
creased compensation and under the
packing box contract, ostensihlv To- Ut
taching different support 10 the boxes.
Scheble became Interested In the firm
OF which Mayor MayhurN Of Detroit
Mich. Is n membc. and which furnish
ed letter boxes to the government and
Schehel and Machen, IN q joint indlct-
ment are alleged to have srhemed to
defraud the government by the supply
OF excessive quantities Of boxes. Tho
Indictment says that Mavbury and Ellis
paid schebel TO the extent OF tho lat
ter's Interest In the company. aud that
he IN turn paid largo sums 10 Machen. !
In II counts the Indictment cites sne-
cltc payments 20 Machen bv Schebel.
The other indictments involve practl-
caIy similar transactions Montague
whose name figures IN the Montague
Indicator ~ Letter Box company, is
postmaster M San Francisco.
number Of other postal cases are
nc7 pending before tho grand fury
which VIII resume It's sessions here next
Monday.