Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-26
Appointed by Judge Tyner.

side OF the department He declined to say
what explanatory statement had been made
by Miller.
Appointed by Judge Tyner.
Miller came here from Terre Haute, Ind.
about two years ago. He was appointed
by former Assistant Attorney General
James N. Tyner. The charge against Mil
ler has been under investigation for three
months The Ryan Company was a turf
investment concern. which operated at ST.
Louis and Covington, KY. It's methods
and working operations are said to be sim
liar to those of the Arnold Company, which
has figured conspicuously in the post office
investigation. The inspectors have been
quietly at work on the case, and action
was delayed SO they might get together
all the papers and evidence which. In their
opinion, was necessary. Post Office In
spcctor in Charge w. ]. Vickery at Gin
cinnau and Post Office Inspector r. NJ.
Fulton at st. Louis recently were given
full charge of the case. Complaint was
made by Inspector Fulton before a United
states commissioner in Cincinnati Satur-
day. and warrant was then issued for
Miller and for the other party. Inspector
fulton Immediately came to Washington,
while another inspector went west from
Cincinnati to make the other arrest. In
spector Fulton yesterday exhibited the pa
pers In the case to United States District
Attorney Beach. Last night Miller was
In the custody of a post Office inspector,
and his formal arrest followed this MORN
ing. Miller was at his desk all day yesterday
He was called into the Office of Assistant
Attorney General Robb shortly after 3
o'clock in the afternoon and notified of his
immediate dismissal and of the steps that
had been taken. He was allowed to draw
his salary and then return to the private
office of the assistant attorney general,
where inspectors were in waiting.
Ryan Company Benefited.
The Ryan Company was the BENEFICIARY.
under decision of the assistant attorney
general of the Post Office Department.
made several months ago, subsequent to
the decision in the Arnold case and couch
ed in practically the same terms as that
decision.
Those decisions declared the concerns
named to be free to use the mails. The
Arnold decision, 1t is stated, was signed by
Assistant Attorney General Tyner and the
Ryan decision by George A. c. Christiancy,
the law clerk Of the department, who was
then acting assistant attorney general on
account of Mr.. Tyner's protracted illness.
Mr. Christiancy was at the Post Office De-
partment yesterday on a summons from the
department and was closely examined re-
garding the case.
It is stated that the amount offered
Miller as a bribe aggregated several thou
d
payment, followed by a check. This pay
ment is alleged to have taken place in Gin
cinnat, SO the case will be tried there,
probably in the October term of the court.
The penalty for the offense is prescribed in
section 55O1 of the Revised Statutes, which
says that every officer of the United
States and every person acting for or ON
behalf of the United States in any official
capacity under or by virtue of the author
ity of any department. or Office of the gov
serAment, who asks, accepts or receives any
money or any contract. promise, undertake
ing, obligation, gratuity or security for
the payment Of money or for the delivery
or conveyance Of anything of value with
intent to have his decision or action on any
question, matter. cause or proceeding which
may at any time be pending or which may
be by law brought before him in his official
capacity, or in his place of trust or profit,
Influenced thereby, shall be punished by
fine not more than three times the amount
asked or accepted and by Imprisonment for
not more than three years"
Mr.. Gilmer Will Not Talk.
Mr. T. w. Gilmer, the former expert Of
the office of the controller Of the treasury,
whose examination of the accounts of the
Washington post office and whose subse-
quent transfer to another bureau Of the
treasury were referred to in Controller
.TracewellS report to the Postmaster Cen
eral regarding the Tulloch charges, refuses
to talk about the subject. Controller Trace
well alleges that Mr.. Gilmer himself, at his
own suggestion, wrote the letter which
Mr.. Tracewell signed, exempting the Wash
ington and New York post offices from his
examinations of accounts. Mr.. Gilmer, 1t
is understood admits that he did SO, but
says that his reason was to have some
written authority on record for the action
effect.