The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-12
Beavers and Machen Head the
 List of Ex-Offlcia|s
MANY ALTERATIONS MADE
In Official Statement Issued Charges of Conspiracy and Fraud Are Form uated in Many Counts Against
 Prominent Business Men.

Washington. September 11.-United States District Attorney Beach announced that six persons named in the seven in- dictments returned by the grand jury last Tuesday were:
 George w. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allowances, post office; August W. Maehen, former general superintendent of the free delivery sys- tenn, postoffiee department; James w. Irwin, former postoffice inspector, with headquarters in San Francisco; George w Huntington and Isaac McGiehan, both of New York city, owners of the Colum- bus Supply company of that city; and Eu- gene D. Scheble of Toledo, O., dentist and interested in the firm of Maybury and Ellis of Detroit, Mich, letter box manu- facturers.
 Beavers, Machen and Irwin are named jointly in one indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Another in- dictment Is against McGeihen, Hunting ton and Machen for conspiracy to defraud the United States, and still another is against the same three for conspiracy to commit bribery, both under section 5440, revised statutes. Scheble and Machen are indicted jointly for conspiracy against the United States and McGiehen for conspir- acy to commit bribery. Another indict- ment Is against McGiehen and Hunting ton for bribery and the last Is against Machen singly for accepting bribes, under section 5501, revised statutes.
 Official Statement.
 In addition to the facts stated, the off, cial statement says:
 The indictment against McGiehan, Huntington and Machen alleges that Me Giehan was the person interested in the profits from certain contracts from the United States for furnishing package boxes il m jlaly 1, iS93s to June 1, 1887. That in pursuance of a scheme to defraud the United States Machen recommended to his superiors that the compensation of the contractor be increased, in payment for attaching a different support to the boxes This statement was put through and afterward, when Huntington became interested in the contracts with Mcclellan they continued to receive the extra com pensation The indictment is in ten counts, the first two counts charging the payment of $500 to Machen on September H. 1900; the third and fourth counts al- leging the payment of $250 on December 30 1900; the fifth and sixth counts the payment of $250 February 2 1901; the seV- enth and eighth counts the payment or $35O, March 2, 1901 the ninth and tenth counts the payment of $225 on March b. 1901
 The Other Indictment.
 "The other indictment against McGie- han. Huntington and Machen is in fifteen tba facts set forth In the first indictment, these being consplr- acv to bribe an officer of the United States.
 ''The indictment against McGiehan and Huntington for bribery alleges that Machen procured the payment Of $l.Zo on each of the package boxes, additional to the contractor, for the device which lifted them higher from the ground, when the sum paid for that attachment should not have exceeded 70 cents. MIG Giehan agreed to pay Machen 50 cents from each Sl .25 with the concurrence of Huntington, who was then interested In the contracts with McGiehan, as the Co., lumbia Supply company, for his own per- sonal use.
 Auainst Schebe and Machen.
 ''The indictment against Scheble ana Machen alleges that Eugene D. Scheble ID
 the firm of Maybury & Ellis of Detroit of which town Maybury is the mayor. in securing contracts with the Unlted States for furnishing letter boxes. That in pursuance of their scheme to detraud the government, Machen induced the de- partment to order large quantities of let ter boxes for the rural free delivery ser vice; quantities far in excess of what was needed or what could be used; and that
 t..I ..,4ft a the bills for the same Maybury Ellis paid Scheble to the extent of his inter- est in the company and he, In turn, paid large sums to Machen. The indictment is in seventeen counts, the first three charging the payment by Scheble to Machen of $500 on September F, 1900; the fourth count charging the ordering by Machen of coco letter boxes on Septem- Der 2l 1900: the fifth, sixth and seventh counts charging the payment to Machen of $50 on September 24 l9OO The eighth ninth and tenth counts charge the pay ment to Machen of $2S00 on November 22. 1900; the eleventh count charges the payment to Machen of $l159 on November 23, 1900; the twelfth and thirteenth and fourteenth counts charges the payment of S304 to Machen on February Il, 1901; the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth counts charge the payment of $134 to Machen on June TO- 1901
 "The other indictemnts against these defendants have the same number of counts, based on. the same facts. the charge being conspiracy to brlbe an of ficer of the United States"
 Erwin in San Francisco.
 San Francisco, September 11.-James w. Erwin was for many years postal inspec- tor in this city He was also superintend ent of the rural free delivery system of California and while in that position exer- csed considerable authority. He was said to be interested in the new letter box devices. About month ago Erwin was relieved from the position of superintend- ent of the rural delivery and ordered to go to Washington. He has been sick and has never been well enough to answer the summons.
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