The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-18
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GRAND JURY gTIRs SUP THINGS,
And Brings In Ind ndiotments AEaiaAtI
a Number of Postoflto Of. Il; sE !
tloials, and More Are s5;:s

rs ,ls Number. of Post Toe Of.
floials, ana More Are n iS.sg
to- Come. ss|
Il George Beavers, the former
head of the salary and allowance iliYi.
sion Of the postofice depar tment att
Washing ton, surrende red himself HinS
the Office OF United States Commiss
sionera Hitchcock !, in w Washing ton,
Tuesday and gave So, 900 bail for hiss
appearance before Commissioner
Hitchcock on Septemb berS1 S =. (
% United States District ATT ttorney5 4
Burnett last week notified Beayers'ss
council that a bench warrant had been
SSued for the arrest of Mr.. y. Beavers;
and that he would be taken into ,clls-ss
tody forthwith if he did not tmmedia
tely surrender himself. r he defen-
dant's lawyers then verbally informed "
the Federal authorities that they
would produce their client on Tues
day. -; u 4
The Indictment against the former
head Of the salary and allowance divi- ".
sion was returned two mon tbs ago I'm
Broollyfs, and charges him with hav-i
ing received a check for SO 10 from the &
Brandt Dent Manufacturing ss Com
pany, CT M:ddlesorii, L, III W is, n hi5th,
is alleged, was paid to him bysLhe firm
as part commission on a number OF q
automatic cashiers furnished the
po3tal department. by that firm. ss
After celebrating for several weeks
over a mass Of documents submitted IS
by the postofiice inspectors, the Feder-
al grand jury in Washing ton city:
Tuesday returned seven Indictments
in postal cases, involving six different
persons. All the ndictments were A
kept off the public record and both:
the officials of the district attorneys
otfice and OF the postofIice department. J
refused to: :divulge names or details Of
the indictments until the parties 5in-s
dicated are arrested. The identity of :
the indicted ndividuais was thus left
q matter Of conjecture. Y e IS expect
ed that arrests will occur Wednesday,
morning, and that the postofIice Sde-s
partment will have some announce
ment to make during the foren noon.
The grand jury's action probably
marks the beginning of the end gof
the investiga alton that has been in
progress since the middle of lastiSs
March. Yoluminous evidence has
been: laid before the grand jury as the5s
resnlt4o the inquiry +, and while theF
'pfese eports OF the Jury iaposes eetsE
most Of the cases, there YET remain
several to be passed pom. When the 4
latter are disposed of, according oS
Postmaster General Payne the in7a
vestfgation, SO far as the work att
Washington-is concerned, will be ( at &
an end for all practical purposes. S.
Several OF the persons indicted Tues S
day live outside Of Washingt They
will be arrested as soon as bench war
rants can be served. "a II
Two other Important events occur II
red Tuesday in the postal inquiry V
Leopol Stern the Baltimore contrac- 4
tor, who disappeared from Baltimore
before he could be arrested on, an in-s;
dtctment returned July 81 last, was
located at Toronto, and the long de-
layed surrender OF George Beavers,
the former head Of the salary and 4
allowance division, to the New Y Ork
~ oiioAioiSo GOOht pldCG. i llc JOSptilfS
officials have been searching for Stern
ever since he disappeared and have
finally received word from the Cana.
dian authorities that he is in Toronto.
The question OF extradition has been.
taken up with the State department..
The case has features similar to the
Greene-GaynOr case. 1t was then
contended that conspiracy gRgas not !.
cxtraditable, but the State depart
ment took the view that .eheE acts
themselves involved allegeds embezle-s
ment and constitute, extraditable Of
fences. Stern was enacted for CON-
spiracy to defend the Government.; I
He was charged with receiving -t1l,S,, y; I,
price for satchels for letter carriers Y
including shoulder straps, despite the
supply to him Of these straps at
Government expense. In consid dera-
tion of the supply of these straps to 4
him, for which he was paid in full, hes
is charged with paying large sums to y
w. Q. Long, Of that city, and a.. w.
Machen, the deposed head of the free
delivery service. Y; ;,zasss