Arizona republican., 1903-09-12
The Things Set Forth in the
 Recent Indictment
WERE PETTY THIEVES
Men Who Were Prominent m the Postal Service and Engaged in a Small Way for the Defraudins of the Government.

Washington. D. C.. Sept. 1.-The of ficial statement regarding the indict- ments handed down in the postal cases recently is as follows:
 "The indictment against Beavers. Machen and Erwin alleges in sub stance that the Postal Device and 1m- provement company of San Francisco, formerly the Montague Indicator and Letter Box company. by resolution of October s. 1899. set aside 1000 shares of its stock to be used in any legitimate way it's president might think proper in forwarding the interests of the com pany.
 Armed with this authority the presi- dent, Daniel s. Richardson, accom- panied by Erwin, came to Washington. Erwin was then a postoffice inspector. and the company was composed almost entirely of postoffice employees in the west. Erwin introduced Richardson to all the postoffice officials at Washing ton and Beavers. Machen, Heath and others examined the devices. As result an order for equipping 2.OS9 letter boxes with the device was secured.
 About the time a a suggestion from Beavers, concurred in by Machen. the name of the company was changed and
 
 cials should disappear from its man. agement. Beavers and Machen be- came the owners of blocks of the stock. both under assumed names. The com pany was then systematically relieved of it's obligations in the way of pay ing freight, crating. painting and print ing cards for the devices it was furn- ishing. Out of the 1000 shares of stock set aside as above mentioned most all of it went to different postoffice offi- cials. The president of the company afterward came to Washington again with the request that an increase be made in the compensation the company was receiving for it's device. This re- quest was granted. Dividends were afterward paid on the stock.
 ''The indictment against McGiehan- Huntington and Machen alleges that Mcclellan was the person interested in the profits from-certain contracts from the United States for furnishing pack age boxes from July l, 1893. to June l, 1897; that in pursuance of a scheme to defrard the United States Machen recommended to his supe-iors that the compensation of the contractor be in creased, in payment for attaching a different support to the boxes. which
 
 This scheme was put through and afterward, when Huntington became interested in the contracts with Me- Giehan, they continued to receive the extra compensation.
 The indictment is in ten counts, the first two charging the payment of s100 to Machen on Sept. l, 1909: the third and fourth counts alleging the payment of s250 on December 30, 1900; the fifth and sixth counts the pay ment of $250 February 4. 1901: the seventh and eight counts the payment of s350 March ?. 1901: the ninth and tenth counts the payment of S225 on March E, 1901.
 The other indictment against Mc- Giehan, Huntington and Machen is in fifteen counts. on the same facts as Set forth in the first indictment these being conspiracy to bribe officer of the United States.
 The indictment against McGiehan and Huntington for bribery alleges that Machen procured the payment of SIPS on each of the package boxes, addi- tional to the contract, for the device which lifted them higher from the ground, when the sum paid for that at tachment should not have exceeded "a
 
 90 cents from each S1.25 with the con- currence of Huntington. who was then interested in the contracts with Me Giehan as the Columbia Supply con- pany, for his own personal use.
 "The indictment against Scheble and Machen alleges that Eugene D. Scheble of Toledo became interested with the firm of Maybury & Ellis of Detroit, of which town Maybury is the mayor, in securing contracts with the United States for furnishing letter boxes: that in pursuance of their scheme to defraud the government Machen induced the departrpent to order large quantities ol letter boxes for the rural free delivery service; quantities in excess of what was needed. or what could be used: and that Machen. in his official capacity approved the bills for the same. May bury and Ellis paid Scheble to the ex- tent of his interest in the company and he in turn paid large sums tc Machen. The indictment is in seven teen counts, the first three charging tn, payment by Scheble to Machen of $1, ,50t on September F. 1900; the fourth coun charging the ordering by Machen O 5000 letter boxes on September 21, 1900 the fifth, sixth and seventh count. charging the payment to Machen of S5 on September 24. 1900; the eighth. nint' and tenth counts charge the paymen to Machen of 1900 on November 22 1900; the eleventh charges the paymen tc Machen of s1.159 on November 2a 1900; the twelfth and thirteenth an' fourteenth counts charges the paymen of s304 to Machen on February II. 1901 the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth counts charges the payment of s134 t Machen on June 10. 1901. The other in dictments against the defendants hay the same number Of counts on the sam facts, the charge being conspiracy tt bribe an officer of the United States"