Arizona republican., 1903-10-06
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Conclusion of Postal Fraud
 Investigation
CORRUPT EVERYWHERE
The Reindictment of Beavers and nachen and the Connection of the Aged General Tyner

Washington, Oct. 5.-Fifteen new in- dictments were brought into the su- preme court for the District of Colum- bia today as the final result of the investigation in the postoffice depart ment
 Several of these findings were against persons who have already been indict- ed The indictments involve James N. Tyner, the late assistant attorney gen. eral of the postoff1ce department, and his assistant, Harrison J. Barrett; James T. Metcalf, superintendent of the money order system of the post office department; Norman Metcalf, James L. Metcalf; Harry C. Hallen- beck. president and general manager of the Wynkoop. Hallenbeck and Crawford company of New York, the firm which for several years supplied the department with it's money order blanks, and William D. DoreElus, who IS connected with the house which has been supplying the stamp cancelling machine.
 There were additional indictments against August w. Machen, former su- perintendent of the free delivery; George Beavers, formerly chief of the salary and allowance department; w. Scott Towers who was in charge of a sub-station of the Washington post office, and State Senator George A. Green of New York.
 In some cases there were several in dictments against one person. Con- corning the indictment against Tyner and Barrett, the following statement was made by the oostoffice depart menI:
 Three indictments charge Tyner and Barrett with conspiracy and two addl- tional indictments charge Barrett with agreeing while still in office, to receive fees for services rendered or to be ren- dered in cases pending before him as officer All the indictments are found ed upon the treatment by Tyner and Barrett of the business of the so-called bond investment companies.
 The principal charge against Tyner and Barrett is misconduct in office, in obstructing and preventing the due and orderly administration of the law. The charge against Hallenbeck ana the Metcalfs is that of conspiracy to defraud the United States. The com pany of which Hallenbeck is at the head had a contract with the United States to furnish the postal service with it's money orders.
 Norman Metcalf was employed as 8 clerk in the office of the Wynkoop, Hallenbeck and Crawford company at a salary of s30 a week. It is alleged that q conspiracy existed between Hallenbeck and the Metcalfs, in that n that there could be no inspection of the forms supplied by the company; that there was no account of this agree ment; that the forms were printed on inferior paper: that only one side of them was Autographed, while the con- tract called for the lithograp phing of both sides, and that by other devices the company was enabled to save large sums of money at the expense of the government.
 It is asserted by the postoffice au- thorities that the government lost at least S50,0OO in one year by this ar Engagement. It is also asserted that there was an agreement whereby the contracting company paid young Met calf IA cents for each book of forms shipped, and it is stated that the ship ments for one year reached as high as S0O,0 ,0OO books. The allegation is made that the elder Metcalf secured the pay ment for the work supplied by the conractors-
 The new charge against Machen is that of accepting a bribe in connection with the delivery of badges worn by the free delivery carriers, which were made by Charles J. Heller of Phila- delpfiia.
 There are two new indictments against Beavers, one of them charging him with accepting 525 each on mum Der Of books sold to the government by Scott Towers and others; alleging g misconduct of the purpose of the stamp cincelling machines from w D. Doremus. Towers is also indicted f1 connection with Beavers on the charge of agreeing to pay Beavers s2i on each machine. Doremus is indicted for defrauding the government in tho sale of his cancelling machines.