The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-10-15
MORE POSTAL
INDICTMENTS
James Tyner and H. ]. Barratt Must
Face Charge Of Conspiracy.
THIRTY PERSONS NOW INDICTED


Washington. Oct. 6.-Fifteen new
indictments were brought in by the
federal grand jury for the District of
Columbia rs the final result of the in
vestigation in the postoffice depart
ment. Several of these findings were
against persons who have already
been indicted. The new indictments
involve James \, Tyner, the late as
sistaut attorney general, and his as
sistant, Harrison J. Baaett; James T.
MetCaf, sup ciutendont Of the money
order system Norm1n Metcalf, son OF
James r. Harry c. Iallcnbeck, of
the WHa,..u. Eailcnbeck " Crawford
Co., oi NV York, The firm which lor
several -.lrs supplied the department
with frs money order blanks, an Will
liam d. ior1WES. who Is connected
with '.Ha which has been supply
ing s.IW. Caa'rllng machine To the
department. There were additional
indictments a-o.nSt August VI. Ma
chen George W. Beavers, W. Scott
Towers and state Senator George y
Green 81 H,w York In some cases
there W.ED several indictments against
one person.
Thg indictments charge Tyner
and Barrett with conspiracy, and two
additional indictments charge Bar
rctt with agreeing while still in Office
TO receive fees Tor services rendered
1 t,, Il i,tr hn
fore him as an officer. All the indict
ments are founded upon the treatment
by Tyncr and Barrett of the business
of the so-called bond investment com
panies. The principal charge is that
of misconduct in office, in obstructng
and preventing the due and orderly
administration OF the law. 1t is stated
that there were no less than so of the
so-co,led bond investment companies
TO which the oninion of the depart
ment was sent, together with the cir.
cular intimating that Barrett's SER
vices as attorney could be secured.
The charge against Hallenbeck and
tho Netcalfs is that of conspiracy to
defraud tbe United States. The COM
many Of which Hallenbeck is the head
had a contract with the United States
10 furnish the postal service with its
monev-order blanks. Norman Metcalf
was emnloved ms n clerk in the Office
of tbe Wvnkoon Hallenbeck G. Cray-
ford Comnanv at a salary of $50 a
week II is alleged there was an agree
mont hotween Them that there should
he M insnectiop of the forms supplied
bv the companv that on account of that
agreement the forms were printed on
inferior naper. that only one side of
them was litbographed. while the con-
rtoot called for the lithographing of
both s,les. ana mat py othel devices
the COMPANY was enabled to save large
sums of money at the expense of the
government. II is asserted by the post
office authorities that the government
lost NJ least $50 aOO in one wear bv this
aYangomou.. II is also asserted that
there was an agreement whereby the
contra,.irg c1rDanv paid young Met
calf ll-lG. cents for each book of forms
Skinned and il IS stated that the ship
nenrs for one year reached as high as
100000 hooks.
Tho new charge against Machcn is
that Of acreDting bribe in connection
with the delivery of badges worn by
rural free delivery carriers. which were
made Lv Charles !. Heller, of Philadel-
mia
There are two new indictments
against Beavers. one of them charging
him with accepting s25 each on a num-
bnr of hool; tynewritinp machines sold
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