Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-13
IS CAUSED
Law Officers Have Not Ap-
pretended Beavers.
OFFICIALS PERTURBED
MACHEN's VISIT TO DETROIT UN-
DER AN ASSUMED NAME.
Quoted as Being Confident of Ultimate
Vindication-Charges That "Influ-
ence" Has Been Used.

George w. Beavers. late superintendent
of the division of salaries and allowances
in the Post Office Department. and under
indictment by the grand jury of the federal
court in the eastern district Of New York;
is still fugitive.
To representative of the New York
World last night United States District
Attorney William ]. Young of Brooklyn
refused to discuss the apparent immunity
that is being shown Beavers other than 10
say that his attitude in relation to the for
mer superintendent of the division of sal
aries and allowances would not be changed
even if the report that he is a fugitive were
true.
That District Attorney Young comes In
for an ultra measure of criticism for MS
dilatoriness in dealing with a man under
indictment on charge of having commit
ted a serious offense against the govern
ment is putting it mildly when the talk
that is heard about the Post Office Depart
ment and in public places in Washington 1s
taken into consideration.
1t is pointed out by persons VINO nave
watched the investigation carefully from
it's beginning, and by attorneys and ofiicers
of the law that 1t would be hard to ma a
case analogous to that of BeaNerS-where
man under indictment for an alleged crime
was not at least served with notice OF the
indictment, particularly when he was easy
of access.
High officials in the Post Office Depart
rnent are perturbed over the inaction of the
authorities of Brooklyn. and they DO not
hesitate to so declare themselves when Talk
ing in private.
Postmaster General Payne could hardly
have expressed more forcibly his displeas-
ure at this inaction, when yesterday he said
to an Evening Star reporter that the PcSt
Office Department inspectors had Worneo
up the case against Beavers, the grand jury
had returned an indictment, and that now IL
was In the hands of the Department of JUS
tice.
Machen's Trip to Detroit.
The fact that August w. Machen former
superintendent of the division of Tree de-
livery, who has number Of indictments
pending against him. and who Is enjoying
liberty under $4,000 bail. has been away
from the city for nearly week, has accen-
tuated the criticisms Of the investigation OF
Post Office Department analrs, WINCH are
to be heard on almost every side.
According to the Detroit Free Press OF
Tuesday Machen was in that city tne
day before and registered at the RusseH
House under the name of ]. II. Saunders
To a reporter for the Free Press Macneh
is quoted as having explained that ms pc
ing there under an alias was due to the
fact that he had great many friends nv
ing in Detroit and # 1t were generally
known that he was here they Wouiu naVo
focked to see him, and he would have
had no time to attend to the business tIaS
he went there to transact.
Mr. Machen is also quoted as having
assured the Free Press reporter that there
was nothing to the charges contained IN
the indictments and that he was sure that
everything would come out all right 1no
fact that the Canadian border is onfy
few minutes ride from the Michigan me-
tropolis has caused the Post Office Depart
nent officials to feel trifie uneasy
Mr.. Charles A. Douglass of Douglass q
Douglass attorneys for Machen, said this
afternoon that he did not know the exact
wherea bouts of their client, but he had
reason to believe that he was on his way
to Washington and that he would arrive
here the latter part of the week
Thinks Beavers is in New York.
Discussing Beavers mysterious absence,
man from New York, who has had con-
| siderable experience in tracing persons
| wanted by the police authorities, today
said:
..Ten chances to one Beavers is in hiding
| in New York. I don't mean by that that
| he is keeping himself behind doors. That
| isn't necessary in New York You want TO
renember that Beavers. before he came to
| Washington, was an inspector in the Post
| Office Department and attached TO the New
! York post Office. By reason OF that posi-,
| ton he came in touch with the poilce ana
| detective officers of the metropolitan force
Beavers is a man that couldn't nelp making
| friends. This has been attested by the
tors and representatives in Congress while
he was at the head of the division of sala-
ries and allowances.
| 1.-The detectives of New York are men
who will stand by friend The men who
operate from Mulberry street are noted for
this 1t was shown conciusively In the
trials of police officials that resulted from
| the Luxow investigation and the Parkhurst
| crusade few years ago and which caused
| the overthrow temporarily of Tammany.
| Beavers with his acquaintance might re-
| main in New York for years and not be In.
| tercepted And during the time he might
walk the streets of the city with as much
| impunity as any person not charged with
| a crime
There are persons in Washington who DO
not hesitate to volunteer the opinion that
| influence of a pretty strong character has
| been brought into requisition to stave on
| the arrest of Beavers.
| There are others who do not hesitate to
declare that If Beavers is permitted to go
| free without an effort to bring him TO
| trial then the investigation of affairs In
| the Post Office Department must take on
the nature of a faI ice.
PHILIPPINE CURRENCY LAW.