The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-19
BEAVERS, INDICTED, LIES LOW
LAWYERS WON'T SAY WHERE HE
IS OR WHAT HE'LL do.
Talk OF His Surrendering I'm Manhattan
Two Indictments Accuse Him OF TAX
Inns Bribes-GeOrge +. Miller Indicted
Asain--What Roosevelt Told YOungs.

handed in batch Of indictments yester-
, day afternoon and were discharged by
Judge Thomas until next Wednesday. OF
the indictments handed in two were against
George W. Beavers, former chief of tn
division of salaries and allowances OF
the Post Office Department, at Washington
Three other indictments were found In
the Post Office cases, and Of these two were
against George F. Miller, who had already
been indicted four times.
As to the other indictment no informal
ton could DO obtained. District Attor-
ney Youngs refused to affirm or deny that
1t was against E. j. Brandt OF the Brandt
Dent company Of Watertown, Wis, the
makers of the automatic cashiers" as
rumor about the Federal Building in
Brooklyn had it yesterday.
In a statement announcing the indict-
ment Of Mr. Beavers. Mr.. Youngs said:
This office will refrain at present from
requesting the service Of bench warrant
upon Mr.. Beavers, deeming it right that he
should have the opportunity to surrender
himself. If he sees fit to do so, and have
notified his counsel, Messrs. Morgan and
Seabury. to that effect. In all Of the cases
Of indictments for postal frauds which
have been found the defendants have been
permitted to appear voluntarily, without
summary process. and this Office knows OF
no reason why the same courtesy which
has been shown to others should be denied
to Mr.. Beavers, and under these condi-
tions we shall wait a reasonable time for
Mr. Beavers to appear voluntarily to plead
to these indictments"
Beavers did not present himself yester-
day, as it was said he might do. Instead,
his counsel, Morgan & Seabury, informed
MIR. Youngs over the telephone yesterday
morning that Beavers would be in their
office, at 200 Broadway, at 11:30 o'clock
Monday morning. They did this, they
said, because they had read in the morn
ing papers that their client had been in
dicted Mr.. Youngs did not see fit then
to inform Beavers s counsel that their client
had been indicted, and SO Beavers will
probably be at liberty over Sunday.
1t Is the expectation Of Mr.. Youngs that
Beavers will show up the first thing to-
morrow morning to avoid being arrested.
II he waits over here in Manhattan until
1880 o'clock a warrant will probably be
sw orn out for him.
His counsel said yesterday that they
would probably get into communication
with Mr.. Youngs about the matter and that
their client might surrender to a United
States Commissioner in Manhattan. The
object Of such move would be, apparently,
to have a preliminary examination before
the Commissioner in order to force the
other side to disclose it's case
Beavers's counsel would not say where
their client was yesterday. He is supposed
to be staying somewhere in this borough.
Mr.. Youngs said yesterday that In one Of
the indictments Beavers was accused OF re-
ceiving bride OF $40 and in the other Of re-
ceiving in similar manner about 3240
One indictment contains only one count
and the other several. Both are found
under Section 1881 of the Revised Statutes.
Both accusations arise, it is said, through
Beavers's dealings with ex-Congressman
briggs, now under indictment for his con-
nection with the fraudulent company.
The additional indictments found against
Miller are result of the motion made by
his counsel Abram l. Rose, on Friday to
quash all four Of the previous indictments
against their client'on the ground that they
were faulty in failing to say that briggs had
qualified as a Congressman when the con-
tract with the fraudulent company was
made. For fear. ii is said, that Judge
Thomas would act favorably on this motion
Miller was indicted on two other counts.
District Attorney Youngs intimated yes
terday that the Post Office investigation
had not been finished, so far as his office
was concerned He said that the Grand
Jury had not finished its labors, but that
nothing further w uld be done until Wetlnes-
day, when that body will convene again.
As to the importance OF the indictment OF
Beavers. Mr.. Youngs said:
INV oDpiOn ia that Ona matter ia az i'm
portant as another in these cases. If a
man is guilty of a criminal offence against
the Government It is important that he
should be indicted, and, If proven guilty,
that he should be convicted or, If he is not
guilty, he should be acquitted. 1t is quite
as important to Mr.. Beavers az it Is to the
Government, if he is not guilty, that he
should have an opportunity to clear him-
self.
Although it may be argued that the sta
tute Of limitations applies to Mr.. Beavers,
We contend that 1t does not
denied yesterday that Beavers was u hid
ing, as had been reported. When asked II
Beavers would go over to Brooklyn now
that indictments are known to have been
found, Mr.. Seabury said:
1T may be that for legal reasons Mr..
Beavers will stay in Manhattan. We shall
communicate with Mr.. Youngs on Monday
and what action we take will depend upon
the arrangements then made. We have
no statement to make now in regard TO our
client. but we shall probably give out
statement to the. press on Monday covering
a lot Of points.
1T is reported in Washington, Mr. Sea-
bury, that Mr.. Beavers will give some
testimony In favor OF the Government
side OF these cases" said the reporter.
s You may a,y sax positively replied mt Mr.
ing Of the kind"
District Attorney Youngs was asked
yesterday if his trip to Oyster Bay, where
he spent Friday night with the President,
had had anything to do with the Post Office
cases. He answered:
Although that has been assumed, it IL
hardly correct President Roosevelt tele-
phoned me and said he would like to have
me spend the night with him. Nicholas
Murray Butler was there, and we sat on
the piazza all the evening chatting.
"Of course, the matter OF the Post Office
cases came up. The President asked me
how was getting along and told him
was getting along ~ well az could be ex-
pected under the circumstances He told
me that he did not think that il was neces-
sary to impress on me his wish that the
matter be probed to the very bottom.
al want you to see, the President said
to me, that this investigat ton goes as far
as possible, no matter where II reaches
or whom II hits
sour conversation on this subject did
not last over four minutes and then we
talked about other matters"
Plans for Empire city Harness Races.
Although most Of the Grand Circuit tracks
have announced their programmes for this