The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-09
INQUIRY IS ENDED
RROBlN0 OF THE POSTOFFlCE
DEPARTMENT IS NOW
COMPLETED.
FIFTEEN NEW INDICTMENTS
SEVERAL OF THE FINDINGS AXE
AGAINST PERSONS ALREADY
INDICTED.
JAMES n. TYNtR IS INVOLVED
HE AND HIS ASSISTANT CHARGED
WITH MISCONDUCT IN
OFFICE.

Washington. Oct. 7. - Fifteen new
indictments were brought in by the
supreme court for the District OF
Columbia yesterday as the final result
of the investigation in the p~ostoftice
department. Several of these find
ings we're against persons who have
already been indicted. The new in
dictments involve James n. Tyner,
the late assistant attorney general for
the postoffice department, and his as
sistant, Harrison J. Barrett; James T.
Metcalf, superintendent of the money
order system of the postoffice de-
partment; Norman Metcalf, son OF
James T.; Harry c. Hallenback, pres
ident and general manager OF the
Wynkoop, Hallenback & Crawford
Company of New York, the firm which
for several years supplied the de-
partment with its money order
blanks, and William D. Doremus. who
is connected with a house which has
been supplying a stamp cancelling
machine to the. department. There
were additional indictments
Against August w. Machen.
former superintendent of free deliv-
cry; George w. Beavers, formerly
chief of the salary and allowance di.
vision; w. Scott Towers, who was in
charge of a substation of the Wash
ington city p~ostoffice, and State Sen
ator George A Green of New York.
In some cases there we're several in
dictments against one person. Con-
corning the II indictment against
Tyner and Barrett, the following
statement was made by the postofice
department.:
Three indictments charge Tyner
and Barrett with conspiracy and two
additional indictments charge Barrett
with agreeing, while still in office, to
receive fees for services rendered or
to be rendered in cases pending be-
fore him as officer. All the indict-
ments are founded upon the treat
ment by Tyner and Barrett of the
business OF the so-called bond invest
ment companies"
Misconduct in Office.
The principal charge against
Tyner and Barrett is that of miscon-
duct in office, in o%bstructing and pre-
venting the due orderly administra-
ton of the law. 1t is stated that there
were no less than eighty of the go
nQ11a6 hOnd iruoct,~.S l.
which the opinion of the the depart
ment was ent together with the cir
cular intimating that Barrett's ser
vices as attorney could be secured.
The charge against Hallenback and
the Metcalfs is that of conspiracy to
defraud the United States in connec-
ton with a contract to furnish the
postal service with it's money order
blanks. While it is not so stated in
the Indictment, it is asserted by the
postofice authorities that the govern
ment lost at least $50, 900 in one year
by this arrangement. The new
charge against Machen is that Of
Accepting a Bride
In connection with the delivery of
badges worn by rural free delivery
carriers which were made by Charles
j. Heller of Philadelphia.
There are two new indictments
against Beavers, one of them charging
him with accepting $25 each on a
number of book typewriting machines
sold to the government by Scott Tow.
ers and others alleging misconduct in
the purchase of stamp-cancelling ma.
chimes from w. D. Doremus. Towers
is also indicted in connection with
the transaction with Beavers on the
charge OF agreeing to pay Beavers s25
on each machine. Doremus is indict-
ed for defrauding the government in
the sale of his ~cancelling machines.
The present understanding is hat
this series of indictments is the last
which there will be any special effort
secure, and the postofice authori-
ties generally consider that the de-
partmental investigation is at an erd.
Payne Is Pleased.
Postmaster General Payne yester-
day expressed great satisfaction at
the conclusion of the p~ostofice de-.
partment investigation eliminating in
indictments. He said
that he expected to have the report of
Mr.. Bristow in his hands within ten
Mr.. Payne said that all he
evidence secured in the investigation
had now been placed before the grand
jury and passed upon, and approx
imately thirty different persons indict-
ed as the result of the probing that
has been in progress since last spring.