Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
Machen May Be Required to
Increase Security.
ATTORNEYS NOTIFIED
DISTRICT ATTORNEY REACHES
DECISION TODAY.
Denies That Mcclellan and Huntington
Received Advance Information
of Their Indictment.

August W. Machen will most likely be re-
quired to increase his bond $4,000 to insure
his presence for trial on the additional in
dictments which were returned against him
by the grand jury last Tuesday.
This action was decided on by District
Attorney Beach this morning, and Mr.
Machens attorneys have been notified to
arrange for giving the additional bond
This increase Will make Machens BOND
$50. 600 he having furnished bond In the
sum of 10000 for his appearance under the
first indictments returned against him.
There are now thirteen indictments stand
ing against Machen. Ten of these are I'M
der section $40 of the Revised Statutes,
charging him with conspiring to defraud
the government or to bride an officer of the
United States Several are based on the
same alleged offenses, although three In
dictments have been returned against him,
each based on different set Of facts.
The district attorney. after carefully con-
sidering the matter. decided that an In
crease of $4,000 in the bond would be adj
equate to insure Machen's presence when
the cases called for trial, and as stated,
he has notified Mr.. Machen, through his at
torneys. Messrs. Douglass & Douglass and
Conrad H. Syme, to appear before Justice
Gould with sufficient sureties and file
additional bond in the sum stated.
Indignantly Denied by Beach.
The report that Isaac s. Mcclellan and
George H. Huntington. the New York con-
tractors who were indicted last Tuesday,
had received advance notice Of the indict-
ments before they were made public Friday
last was Indignantly denied by District At
torney Beach today.
MIR. Beach appeared confident that there
had been no leak in his office; that the
nf n
been given out by anyone connected with
his office until l o'clock pm. Friday last,
when the list was handed to the repreSen-
tatives of the press who were gathered IN
the office of Assistant District Attorney
Taggart. with the request that the informal
ton be not published before the regular is
sue of the Washington papers.
More Indictments Expected.
The remaining cases connected with the
post office investigation were taken up for
consideration today by the grand jury.
which resumed sessions after a three days
recess.
1t Is understood that the witnesses who
were TO have been heard Friday, gave their
testimony to the grand jury today. The
balance of the indictments may be eX-
pected within the next ten days, as this
grand jury will be dissolved at the END OF
the September term of the court, which
ends October 8.
1t is understood to be the hope of the Dis
trict attorney to have this grand jury finish
the post office investigation cases, and that
none of the cases will have to be heard by
the next grand jury.
Postmaster General Payne said this after
noon that he knew nothing of the report
that Mcclellan and Huntington had been
clipped off, in advance of their probable
indictment by the grand jury. thereby CIV
ing them an opportunity of evad1ng arrest.
Robb in New York.
Assistant ..,rpay Caparal RObh went to
New York Saturday afternoon and had not
returned up to a late hour this afternoon.
1t 10 generally understood that his visit to
the metropolis was for the purpose of con-
ferrng with the officials of the govern
ment there in the interest Of securing the
arrest of these men on the warrants that
were issued last week.
AT the Post Office Department today the
officials who are interested In the appre-
henson OF Mcclellan and Huntington main
tanned strict silence when the matter was
preached.
II the whereabouts of these men are
known TO the Post Office Department Of
fcialS. IT Is safe to presume that 1t Is being
kept secret until such time that war
rants may be served: or. If they have
sought refuge in foreign country. the ma
chinery of the State Department may have
been placed In operation
Payne is Satisfied.
L
that the early part of October will find the
post office investigation, which has been
waged relentlessly for more than six
months, practically completed. He is sat
isfed with the work that has been accom-
plished by the corps of inspectors under
the direction of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow.
The bulk of the work is over, and the
next few weeks will be utilized in rounding
mn ha I'D do md ln1O rhA crty, hn
been severe one on the Postmaster Cen
eral. He has been away from his desk only
sixteen days since he returned from his
trip to Porto Rico.
His health has been anything but good-it
has been a source of solicitude on the part
of his physician and his friends-but he has
persisted in remaining in his office and
keeping in close touch with every phase
OF the investigation.
Will GO to the Springs
Now that the end is near, and the cases
will soon come up for trial In the courts,
the Postmaster General has decided to take
a weeks rest. He will leave Washington
tomorrow evening for Virginia Hot Springs.
Mrs Payne will accompany him. With
the baths and the bracing air of the noun
tains he expects to return greatly improved
in health
Gave New Bond.
August W. Machen appeared before the
court at o'clock this afternoon and gave
the additional bond Of $40 900 agreed on be-
tween his counsel and the district attorney
Orren G. Staples and David Moore qualified
as sureties on the new bond. These same
bondsmen. together with F. NJ Criswell
and Emanuel SPEECH. sureties on the
former bond for $4,000.
TO DEFEND THE SENTRY.