Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

ton. who appeared for both Barrett ana
Tyner Mr.. Worthington said that his cii-
ents were prepared to give bond. and after
statement of the case by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Taggart bond was fixed for
Barrett In the sum of $4,000 and for Tyner
in the sum of $1,000. Scranton. Pa. trust
company qualifying surety in both cases.
Mr. Tyner was not in court and Ii was
stated that he was too i'll to appear His
BOND was. therefore. perfected at his home
in tbs city.
The elder Metcalf was also in court ana
his bond was fixed at $4,000. which was
given. The court stated that similar bond
would be required of Norman Metcalf ana
of Halenbeck. They were represented by
Attorney 8. w Hayden.
Tyner was connected with the postal
service in many important capacities for
years. He came from Indiana. He was
Postmaster General from July IL. 1876. to
March II. 1877. and subsequently held the
office of first assistant attorney general.
| from which latter office he was dismissed
by Postmaster General Payne last spring
| following Mrs. Tyner's abstraction of pa
pers from the department safe. Tyner IS
nearly eighty years old and In grave physi-
| cal condition, suffering from severe case
Of paralysis.
Barrett is a nephew of Tyner and was APP
pointed from North Carolina. He was as
siStant attorney until December 81. 1890.
when he resigned to take up his law prac-
tice. Mr.. Metcalf has been in the postal
service since February 1852, and was
superintendent of the money order system
from September 16. 1897 until his recent
summary dismissal. He was appointed
from Iowa.
The gathering of evidence in Barretts
case proved more difficult than In any other
of the postal cases This is attributed by
the post Office authorities to Barrett's legal
knowledge. his familiarity with depart
mental matters and more especially to the
plea of administrative discretion which he
! set up In defense of his acts.
Attention was called by the authori-
ties to an opinion which Mr.. Barrett
1 raj rad
| general on December 3. 1909 regard
| Ing the use of the malls in so-called
bond investment schemes. In that de-
cision Barrett said that while certain or
the plans. of operation then before him were
In some features inimical to the postal laws
he was thoroughly convinced that the basic
principle underlying the bond investment
proposition sound and suggested the
elimination of several features of the
schemes in order to remove objections.
This decision was issued In circular form
On December D. 1900 and at the close or
that month Mr.. Barrett entered upon his
private practice. in which he is alleged -
| have represented bond investment COM
panies.
Result of Investigation
Nearly thirty persons have been indicted
as the result of the Post Office Department
investigation Tney as follows:
August w. Machen. former general su-
perintendent of free delivery indicted four
teen times. eleven times for conspiracy to
defraud the government out of amounts
believed to aggregate $4,000 and three
times for asking or receiving brides.
George w. Beavers, former superintend-
ent of the division of salaries and allow
ances. indicted twice by the Brooklyn grand
jury and four times by the District of CO.
lumbia grand jury. for conspiracy to de-
! fraud the government. two indictments OBJ
tanned in Washington being based on a con-
spiracy with State Senator Green in connec-
ton with the Bundy time clock contract.
one in connection with Green, based on the
Doremus cancelng machine contract. and
one in connection with W. Scott Towers.
the last two having been returned yester-
day
George f. Green of Binghamton, N Y,
president of the Internatio Time Re-
cording Company and of the Doremus Can
ceiling Machine Company and a member of
the New York senate. indicted by the Dis
trict of Columbia grand jury for conspiracy
to defraud the government in connection
with the Bundy time clock contract made
with the International Company. and with
the contract made with the Doremus Can
ceiling Machine Company
James N. Tyner. former assistant attor-
ney general for the Post Office Department.
and at one time Postmaster General in
dicted for conspiracy to defraud. for mis-
behavior in office and other counts.
Harrison ]. Barrett, nephew of and
former law clerk to Tyner. indicted on the
same charges the latter
James 7. Metcalf. former superintendent
of the money order division. He has been
indicted for conspiracy to defraud and on
other counts. growing out of the alleged
illegal award of printing contracts to the
Wynkoop-H allenbeck Crawford Company Of
New York.
Norman r. Metcalf. son of James T., and
an employe of the Wynkoop Company. in
dlcted on the same counts as his father.
III. c. Hallenbeck of the Wyncoop- Hallen-
beck-Crawford Company. indicted on the
same charge as the Metcalfs
Thomas w. McGregor of the free delivery
division.
C. Ellsworth Upton of the free delivery
division.
George E. Lorenz of Toledo. Ohio. who
was appointed postmaster of that city by
President Cleveland
Mrs George E. Lorenz
Diller B. Croft of the firm, of Croft Bros.
of Washington
Samuel E. Croft of the same firm
William Gordon Crawford of Washington.
manager of the Postal Device and Lock
Company of New York. Crawford was dep-
uty auditor for the Post Office Department
from June II. 1893, to September 1, 1897
Leopold j. Stern. Baltimore. fugitive in
Canada. but whose extradtion has been
granted by the Canadian court
John 7. Cupper. mayor of Lockhaven. Pa.
James w Erwin. superintendent of free
delivery for the territory west of the Rocky
mountains.
William c. Long. popularity known as
Cliff Long. of Washington
Isaac S. Mcclellan of the Columbia Sup
ply Company of New York.
George II. Huntington of the same COM
pany.
Eugene D. Schebie of Toledo Ohio
Edmund H. briggs. ex-representative in
Congress from New York.
George F. Miller. president of the Brandt
Dent Automatic Cashier Company of Wa
tertown. Wis
Maurice Runllel of New York
w. Scott Towers. superintendent of a
Washington subpostal station indicted for
accepting commission on book typewriters
made by the Elliott & Hatch Book Type
writer Company, of which ex-senator Don
Cameron is president.
w. D. DOremus of the Doremus CancelinR
Machine Company charge not made public