The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-26
MILLER IS
DISMISSED
Accused of Having Accepted
a Bride.
TURF INVESTMENT co.
Said to Have Given Miller Bride of
Several Thousand Dollars in Shape
Of Cash Payment--M Miller Ar
rested at His Desk.
IF INVESTMENT co.
tpy Associated Press


WASHINGTON, May co.-Postmaster-
General Payne to-day dismissed Daniel
+. Miller, assistant attorney In the Office
OF the Assistant Attorney-General for the
Postotilce Department for accepting
bride in connection with the case of
John j. Ryan & Co., charged with fraud
ulent use OF the malls.
Miller was taken to the City Hall to-
night and placed under arrest by a
deputy marshal He waived examination
and was released on $1,000 bonds for APP
pearance In court In Cincinnati last
autumn.
The warrant, it was learned late to-
night, charges conspiracy, instead of
bribery, as first reported
A warrant on the same charge has been
issued for the arrest Of George NJ Johns,
lawyer OF Rockville Park county. Ind.
It was intended to have both arrests
made at the same time, but no report
has been received yet Of Johns appre-
llension.
Another warrant has been issued for a
man who is charged with being the go
between in the transaction. A postotf1ce
INSPECTOR has gone West from Cincin-
. natl to effect the arrest which IS ex-
pected to occur tonight or tomorrow.
The bride Is alleged O have been accepted
at Cincinnati last December.
sf Miller came mere from leTTe I1dulc,
Ind. about two years ago. He was APP
pcinted by former Assistant Attorney
General james Tyner. The charge against
Miller has been under investigation for
three months. The Ryan company was
a turf investment concern. which ope-
rated Mt st. Louis and 1rv1ngton Ky.
It's methods and working operations are
aaid to be similar to those OF the Arnold
company, which has figured conspicu-
ously In the post investigation.
The inspectors have been quietly ut
work on the case. and action was delayed
so they might get together all the papers
and evidence which In their opinion was
MT Cincinnati and Inspector r. NJ Full"
ton, at ST Louis. recently were given
full charge of the case.
h Complaint was made by Inspector Full
ton before United States commissioner
at Cincinnati Saturday. and warrant
was then issued for Miller ana for tne
other party. Inspector Fulton imme-
diately came to Washington, while an
other inspector went West from C!ncln-
natl to mako the other arrest. Inspector
Fulton to-day exhibited the papers IN
thc case to United States District AT
torney Beach. Tonight Miller Is IN inc
CUSTODY Of a postofflce inspector. and his
formal arrest Will follow tomorrow
WAS AT HIS DESK.
Miller was Mt his desk during the day
ma was called into the office Of Attorney.
General Robb shortly after o'clock this
afternoon and notified Of his Immediate
dismissal and of the steps that had been
taken. He was allowed to draw his sal
airy. and then return to the private office
of the assistant attorney general, where
inspectors were in waiting.
Th Ryan Company was the beneficiary
under a decision of the assistant attor-
ney-general of the Postoffice Department
made several months ago. subsequent to
the decision In the Arnold case, and
scouched In practically the same terms as
that decision. Those decisions. declared
the concerns named to be free to use the
mails The Arnold decision. It Is stated,
was signed by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Tyner and the Ryan decision by
George A. C. Christiancy, the law clerk
Of the department, who was then acting
assistant attorney-general owing to Mr..
Tyner's protracted Illness. Mr.. Chris
tiancy was at the Postofflce Departm ent
to-day on summons from the depart
ment, and was closely examined regard
ing the case.
tbs stated that the amount OF theAIiller
bride aggregated several thousand dol
lars. and waE in tho. form OF q cash pay.
ment, followed by a check. This pay
nent ts alleged to have taken place in
Cincinnati, so the case will be tried there,
probably during the October term Of
court The penalty for the ofiense is
mot more than three times the amount
asked or accepted and by Imprisonment
not to exceed three years.