New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
MORE TINE FOR BEAVERS.
In Which to Surrender = Three
More Indictments.

In perfect accord with the instructions OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt to United States District Attorney
Youngs to "sift the postal scandals to the very
bottom" the federal grand jury in Brooklyn yes
terday returned three indictments. two
amended bills against George F. Miller. agent for
the E. ]. Brandt-Dent Automatic Cashier Company
The other is said TO be against high official of
that concern. According to the stories around the
federal building. there more indictments in
prospect-perhaps some others against George W.
Beavers.
The ex-head of the salaries and allowances divis-
ion was not arrested yesterday and there
warrants out for him yet. Instead. he will be
allowed to surrender himself. If he does within
a reasonable time. His lawyers. Morgan Sea-
bury deny that he is in hiding. and promise to have
him at their office tomorrow morning, at which
time 1t viii be decided where he shall surrender.
Mr.. Beavers has been living in this borough for
some time, having deserted his home in Borough
Park 1t was thought that he would surrender
before Commissioner Shields yesterday. but he
waiting until his lawyers had official advice that
he was under Indictment. If his lawyers decide TO
have him surrender to Commissioner Shields to-
morrow he will have a preliminary hearing, thus
learning the full extent of the charges against him
before being required to plead. Before he could
be arrested in this district copy of the indict-
ments would have to be sent to the United States
District Attorney the Commissioner here who
would then get out warrant.
That the President is taking lively interest In
the local postal scandals became known Yesterday
whe-i Colonel Youngs in confirming the reports
ABOUT BedVeTSS 3 indictment, declared that his
visit to Oyster Bay the President told him. "Sift
these affairs to the very bottom. Keep at your
work, and get at the guilty ones"
AS TO the Beavers case. Colonel Youngs issued a
formal statement, which is appended:
Reports have been circulated in the last two
days in all the newspapers that indictments have
been found by the federal grand jury against one
George W. Beavers in connection with the United
States postal frauds.
1t has been the desire of the government to give
such information to the press at all times as Is
proper and within legal limits The grand jury
having finished its labors for this week il seems
that there is longer any why publicity
should not be given to the facts they exist and
ment that Mr.. Beavers has been indicted by this
present grand jury is true
This office will refrain at present from requesting
the service of a bench warrant on Mr.. Beavers.
deeming 1t right that he should have the oppor-
tunity to surrender himself. if he fit to do
and have notified his counsel. Morgan & Seabury.
to that effect In all of the Of indictments
for postal frauds which have been found the de-
PENDANTS have been permitted to voluntarily,
without summary process and this office knows of
why the same courtesy which has been
shown to others should be denied to Mr.. Beavers,
plead to these indictments.
Inc ainehoeo ilnlctinents against NeoIBe r.
Miller the agent for the cashier company, were
made necessary because his lawyer had moved to
have the two original indictments quashed on the
ground that Miller did not know that Driggs was
a Congressman when he executed the contract
with him. and that Miller himself was witness
before the grand jury. The Indictment against
general charge-that of paying money to gov
ernment official to influence the awarding of A
contract. District Attorney Youngs would not say
yesterday who this other indictment was for.
Postoffice Inspectors Little and Odfield, who
cashier company and the various persons under
Indictment, were in BROOKLYN yesterday and had
a long consultaton with District Attorney Youngs
They will be hand tomorrow, and there is a
possibility of further developments.