Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-28

General Payne yielded and uspendedthe
superintendent offree delivery. From that
time the investigation proceeded rapidly.
The Postmaster General is authority
for the statement that the arrest of Mr..
Machen does not by any means terminate
the investigation. Further develop
ment in Mr.. Machen's case are expect
ed. 1t is said that charges of even a
more serious character than bribery are
pending against him, upon which the
evidence is as yet incomplete. Other
officials, too, are under fire and dis
closures of sensational character are
likely to result within the next
few days involving men holding posi-
tons almost as important as that from
which Mr.. Machen has been dismissed.
The magnitude of the work of investi-
CATION done during the past three months,
is graphically shown by recapitulation
of the results thus far achieved; Geo.
Beavers, chief of the division of salaries
and allowances, resigned james n.
Tyner, Assistant Attorney General for
the department, summarily dismissed
Geo. A. @. Christiancy, assistant at
torney, suspended; Daniel V. Miller,
assistant attorney, dismissed and arrested
on charges of bribery in connection with
the get-rich quick concern of John j.
Ryan & Co.; Joseph NJ. Johns, of
Rockville, Indiana, on charges of con-
spiracy in the above case; August w.
Machen, superintendent of free delivery,
dismissed and arrested on charges Of
bribery in connection with a patent mail
box fastening device supplied to the
government by Croft Bros, of Washing
ton Diller b. Croft, arrested on charges
of offering brides in the above case and
conspiracy, and Samuel A. Croft ar
rested on similar charges.
Diller B. Croft, of the firm of Croft
Bros. who with his brother Samuel A.
Croft, was arrested last night, appeard
before United States Commissioner Tay-
lor this morning. His bond of so, 900
was renewed and his preliminary hearing
was set for June 9. Samue, A. Croft
will appear tomorrow before Commits
sioner Taylor
Charles A. Douglas, attorney for Mr..
Machen, said today that he did not care
to try the case in the newspapers. "The
charges preferred against Mr.. Machen,"
he said, care of the grayest charac-
ter, and if they are established, he
should, of course, be severely pun
ished. If they have been made i'm
providently and without sufficient evil
dence. public censure, swift and strong,
should fall upon the heads of the re-
sponsible parties. Mr.. Macben is widely
and favorably known throughout the
United States, and the public should
not PREJUDICE his case, but await de-
yelopments. Mr.. Machen will be able
to prove in the clearest, mOstunequiyocal
way that he is innocent of any wrong
doing"
Postmaster General Payne today
reiterated his determination to probe
corruption in the Postoffice Depart
ment to the bottom. "The investiga-
ton is being rapidly brought to an
end" be announced to his MONDAY
newspaper callers. The inspectors are
bending every energy to complete their
work. 1--WE have not completed our
inquiry of the free delivery system. II
Machen went wrong on an article cost
ing 81. 25 he may have taken advantage
of contracts in which millions are in
volved. Those relating to mail boxes,
penis and other supplies will be ridigly
examined. 1t is the purpose of the de
partment to so conduct the inquiries in
this and other divisions that when COM
pleted there can be no apprehension.
1t will be finished in the fullest sense OF
the word.
A meeting of the Cabinet has been
called for Saturday, June 9th, the day
after the Presidents return to the White
House. 1t will be the first opportunity
the President has had to meet all the
members of his Official family in nine
weeks. Secretary Shaw left this morn
ing for Chicago and Iowa on his way to
meet the President He will 60 first to
his home town of DennisOn and will join
the President at Council Bluffs, then
accompany him to this city where they
will arrive in the afternoon of June 9th.
Vice Consul Ojalvo at Erzerum, Turkey,
sends to the State Department by mail an
account OF an earthquake at Malasgird
April 30. He says $40 people were kill
ed and the city is in ruins. Earthquake
shocks have been continuous since April
8, 1901.
The Secretary Of War has acted upon
the charges of inhumane cruelty prefer
red by Major Geo. X. Hunter, 18th
Cavalry through Lieut.. Nelson A. Miles,
against Major Robert L. Hawze, by
completely sustaining the latter officer.
Secretary Root has gone furtherlthan this
ordering a board of army officers to pro-
coed to Laoag, Philippine Islands, where
MAJOR Hawze was formally in command
and where it was alleged he ordered the
whipping to death of Filipino prisoner,
for the purpose of ascertaining the i'm
partially of the ex-parte afidayites made
by Major Hawze. Secretary Root says
that there is testimony to prove that the
man whom it is alleged by Major Hunter
was beaten to death by order of Major
Hawze, died from natural causes.
Senator Martin, who has been here for the |
past few days, has returned to his home at
Scottsville, Va.
Mr.. Marshall Mccormick, Of Clarke county, |
Virginia, one of the leading men of the north |
ern section Of that State, is here on business. /
In speaking Of politics in his State he says /:
81 have never seen any man grow more |
rapidly than Senator Martin. He is certainly |