The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-12
TRUE BILL FOUND.
60. q .5T3sh4fta -
Gr 9 -ssrys lIndlicts Former Postal Of
fetal Maehen More AR a
III tHg rests Are Made: ~ MI.

: dnu jury winch has been consider
lngsEthe casesiofE August AMachen,
FORMER r.,.: superintendent 5;of the free
delivery Service of the post5ofiicea2f de-
|part1ment,, charged with accepting
brlbes in connection with depart.
m = contracts$after being in session.
ten minutes Friday morning, ad..
journed until the afternoon when a
true bill was returned.
%s,,Ihe indictment against~Mr.-
Mnchen embraces nine counts and
consists of rs typewriter pages. 1t
follows closely the form of the war
rant upon which Mr.. Machen. was
originally arrested, rescitingg ;:Ihis; con-
nectionaswithssthe post .3eoficceSsdeparrt-
ment,y* his duties in connection with
the purchase of supplies, ETC., and
theIifact of the sale of letter box
fasteners to the government by
Croft Brothers upon his advice and
recommendation. The grand jurors
upon their, oath find that on June 80,
1900, MI. Maacchen1H 3.twsiths intent to.
have his decision and action as super,
intendent of free delivery III regard
to q .~purchasr, Of Croft fasteners in
fuenced thereby, did ask of -the%GroH
Brothers a promise that they would
which might be received by satasm
Thereafter from the: United States
through the post Office depaetfttlfsft
insa payment of such fasteners, the
purchase of which might be pfeGaMafssd
upon Mr.. Machen's advice, and did
receive the promise of the. Croft
Brothers in accordance Herewith.
The Indictment then %recites that in
pursuance Of this collusive UNDER
standing Mr.. Machenl:- received upon;
the va~rious%daates specified in the
original warrants the sums stated at
that. time,;1 aggregating in. all. about
$4,000. n
It is learned on the best authority
that the, grand jury will, continue its
Investigation of the post office scan.
ydals. next week, with particular refs
erence to the case Of the Croft
Brothers. + the J.. contractors 9!ntls a az ITO S. u, W n .; fur.
+nished the ,letter-box fasteners to h
government and who were arrested
at the same time. Mr.. Machen waa
taken into custody. a-5&5% .s& ~
The. Indictment was returned
shortly after three o'clock. Machen
is charged with illegally receiving,
$~is,gs7.79. Mr.. 'Mathen9 wassin. court
WHfths&hkB ATTORNEY lind Immediately
gase~4bend 4. ,-naalmlhbeeIl. .oof4 sppEE4o94mnlil1nsnt
,~eitizens going his surety.
la It !isae&pected by the post office de-
partment that the grand jury will re-
port .-son:the ,ccases5of h esGroH broths'
ers, of this city. the contractors for,
the letter box fasteners, early next
week. -
Washington, June Gas a result OF
the sweep ssWsetiePiing lnisvestiggaatfeonis. ofsaffairs
atr:the. POST office dsspIaaaEEtlment Thomas
w. McGregor, clerk in charge of tR4
supplies for the rural free delivery
service 4 and G (. ~ Uptontof Bal
.timore. o1le Of McGregor's assistants
today Waefe arrested: senSthe charge pl
conspiracy With G!hnarllesIE. Smith, 81
Baltimore. Is defraud the government
ii thieaspdu1rrlcchfaassses55o,ffSthe1eath pouches
furnished the, rural CARRIERS through
out the country. Their cases make
even afrests
CATION began. Other arrests are ex-
b: #sttssaslb,s s.1l tn.sf6
Greggpr and uptan agreed with Smith IL
TO-. obtain, fdf,. Aip4stEr3N r many ~
thousands Of leather p6uches such as
sare frsed by ff9Efl lsFtfafcafrjers. Tie
price agreed upon was 90 cents! per
] ]B gsssssts!sssm aftsae rIl iep m1s ksss i4 the
aifeFsnce between 80 and 5ocents per
t FSss liz "a asta a.a'5 si e SGS o api pouches
which were ' PSdiff,cfhasedextteeded 10000,
b9orM. which, the fggeserrppameenta paid 90
cents each; eeEs 4$1s Qoa mall Smith re
eeiyed and retained Of this for his
oWn ll'f Use 100000 I'll remaining $4,000
was pSaidat o nj 7Gfsegg6a 81 iaaiidzUp9ten. The
goyenqment could have bought the en-
tire number of pouches from the mans
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. zsastfSs ~
], B1altiim1laesr1ssu;5 sJ Al lee.ssi 9,I I'd Csoe,llY!pmnl.b Els
worth Upton was locked up in the csfSt
trail police station Friday night and
| igs held for the United States auth6fk-
tiles, HeaWAk be stakeen before UnithA
States. Cpmmissiopeess Rogers to-day OF
Monday. Bali was as; iresffaaisted ~ 'ffhfeIocal
police. officials 81 i iT~hTaeeIIg4est eftice IN
spectors are in the city and the police
expect either with
the, scandal in the post office depart-