The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-09
GRAND JURY FINDS TRUE BILLS
Seven indictments Against Six Persons Mixed Up in Postal Scan
daI-Namss of the Culpdts Not Given

III ASHINGTON, Sept. S.-After de-
w hberating several weeks over
mass of documents submitted by
the postofice inspectors the federal
grand jury in this city today returned
seven indictments in postal cases. in
volving six different persons. All the
indictments were kept off the public
record. and both the officials of the dis
trict attorneys office and of the post
Office department refused to discuss the
names or details of the indictments
until the parties indicted are arrested.
The identity of the indicted individuals
was left matter of conjecture.
1t is expected that arrests will occur
tomorrow morning and that the post
Office department will have some an
nouncement to make during the fore
noon.
Reside Outside Washington.
The grand jury's action probably
marks the beginning of the end of the
Investigations that have been in prog
Fess since the middle of last March
Noluminous evidence had been laid be-
fore the grand jury as a result of the
inquiry, and while the present report
or the jury disposes of most Of the
10 be passed upon. When the latter
are disposed Of. according to Post
master General Payne, the investiga-
ton, so far as the work at Washington
IS concerned, viii be az an end for all
practical purposes. Several of the per-
sons indicted today live outside of
Washington. They viii be arrested as
soon as bench warrants can be served.
Postmaster General Payne and
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Bristow
received word OF the grand jury's ac-
ton shortly after that body reported
and subsequently they had long con-
terence on the subject Both officials
refused to diVulge details, pending on.
ciai notification of arrests. Two other
important events occurred today in the
postal inquiry
Leopold stern, the Baltimore contrac-
tor who left Baltimore before he could
be arrested on an Indictment returned
July 81 last, was located at Toronto
and the long-delayed surrender of
George W Beavers. the former head of
the salary and allowance division. to
the New York authorities. took place.
The postal officials have been search
ing for Stern ever since he disappeared
from Baltimore, and finally received
word from the Canadian authorities
that he is in Toronto. They expressed
much surprise at the premature publt-
cation Of his whereabouts on account
of the problem Of extradition. that now
confronts the government and the pos
sibilty of his making good his escape
now that the information has become
public in advance of the readiness OF
The authorities to effect his arrest.
Beavers arrest caused no surprise. for
the government all along has kept ad-
Vised of his Wherea bouts.
IL was said tonight by one official that
he understood the indictments returned
~ the grand jury today We're mostly
those Of persons who already had been
indicted for alleged improper acts which
nave developed as a result of the iuves-
ugatlon conducted by the postmaster gen
eral. There may be. however. he added
one or two additional cases. The proba-
bihty is that the government. as to per
sons previously indicted. is seeking to