The Washington times., 1904-01-28

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for 20 cents When approached by a
New York firm in 1902 they gave SIS
Az the price.
Corrected the Inspector.
on April g. 1903, the inspectors called
-Un- Diller p. Croft. and although he awas
sick insisted upon obtaining n state
ment one Inspector asked the ques-
ITEMS and the other wrote down the an
svers He did not read the paper. When
Sfts was read to him he corrected the
Inspector, saying the name Machen
Should read Marche. The inspector
Scratched the paper, made the correc-
sion. and read Marche FOR Machen.
When the inspectors saw him in May
they would not allow anybody to be in
the room at tho same time. Forum
ately, the conversation was overheard
and Diller L. Croft stood at the head
of the steps and heard Mayer offer his
father immunity and the pay ,.ant of
$4,000 the Government owes him if he
would confess.
In May the inspectors called on Sam
Croft and got n slater rnt from him.
which he signed. but did not read
Some parts of the statement. the defense
thinks. We're not read to him. or were
misunderstood by him. The affidavit by
the Inspectors ptIrporting. TO give the
interview with Machen at Police Head
quarters. was wrong in many particu-
t lars
80 Mr.. KumleI's Statement.
uAIr Kumler said that barring unusual
-cross-examnation and death. the de-
Tense could finish it's case in three days.
This is not unlike an ordinary law
suit he continued. Our testimony
sYill be about as follows:
During the first Administration of
president Cleveland. Mr.. Lorenz was
POSTMASTER OF Foledo and A.-w. Machen
Twas his faithfulS assistant In 1900 ne.
twas appointed one of the United States
StIirors on awards at the Paris EXPOSE
.tion. and he and his wife went there.
me was reelected president of the
university Extension course ninety days
sago. and he is president of all the ner-
Sfumers OF the United States We shall
soffer no character witnesses, because he
] In ISIS immense oil fields in north
twestern Ohio were Opened. The Lo-
REM brothers and Machen became In
terested in the oil fields, and they
bought eighty acres. That land became
fthe most valuable and profitable in the
field. Later they took leases on 500
Operations in Oil.
'.oil was produced so fast it could not
be carried away. and The escaping oil
caused suits all around Fifteen cents
a barrel was all the Standard Oil Com
pany offered and the partners built a
. tank to hold the oil for a better mar
ket In 1899 the partners built a re-
finery at a cost OF $4,000. and tried TO
sell the oil. The Standard Oil Com
. pafy put the price of refined oil to the
price OF crude oil and the refiners went
4
THE failure of the refinery brought
heavy obhgatiO.ls TO the National Bank
of Commerce The Lorenzes sold a pie &c
OF property in 1882 for $4,000 but be-
a.. cause of the debts. they got only ST, OJJ
> Tor themselves. Machen did not pay
his share Of the particular debts, and
erty as security.
Sold Out TO Lorenzes.
! 1.-THE Lorenzes being still in debt.
they turned over some other property
. to the bank. with the understanding
they would be treated fairly and could
: work out the interest
IN 1872 the LOrenzes settled with the
bank and got $4,000 above the debts.
In 1892 Machen was appointed in the
Postoffice. Department and sod his IN
4. terest in the various properties TO Lo-
REM FOR $1,000 witheut interest.
4. Lost His Refinery.
Cleveland was negotiated with to use
the by-products of the Lorenz refinery.
The panic came then. the bank pressed.
. and the LOTenzes became involved An
arrangement was made with the bank
by which he lost the refinery.
Comment has been made on the num-
Der OF trips OF MIR. IOrenZ to Washing
ton. he was Government contractor
in 1894 and 1895.
las to the Croft fasteners, unfortu-
Z nately, two men are dead and gone whp
Z were here when he first saw the Groff
fastener They were Mr.. Willett and
MIR. M2rche.4 im 1895. I1urPriz WAX told
Z of the patent by Marche, went with Mr.
4 Wiiiett to see II. and was introduced to
4 Sam Croft. He went to Diller 3. 7Gron' S
4 house and made arrangement TO get
Z 20 per cent or the profits for having the
= device introduced LOrenz went to To-
ledo. and before he returned TO Wash
! inSton the Capital was providedwith the
4 fasteners. The orders for the Wash
Z lngton, Baltimore, and Philadelphia
fasteners were given before Lorenz
z knew Croft. The price had been agreed
: upon. also. before LOrenz became ac-
. quainted with Croft.
: The Machen Payments.
: "A good deal Of comment has been
! caused by payments from Loreuz to
= Machen. The payments were on an
honest debt, contracted in 1894 The
1 transactions were not in a cellar but
were as open as your account at the
I grocery store. No sending OF money by
! express or in letters in 800 bills but In
checks and drafts. fairly and honestly.
The first three counts charge that on
4 June p. 1900, Mr. and Mrs. LOrenz con-
4 spired. and in the next day committed
tBe overt act. / simply mention this TO
show you the mad rush and disregard
OF evidence to bring an Indictment
against my clients.
Indictment Mystery"
Il have not said anything about Mrs.
4 Lorenz. because 1 have not considered
I her for an instant. How in the name OF
common sense she was indicted is a mys-
terry. and Is causing somebody to lie
uneasy at night.
Not a cent OF money was sent 70 her
and every deposit was IN the name OF
4 George y. Lorenz. IL looks to me that
4 the Indictment OF her Is akin to cruelty
a Mr. l.orenz gave her bank account In
Z the Home Savings Bank 50 she could
pay small bills. She did not know anv-
thing OF the Washington remitta noes
which were deposited Ia her name
Speaks for Machen.
Conrad syme addressed the Jury in
the especial interest OF Maoban 10