The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-22
MACHEN IS STILL
 ON THE GR|D|RON Was Making About S2O,OOO
 a Year.
  TRANSCRIPT MAY BE USED Warm Discussion Between Attorneys In Postal Frauds Case Over the Ad. instability of Documents
 Offered in Evidence.
I TRANSCRIPT MAY BE USED

Washington, January H.-Immediately after court convened In the postal trial today, MT. Kumer for the defense pre- sented three affldavits from persons who alleged that Postoffice Inspectors Mayer and Gregory approached witness in the witness room. The affiants were Diller F. Gron. son of Diller B. Groff: N. H. Baum gartner. Machens brother-in-law. and William Sapp. assistant superintendent free delivery, Toledo. all three government witnesses.
 Justice Pritehard directed that rule is- sue against the inspectors requiring them to make answer to the complaint by af- fidavit Inspector Mayer sought to orally answer but was not permitted to do so Justice Pritchard declared that he pro- posed to have exact justice in this case, and thought 1t was due the inspectors that they should make answer under oath.
 Harry Halstead of the Holmes Saving bank of Toledo continued his recital of va rions deposits of checks of D. E. Groff to the credit of Martha J. Lorenz and of cheeks against the deposits in the shape of drafts issued to George E. Lorenz and by him endorsed over to Maehen.
 s. D. Carr, president of the National Bank of Commerce of Toledo, testified that he had known both pr. Lorenz and Machen for many years, which covered the period of their service as postmaster and assistant postmaster at Toledo re- spectiyely He read from a transcript of an account of Dr. George b. Lorenz with his bank and identified various drafts drawn against this account by pr. Lorenz and made payable to Machen, who in turn endorsed them and deposited them to his account in Weseminster, Md. A re- cess was then taken for luncheon. Transcript Offered in Evidence. | MT Taggart, for the governments of- fered in evidence the transcript of Ma 1 chen's entire account with the Union Na- 1 tlonal bank of Westminster, Md. While 1 MT. Douglass was vigorously opposing It's
 admissibilty, Holmes Conrad, special
 counsel for the government, examined l the transcript After MT Douglass had
 taken his seat Mr. Conrad rose to reply. "It appears,9 he said, that the defend-
 ant Machen was making over $20'OO0 l year."
 l strong protest came to this statement | from MT. Douglass. MT. Conrad, however 1 continuing, saying lHdl the lIdLSGilpL Ol | this mans account with the bank showed 1 that he was drawing $3500 a year, but by l paying strict attentionto business, he was
 making $20,O00 a year,
 1 MT. Douglass quickly was on his feet and protested that in matters involving i the issues of the case, counsel ought not
 to improvidently make q statement Of | that character.
 l Made 1t Intentionally.
 "I made 1t intentionally." MT. Conrad l said.
 "All right" replied MT. Douglass. ''so
 much the worse. and so much the strong l CT the criticism"
 To admit the transcript. MT. Douglass l said, would put Machen on trial not in one
 case but in fourteen different cases before 1 one jury at one and at the same time.
 MT. Kumler followed Mr. Douglass and l speaking with much feeling, called on Mir. | Conrad to stand up like man, and admit l the unfairness of his statement
 MT. Conrad said he had nothing to add I to what he had already said. He said he I declared the government was not seek I ing to convict either of the defendants unless the evidence adduced conviets them | and insisted that the transcript was ad- I missible evidence.
 The hour for adjournment had long passed, and it was agreed that the sub ject should be further argued tomorrow.