The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-09
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ORDER | 'T0.ID|E.fR|'AU|D..
SW.s S. Buchanan, Of Louise, Held Held
3for Federal Grand jury on on
This Charge.
LT5sWITH MANY N. 4 ! Y FIRMS ;|7I s
Defendant Claims That He Was as,
Travelling salcsfiailHi
1 Bail Fixed. u. /.

III Nv. j, Buchanan, Of Oakland. Louisa VI. 50.
county va, a white man thlrty-seve31n en-
years Old, married and engaged IN farm
Ing IN that county, was yesterday q neg 40s
for tho grand jury OF the United States tf'',ess'
District Court ut tho April tern, n e.
warrant charging him with using the tl'A'.
United States mails oSdefrnud.
# buchanan is man Of 8intelligeAn1 he lie
was arrested yesterday at his D, home no ~
Deputy United States Marshal ~. y. n En- %
right, 81 /. warrant sworn out by United United
States Posto1ice Inspector George rs I: " =.
smit inland was given n hearing before
United n statos Colnlnis sloners Joseph Il Z.
Brad y sye sterday afternoons with the re-
Ia. MIC & accused was represented at the
hearing tfby Mr.. Z George a. Hanson, N o.
this Ecity,Rwhile United States q % ITO:
District Attorney Robert ~ y Hey re pre-
sented the government ~ II
35 The charge against 81 chanan grows o ~
A of 9a;5 complaint to tho Postonlce Depart
mont w. a. Lutz and Company, OF
Columbus, Nebraska, shoe jobDers, doing
business through agents secured by ad-l
iyertisement. The warrant 4 charges that
Buchanan had devised q scheme or arti-5
fee ton defrnud by opening corrcspon-
5delce with the firm, and that he had
forwarded shat scheme by placing sin
the postofflco at Oakland, Va.,It G erta u
letters whereby Lutz and Company claim
they have lost $50 in cash and Il Twelve
pairs Eof shoes. The offenseS technlcally
sis 4 8 violation Of section 54S0 OF the Re.
{vised Statutes. Il & IT'D s5
Smiths T testimony. Is
IS Postoff1ce Inspector Smith was on hand n
armed with two formidable packets or
letters, which we're ominously u NJ 1
for the inspection Of the 3comnllssio ner3
ana tho attorneys. IIe was placed on
the stand and testified to complaint 1nav-l
ing been made to tho department. He
also charged that Buchanan had had
dealings with some seven ty-odd firms in
various elites and that his plan was to5
make agreements with them as nS travel
Ing salesman. receive their samples and
expens SO L money, and then fall u Oh remit
orders orsreturn money or goods.
& Buchanan did mot take the stand. 1T
was charged that the packets of$letters
produced and alleged to have been writ
ten BY him were all in the same strain
and that he had received goods or,5monoy5
from other firms in the same way: sssI Z
was brought out as evidence that he.
had sold the goods, sent him by one firm.
and remltted the money therefor
Counsel Ntfor B uchu ian q contended II thai t.
the government n had mot shown that
Buchanan, was not a travelling salesman
or a merchant and that 1t was incumbent
upon the Egovernn ent $50 to show Other
wise, he commended, Il the case was not q
design nor artlflce to defraud, and there
fore not equitable by statute The
firms with which he had dealt had their
remedy in the State courts in action for
breach OF contract.
The gconmissone took theSvlew that a
case Of probable cause had been made
by the government, and accordingly GER!
titled the caseYto the grand jury. Ball
in the sum OF $500 was granted, but
bond was not given ast4nlght. M g3