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4 4 WASHINGTON Jan. S1.-After a
legal war OF more than a year and a
aalfs August Machen now faces
final capitulation 70 & the inevitable.
iiss'I' Eia will come in the shape of man.
dale Of the Supreme Court Of the. Uni.
ted States directing that, the judg-
Iaents Of the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia affirmed by the
~ y District Court Of Appeals be carried
gstc execution. The Judgment Of Jus.
gissice Pritchard; based on a verdict Of
guilty after a seven weeks trial,
August W. Machen, DR.. Lorenz, Of
Y oledo, former postmaster Of that
ssGiiy and the Croft brothers, Of
Washington, should serve two years
SBspiece In the Moundsville, West vir-
sinia, penitentiary at hard labor and
sIpay fines OF $4,000 each. b.
H When the Supreme Court Of the
United States yesterday refused the
Writ Of scertiorari in this case the last
resort. OF former Superintendent Of
s$s.F'ree Delivery, at one time probably
sgone s,of the most influential officials
lin Washington beneath the Cabinet
SSgrade was closed to him., In the his.
Tory Sofs the government there has
sDrobably never; been a case in which
-. i q b
greater care or more exhaustive
means were used to defeat a criminal
$sprose ecution: Every atom of legal
on which technical or mate.
rial reliance could be placed by the
defense was in its proper place made
s3ssllse II q: ct from the first attempt
stos defeat the Indictment, to the final
1eclsion.s Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, the government has
been Sustained even In the smallest
"details SofS its prosecution. While the
lawyers of the defendants might staye
OF the departure of their clients for
ssrrlson for few days, they will not
TRY IT. Inside Of a week at least the
3formalities will be concluded and the
,iEsprisoners will surrender TO the Uni
ted States marshal and face the SEN
8S tence of two years he is due to serve.
I: silie will Sgo up on one Indictment out
s;of fourteen, which were returned
4 against him in the postal scandals.
Thirteen remain untried and when he
gets out Of prison, it is the option
the government to rearrest him
and an try him again. If equal success
should attend later prosecutions it
us possible that Machen might be
Kept elther$fn prison or on trial the
rest fshis natural life. n
s strict Attorney Morgan Beach is
d out sof; town and the policy Of the gov.
\ Sarament5 with respect to other post.
$oflice trials has not been stated.
~ he principal postal officials indict.
sfed abutsuntried is George. M Beavers,
A5forinerf Superintendent Of salaries and
GSa atlo9lWances, against whom there Is a
batch ofstrueSbills. He has so far sue.
seessfullys fought removal from the
federall Jurisdiction Of New York to
shlngton There the government
ii wants !; to- try him. and the removal
alsspsct sof the case Us now pending in
sEths Supreme Court. Solicitor Gene.
sral sHoyt moved recently to advance
s9tlle q ~ I argument and together with the
similar Il cases Of Hyde and Diamond.
the California land operators under
Indictment here. and opposing remov.
ssal al from San Francisco; the Beavers
ease SSsa;s swill be heard in the Supreme
Court s3slEE1 RI next month. If the govern.
men sf1as stlt can get Beavers into the Dis.
3Sr1ct e OF G! Columbia, his trial viii be ;ex.
ped ted. { E$s n .{ & ,t,gs =