The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-01
l0RENZ TELLING
THE WHOLE STORY
Partner of Machen Turns States Evil
dence to Save Himself.
DIVISION OF THE SPOILS
CONSPIRATOR CRAWFORD GOT
The SHORT END.

IAI ASHINGTON. May 3l.-George Z.
w Loreuz of Toledo, Ohio, who was
convicted with August w. Ma
chen and samuel and Dillon u. Gron
on charges IF conspiracy to defTaud
the government i'm connection with con-
tracts for furnishing supplies for the
poStOflce department, today turned
states evidence i'm the trial Of William
IL Crawford who Is charged with con-
spiracy. MacheH and Lorenz were in
dicted Jointly with Crawford. The
former pleaded guilty and was SELL
fenced 10 am additional two years IN the
penitentiaTy and LoTenz was granted
severance for trial It Is generally
credited that Lorenz is testifying for
the government under an agreement
that he shall not be prosecuted under
indictments pending against him.
Telling the Whole Story.
Isorenz did not spare himself I'm the
testimony He declared that an agree
ment had been formed between him
self, Nachen and Crawford to get con-
tracts To furnish letter carriers SdtCh-
els 10 the poStOffiCe department and
that they had shared iH the profits The
contracts were gained by reason of Ma
Chen'S connection with the supply di-
vision of the pOstOffice department and
We're filed by Crawford, who was the
general manager for the Postal Device
and Lock company of New York Ac-
coTdinE TO Lorenz, he was the gO-be-
tween although there were meetings be
tween the three at the room of LOTenz
when he was stopping at a hotel in
this city in the early part Of June, 1902.
The courtroom was crowded when
IoTeuZ took the stand. For several
days it had been TumOred that he would
tell all he knew Of the contracts made
of which Crawford was manager. and
by 50 doing would escape further prose
Cutiou. although this was denied at the
office of the district attorney The pre-
lWiuaTy examination was i'm relatiO
10 LorenZS acquaintance with MaChen.
The witness said he had known Machen
since 1856 and they had been intimate
ever since. Borenz said he had seen
Crawford in Nacheu's office. but met
him first i'm CraWford'S Office In Wash
inston, where they discussed the de-
tails of an agreement to put in bids for
postal supplies He asserted that the
matter had been discussed before be
tween himself and Machen and that
Crawford showed familiarity of the
plans for such an arrangement
Conspiracy Charged.
In speaking Of the arrangement be
tween the three men, LOTenZ called 1t
subsidiary company He was asked by
Holmes Conrad. special counsel for the
government who were meant by sub
sidiaTy company" and he said MaChen,
Crawford and himself According TO
I-orenz. he arrived in Washington on
the evening of June 3 and met Macheu.
The next day he called on Crawford
and spent most of that day and the
next in Crawford = Office. The witness
said that the evenings of June { and
= in at 10 81
where he, Machen and Crawford were
In conference.
Who firSt sugg7 Sted the division of
the profits under the contract obtained
ny Crawford's company" asked
Mr.. Conrad
Machen's Scheme.
'.Machen was in my room and said
there should be some agreement as TO
the division of the sDoils- He said
Crawford may suggest that he r.
Ceive one fourth. you one fourth, and
that one half shall come TO me- If
he does. that viii he satisfactory 10
me Machen then said that whatever
the arraugem= he and / should di-
vide our shares equally That Is, if
three fourths came 10 US. we would
divide it."
Further questioning brought out the
statement from LOrenz that Crawford
sion when they met the next day and
the figures were in accordance with
those that had been named by Macheu.
He said that thu three men came 10
terms according to that agreement
Documents Explained.
The witness was examined in reIa-
ton TO correspondence between him
self and Crawford. The papers in
clude drafts. letters and other matter
These were explained by LOrenZ- The
first one of consequence was a letter
enclosing a draft for $500. which the
witness charged Crawford sent to
.or-uz and asked that Lorenz at
tend to it." ON the letter was a mem
OTandum with initials as follows. "A
w" George" and Bill" After the
designation were sums. the first being
one half of the amount of the draft,
and after the others were sums one
fourth the amount of the draft The
counsel tried to get be
fore the jury the statement that this
memorandum meant that A W. Ma
chen GeorEe Loreuz and William q. /
era WfOrd were to receive the amounts
named This was ruled out. but LOT
enz did testify that ne had made di- |
vision OF the amount Of the draft ac-
CordinE 10 the trims Of the contract !
He said that CraWfOrd's share was
sent TO him by a New York draft made /
payable To the bearer The draft was /
then offered LOreuZ testified that 4
three payments were made by CraW-
ford of the money received from the /
government under the contracts held /
by the Postal Device and Lock COM
pauy. and that Crawford had received /
his second share by draft made nav
able To Loreuz- and the last was sent /
In currency through the American EX-
press company The drafts and the !
express receipt were offer d.
At this point the court was adjourned 1
until tomorrow. when the examination
OF LoTeuz viii be continued.