Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
BEFORE JURY OF PEERS
George E. Green Again to Face
Twelve Men in Box.
ANOTHER POST OFFICE CASE
Combined Charge of Bribery and Con-
spiracy Will Be Pressed.
FORENSIC GLADIAToRS READY
willard d. Doremus a Defendant
In Criminal Court No. 1, Justice
Gould Presiding.

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three weeks duration in this city. declared
to be guiltless. Indeed the stern fact of
the remaining indictments against Green
has been thrust with harsh, diseordant eff
feet upon the lingering harmony Of the
jubilation Incident to his acquittal.
In the excess of joy attending the COM
plete yindication of the accused in the To-
cal court six weeks ago his friends seemed
disposed to ignore. if not to forget, the
ominous possibilities in the still pending
charges. The remarkable demonstration
which began spontaneously In the court
room at the announcement of the verdict
was continued with gathering vigor and
extent as the man from whom the jury
had removed the stain of a dark Odium
approached his home town. By the time
of his arrival the hearty congratulations
of his fellow townSmen attained the dignity
of a general ovation. Few there were in
that hour of rejoicing who gave to the
probability of another trial and the posi-
bflity of conviction more than passing
thought.
Unshaken in Purpose.
But the officers of the government inter-
ested in the prosecution thought not so.
Chagrined they were. by candid confess
sion. but they were also mistaken in their
purpose to exhaust the remaining facilities
of the law to determine the guilt OF limo
cence of George E. Green in every other
aspect of the series of his acts in rela-
ton to the furnishing of supplies to the
Post Office Department, which acts were
called into question by the grand jury.
Meanwhile, time passed, rumor be-
came busy with suggestions as to the out
come of the strange and unique situation
which the confession of George w. Bea-
vers and the acquttal of George E. Green
under the same indictment had brought
about. How was it, people asked, that
Beavers could be considered guilty of I'M
lawfully conspiring with Green when the
h.I cnaI Of .rlti Y,1lt IN ind
ment to the innocence of the latter?
Therefore it was not long before hints
of pardon for Beavers were noised
abroad. These reports had it that Bea-
vers would be let out of prison, and that
Green would be spared the ordeal. of stand
ing another trial. But when the rurnors
We're taken for confirmation before United
States Attorney Baker they met with
fiat contradiction. To his knowledge such
a proceeding, he declared, had never been
dreamed of and would not be countenanced.
if carried out, would constitute travesty
on justice.
An Emphatic Quietus.
With this emphatic quietus. the matter,
so far as the public was concerned. rested
for a time, and certainly while it had not
wholly passed from public notice, it was
no longer engrossing general attention.
hence 1t was probable that the intelli-
gence Of the governments fixed purpose to
conduct an early and a rigid prosecution
of the remaining charges came with sur
prise to many who had followed with deep
interest this particular chapter in the not
able history of events connected with the
Post Office Department Investigations The
Of the government is stated
simply, of course, but 1t Is backed up by
an array of forces in evident preparation
for relentless legal struggle with the
counsel for the defense. And II indica-
lions gathered from past events count for
I'D fha niynuy hat
tie royal.
AS In the former trial. the prosecution will
be conducted by United States Attorney
Baker and Maj. Holmes Conrad Of Virginia.
special counsel for the government in the
post office cases. whose efforts. perhaps
will be supplemented by certain members
of the force of assistant United States at
torneys. The fortunes of the defendant will
be confided In the main, as before, to At
torneys A. s. Worthington of this city
John B. Stanchfieid of New York and John
NJ. Thurston, formerly United States sena-
tor from Nebraska. The convincing logic,
the clear-cut arguments, the forcefuI ap-
peals and the stirring eloquence OF these
opposing legal champions in the former trial
are fresh in the minds of those who attend
ed the sessions of the court Their skillfuI
thrusts and parties in the oft-recurring de-
bates which gave zest to each days pro-
ceedings, added much to the interest of the
trial as contest between intellectual forces
Array Of Forensic Gladiators.
The knowledge that these forensic gladia-
tors on one side and on the other will be
arrayed against each other again In a fierce
struggle gives to those interested keen
anticipation Of notable contest. Further
more, the coming trial will be presided
over. as in the former case. by Justice
Ashley NJ Gould, who has had a wide ex-
perience on the bench in guiding and direct
Ing the opposing forces through the devious
and difficult ramiflcations of criminal pro-
ceedings. And then, too. the trial will
occasion-the historic room OF Criminal
Court No. /, where Guiteau met his Judi
cial fate, and where In more recent years,
not few men formerly high In official
have heard pronounced the sentence which
sent them over the now familiar highway
to the penitentiary at Moundsville, w va.
The initial steps In open court under the
remaining indictments. since the recent trial
United States Attorney Baker filed motions
for a severance as to Beavers in the tndict-
ment charging him Jointly with Green and
Willard D. Doremus with conspiracy and
for a consolidation of the indictments
against Green and Doremus charging con-
spiraey and bribery. The argument on these
motions will be heard next Tuesday.
George E. Green was tried before under
an indictment charging him and George w.
Beavers jointly with conspiracy to defraud
the United States. but before the trial was
commenced severance was granted.
The charge of conspiracy contained In one
of the indictments now pending unites the
names of George e. Green, George w
Beavers and Willard D. Doremus. The other
Indictment alleges that Green and Doremus
entered into corrupt agreement to bribe
an officer OF the government, George W.
Beavers.
Charges In Indictments
Both of these indictments were filed In
court October g. 1908. It IL set forth that
George W. Beavers was superintendent Of
the division OF salaries and allowances In
the Post Office Department from October
9. 1900 to July /. 1901, and was general
superintendent Of the saMe division from
the st-mentioned data until March p. 1903.
During that time. II IL alleged he was
CHARGED with the consideration OF allow
ancee for miscellaneous articles or supplies
for post ofIlces and with the procuring Of
such supplies. It Ii averred that hts posi-
ton was ono Of special trust and that con-