The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-26

The Introduction OF evidence in tht
trial of George e Green, former
state senator Of New York, for con.
spiracy with George W. Beavers to de-
fraud the Government. was begun this
morning in Criminal Court No. l before
Associate Justice Ashley NJ Gould and
Il jury. The jury had been selected
at previous sessions OF the court and
the trial proceeded without further in
teTTUptiou.
Green Appeared Calm.
Green appeared IN court. with his
counsel. sitting calm and unmoved in
the presence Of the vital danger lie
faces. He was closely interested IN the
proceedings and occupied himself in
making voluminOus notes.
TIE usual court room crowd watched
the trial, but there was an entire ab-
sence of the morbid curiosity which
marked the public attitude during the
trial of Nachen, LOrenz and the
Groffs
District Attorney Baker made the in
address to the Jury. in which
he analyzed and explained the two in
dictments upon which Green Is now on
trial One of the indictments charges
specifically a conspiracy between Green
and George ". Beavers, then chief Of
the salaries and allowance division of
the POstOffiCe Department. TO defraud
the United States. The. second indict-
ment charges, less specifically, a con-
spiracy TO commit an offense against
the United States.
Based on So-CalIed Agreement.
Both indictments are based upon the
alleged agreement between Green and
Beavers, whereby the former was TO
pay and the latter receive 10 per cent of
the selling price of Bundy time record
ers- bought by the Government from
the Bundy Time Recording COMPANY
and its successor, the international
Time Recorder Company, through the
agency Of Beavers and the use of his
official position.
In further explanation of the Gov
ernments case, the district attorney
sketched briefly the personal and poiiti
cal friendship of the two men whose
guilt jointly is alleged. With the aid of
a chart he described various payments.
made to Green, by the Internatfana
and through him to Beavers.
and said to have been made in pursu-
ance of the conspiracy Mr.. Baker told
the jury that if he proved his aIIega-
tiOnS he would ask a verdict of guilty..
II developed this morning that viii
liam NJ Johnson. formerly First Assist
ant Postmaster General, who had been
subpoenaed as witness, is In southern
A subpoena had been left
at the home of the witness in Hacken-
sack, y. ]. MIR. Worthington, leading
counsel for the defense, expressed his
regret
Clerk Chance on Stand.
Merritt o. Chance, chief clerk of the
Postoff1ce Department, was the first
witness placed upon the stand by the
The witness produced
copies of the appointments of Beavers as
chief Of the salaries and allowance di-
vision, made in 1897. In 1900 the title
Of his office was changed to superin-
tendent OF salaries and allowances, and
his salary increased from $500 to s., 900
a year. The next year he was made
general superintendent" and his salary
increased to $500 a year These an
pointments We're offered in evidence. as
was the oath of office of Beavers, taken
when he assumed his duties. The dis
trict attorney also offered in evidence
the sections of the postal regulations
describing Beavers duties.
Mr.. Worthington, on the eross-ex-
read sections of the regu-
lations, showing IL to be the duty of
the chief or superintendent of the sal
aries and allowances division to pur-
CnaSG ll!ne recorders ana cause them
to be installed in postoffices through
out the country.
Wynne on Stand.
Robert ]. Wynne, formerly First As
sistant Postmaster General, Postmaster
General, and now consul general at
London. next took the stand. He said
he knew George w. Beavers. and that
Beavers was in the Government serv-
Ice IS superintendent of the division of
salaries and allowances when he be-
came First Assistant
Mr.. Wynne was the immediate su-
perior OF Beavers in Office. and de-
scribed that officials connection with
the purchase of time recorders. He
said Beavers had introduced Green to
him on an occasion when orders for
more OF the time recorders were to be
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