Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-06
STUART IS IN CHARGE HELD TO Be NvALDVAN DYCK INDICTED
Liability n-Bung
Unconstitutional Alleged.
SENSATION CAPITOL AMOUNT
Framed
chaneuo
Intends Fgh in the pnin-D Also
sion Was t. a Each -
Graft in lnk-Buying for Bureau
Alleged.
AMOUNT INVOLVED, $4,000
Charged With Fsyoring Bidder Who
Paid Percentage.
PRACTICE COVERED 5 YEARS
Victor 2. Bloede, Ink Manufacturer,
Also Indicted-Bail Fixed
at $4,000 Each.

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An alleged graft" indictment was re-
turned today by the local grand jury
against Edwin NJ. Van Dyck, former
chemist and inkmaker OF the bureau OF
engraving and printing. who resigned
June 2s, 1905, and Victor G. Bloede. presi-
| dent of the Victor c. Bioede Company OF
Baltimore city. sellers Of black dry color
The men are charged with conspirins
to defraud the United States, it being
| alleged that they entered into an agree
ment whereby Bloede was to payvan
Dyck certain percentage Of the money
received from the government for black
dry color purchased by the bureau Of
| engraving and printing from the Victor
G. Bloede Company.
Van Dyck, it Is claimed had to pass on
the samples OF dry color offered and had
arranged to do what he could to further
| the interest of the Baltimore concern
| As a result Of the alleged conspiracy or
| agreement, II is said that Van Dyck re-
ceived from the company between $7o,0 600
| and $4,000.
Working Of Scheme.
The scheme Of the alleged conspiracy is
set forth in the first count Of the indict-
| ment. Bloede was to cause his company,
each year, it is alleged. to submit bids
| to the bureau Of engraving and printing
to furnish hard black for the next ensuing
fiscal year. When samples were submit
ted they would be referred to Van Dyck;
as chemist and inkmaker for practical
test
| This test, it is stated. was conducted by
Van Dyck and several other employees of
the bureau, and they would report to the
director Of the bureau Of engraving and
printing what sample was the best and
what ratings the other samples should
have.
A committee appointed for the purpose
would then examine the various bids, to-
gether with these reports Of the tests
and relying on Van Dyok's reports, would
chase OF hard black be made to that bid.
der whose sample had been SO reported
to be the best.
1t is charged in the indictment that p,ir-
| suan: to this conspiracy the Bloede COM
pany submitted several bids each year
from the spring of 1901 until early in 1865.
The rating Of 100 was given the Bioede
sample every year except one. when 1t
was rated 1T 90, the highest mark given
that year.
Awards for Five Years. =
The indictment also charges that the
contracts were each year awarded to the
Bloede company, and that company from
July 1, 1901 to July 1. 1908. furnished to
| the bureau Of engraving and printing the
| hard black used there. which averaged
about 225,000 pounds q year, at the rate
Of IS cents per pound.
another allegation Of the Indictment is
that for some months after July !, 1891,
Bloede paid to Van Dyke 10 cents out Of
the price received BY the Bioede Com
pany for each pound Of hard black sold
to the government until the sum OF sea-
900 had been thus paid. In 1903 the pay
| ments. 1t is alleged, were reduced to 6s
cents per pound. and thus continued un-
| til the last payment was made, some
time in the summer Of 1905. to $4,000,
and, after the &. $4,000 had been paid
Van Dyck would indorse the check, 1t is
claimed. and return It to the Bloede COM
pany,. which would send MIN in exchange
a New York draft for the same amount.
Reducing the Bills.
1t appears from the indictment that in
1908 question arose. as to whether or not
the black ink then being furnished by
Van Dyck reported to the director OF the
bureau that while the black might not
chemically agree with the standard. it
did practically the same work. )
Notwithstanding this report Of Van
Dyck, the bureau chiefs insisted on q
reduction OF the Bloede bill, and in
january, 1904. a check In payment for
two lots OF the ink was given to the
BloedA company, but the reduction In
payment was about $l,700. When the
Bioede company sent its check 20 Van
Dyck a deduction OF about 5000 had
been made. .''
The Indictment covers more than
sixty typewriter pages, and Is In four
counts.
Arrangss to Give Bail.
Attorney Stanton C. Peelle appeared in
court today for Mr.. Van Dyck and had
| the court AK the penalty of the bail bond
| to be given by both defendants, Justice
Stafford directed that ball be given in the
| sum Of $4,000 each. Attorney Robert
! Bigss Of the Baltimore bar represented
| Mr.. Bioede.
Attorney Peei,e told Star reporter that
| the Indictment Is moro or less technical
| in its nature, and does not necessarily IN
voive any loss to the government. The
bureau. he claims, received the best ink
obtainable and at a price 10 cents less
per pound than 1t lad been paying before
| the letting Of the contract to the BIoede
Company. The Same question. he said IL
involved in the Crawford case, now pend
ms in the Supreme Court Of the United
States.