The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-27
GRAND JURY RETURNS
EIGHT INDICTMENTS

there Was 4 shortage of $50. Upton
is also indicted jointly with Davis for
conspiracy to dcfraud the United States
by adding $545 to a false claim for po-
tatoes and oranges for the Louisiana,
hIay 2, 1912.
Davis. il is alleged was to get 81
per barrel for sweet potatoes and to
buy more than were needed. He
bought, it is set forth. 5000 pounds al,
> cents a pound, which would not have
been purchased but for this conspir-
/ acy.''
Richard NJ. Eastwood is charged with
sending money. amount not known
to the grand jury. in an envelope to
Christina Davis. wife of George r. Da
vs. to induce the said Davis to pur-
chase greater quantity of supplies
OF peculiar nature. in which there
was large and undue profit to the
said Richard NJ. Eastwood"
The indictment against Maurice Az
Ian charges that he gave Davis s25
August 81. 1911. Ito influence him to
purchase zoo watermelons at 20 cents
apiece"
Henry E: Holstan. manager and agent
for j. H. Kimberly. at Fort Monroe, is
said to have presented to Paymaster
Arms. December l, 1911. a false claim
I for s1.152.74 for commissary supplies
The amount OF shortage was not stated
in the indictment.
| II. r. Walker of Newport News, is
charged with presenting false claim
I for commissary supplies to y. G..
/ Ritchie paymaster of the United States
| ship Birmingham. for SI.2S46o The
amount of shortage was not known to
the grand jury. Walker did not ap-
pear in court to give bond, but liz eN-
I pectcH TO do SO tomorrow morning
I Judge Waddill ordered "A capias is
sued for Davis. who after tcstifyinE
before the grand jury was released OH
his own recognizancc. It is understood
that Davis has been detailed for re-
cruiting duty in the West and will be
produced by the naval authorities.
I The Indictment against Davis for
conspiracy TO dcfraud the government
caused considerable comment II being
! generally understood that he had been
promised immunity If he would tell
what he knew about the commissary
| irregularities. II was stated to-day
i however, that Davis was promised i'm
munity in connection with the naval
court OF inquiry which originally in
vcstigated the charges and that this
had no effect whatever upon the in
vestigation by the civil court.
Davis. ii Will be recalled, was The
principal witness against W. w
7 Dickey, who was commissary steward
OF the battleship Kansas. Dickey was
sentenced 10 five years Imprisonment,
by the naval court on a United States
charge of perjury. Dickey also insti-
tuted suit in the United States Dis
! trict Court against Captain 4. 7
! Mark and other officers of the naval
court for $4,000 damag on accoun,
| OF the treatment he alleged he re-
ceived while prisoner aboard the
/ Louisiana. Dickey made his home in
Norfolk. having married q young wo-
man of this city about a year ago.
/ The indictments against those named
therein were found under sections 81
~ N 1, IL T,Ntt
States.
| Section 80 for making or presenting
a false claim against the government
provides fine of not more than $4,000
or Imprisonment for not more than five
years or both, and section 80 for
bribery, fixes fine of three times the
amount offered. and Imprisonment for
not more than three years!