New-York tribune., 1918-08-06
Manufacturers Charged
With Having Bribed
Inspectors
Captain Vaughan
Finishes Confession
Army Officer Reveals the
Methods by Which Con-
tracts Were Let

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Twelve of the eighteen raincoat man
ufacturers taken in custody by the De-
partment of Justice on July 22 on
charges Of bribery and fraud in con
nection with contracts to supply the
army with raincoats were indicted yes
terday by the Federal grand jury. The
indictments We're presented before
Judge julius NJ Mayer in the Federal
District Court.
The men who arc indicted for viola
ton of that section of the United
payment of money or any other con-
sideraton to employees of the govern
ment with Il view to influencing their
official actions are: Tolly Clanion s21
Broadway; Ralph Cohen, sS University
Place; Louis Fried, 43 East Twelfth
Street; Samuel TIalpern, 6S1 Broadway;
Simon Harris, 1115 Broadway; Norris
Lesser, 81 East Twentieth Street; Ben
jamin Plotte, 1873 West Twenty seventh
Street; Ralph Rosenthal, 243 Seventh
Avenue; Joseph Svdeman, 225 Fourth
Avenue; William Sydeman, 225 Fourth
Avenue Arthur Zittel, y Washington
Place, and Harry f. Lazarus, 3O7 Sixth
Avenue.
The indictments charge the manu-
facturers with paying money to in
spectors to have defective raincoats
intended for the army passed as per-
feet. In most of the cases they are
charged with having paid this money
to Charles f.. Fuller. chief inspector
of raincoats in the New York district
Fuller, according to the Federal au-
thorities. has made full confession
and Will be used as government wit
ness at Che trial
Three Others Indicted
Last Thursday Tho Federal grand
jury returned indictments against
three men. charging them with being
the leaders iH a scheme to dofraud the
governn emit in connection with The let
ting OF contracts 60 manufacturers for
army 'HneoAts faey arc fcliS Gouled
OF MAJ ION Avenue. 1ow out on S20,-
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