Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1903 — A. W. MACHEN ARRESTED. [ARTICLE]

A. W. MACHEN ARRESTED.

Fo tner Free Delivery Superintendent Accused of Taking Bribes, A. W. Machen, former superintendent of free delivery, who was relieved from duty some time ago, was arrested Wednesday in Washington nt the instigation of tiie PostofHce Department, charged with receiving bribes from contractors. These bribes are supposed to aggregate $20,000. Daniel V. Miller, assistant attorney in the office of the Attorney General for the Postoffice Department, was summarily dismissed .by Postmaster General Payne for alleged conspiracy in connection with the case of John J. Ryan & t’o., accused of fraudulent use of the mails. It is said he accepted a bribe iu Cincinnati last December. It is said that the amount offemal Miller aggregated several thousand dollars nnd included a cash payment, supplemented by a check. The penalty is a fine of three times tiie amount involved nnd imprisonment not exceeding three years. Miller was placed under arrest by a deputy marshal. He waived examination and was released on $1,500 binds for appearance at court in Cincinnati next autumn. The Ryan company was a turf investment concern which operated at St. Louis nnd Covington, Ivy. Its methods and working operations are said to be similar to those of tiie Arnold company, which has figured conspicuously in the postofflee investigation.