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The case President Roosevelt mentioned to Postmaster General Payne went before the district attorney and he declined to put the case before a grand jury. Payne does not believe that anything else can be done in the matter. A later note states that Roosevelt wants the matter laid before Attorney General Philander C. Knox.
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1903-10-05
On reviewing the government’s evidence, Holmes Conrad had concluded that although the evidence might be insufficient to find Perry S. Heath guilty, it was sufficient to warrant an indictment by the grand jury, who would then decide on the sufficiency of the evidence. The district attorney subsequently ruled the evidence insufficient, dismissing the grand jury, and Conrad does not believe any public good is to be gained by reconvening them.
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1903-10-06
While meeting with Senator Platt, Senator George E. Green’s issue was mentioned and Nevada N. Stranahan assured Platt that President Roosevelt would not allow indictments without strong evidence. Platt was pleased and requested that Colonel Dunn be informed.
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1903-09-28
Charles J. Bonaparte believes that J. D. Cameron will need to be indicted when his connection to the postmaster case becomes public knowledge. It appears that Cameron’s political influence has given him immunity thus far. Bonaparte does not believe that Commissioner William Dudley Foulke was attempting to deceive President Roosevelt. However, Foulke’s interpretation that fourth class postmasters are exempt from the schedule as “employees in post offices having no free delivery service” should be used or these postmasters will be in a classified, competitive class. Bonaparte also warns against Postmaster General Henry C. Payne showing sympathy towards the Addicks faction in Delaware.
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1903-09-21
Postmaster General Payne realizes that President Roosevelt has received reports regarding the investigation of the offices of the First Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Payne will submit a full report very soon. He is also optimistic about the investigation in the New York office and trusts that the grand jury will hand down indictments soon.
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1903-09-18
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that the grand jury did not indict Harrison J. Barrett.
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1903-08-06
Henry C. Payne writes to President Roosevelt that he expects the Grand Jury to indict Harrison J. Barrett.
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1903-08-05
Henry C. Payne returns from vacation and finds the department elated that Oliver E. Pagan, the Assistant United States Attorney at Chicago, is in Washington helping prepare indictments for the grand jury.
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1903-07-09
It is expected that August W. Machen will be indicted for bribery. Postal inspectors have returned to the investigation of the division of salaries and allowances, formerly headed by George W. Beavers.
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1903-06-05
Mahlon Van Horne is charged with failure to respond to requests for postage stamps and generally performing poorly as Consul at Saint Thomas.
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1903-02-02
Herbert H. D. Peirce has been called away by the death of his brother-in-law but before he leaves he submits the brief for the case against Mahlon Van Horne, consul at St. Thomas.
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1903-02-02
The jury gave a verdict of acquittal in the case of Hugh C. Dennis and Thomas W. Garland of the Brooks Brokerage and Securities Commission Company. While Dennis was acquitted of using the mails in a scheme to defraud, Judge Adams stated that Dennis had clearly violated state law and deserved to be in a penitentiary. Dennis had not honestly bought and sold grain, but instead ran a “bucketshop scheme” where he gambled on changes of the market price of grain. Adams hoped that those wronged by these men would seek redress from state authorities since they had violated a state law, and thus they could not be tried in the Federal District Court.
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1903-01-21
D. B. Fairley asks President Roosevelt to delay the charges against Agent Smith of the Ignacio Agency until early November. He believes the charges could put 300 votes at risk.
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1902-10-13
William Emory Quinby requests permission to acquaint Francis H. Clergue with the charges made against him in the letter to President Roosevelt. Quinby trusts that Roosevelt will soon be returned to good health.
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1902-10-13