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Thomas F. Wright writes Robert S. Sharp asking for justice from the Post Office Department. Robert Stein was indicted for mail fraud and will be taken to Milwaukee. The employees of the Post Office Department say they cannot do anything for Wright, but Wright will not drop this and asks Sharp if the Post Office Department has done their duty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-01
President Roosevelt appreciated E. Evelyn Smith’s letter and asserts that he only carried out his duty regarding Bryan R. Dorr’s case.
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1909-01-12
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-11
Wright, Thomas F. (Thomas Frank), 1858-1912
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Postal Inspectors Clement and Riches send Inspector in Charge Linn details of their investigation into a case of alleged mail fraud involving Bryan R. Dorr and real estate agents Reeder & Watkins using the mail to solicit applications to purchase government land in Oregon. After a thorough investigation involving many different parties, Clement and Riches found no evidence that either Dorr or Reeder & Watkins were acting in bad faith, and that Dorr’s circulars stating that Senator Benjamin R. Tillman was an applicant for purchasing the land were not untrue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-27
Clement, Edland C. (Edland Clyde), 1863-1952; Riches, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1868-1911
This portion of the Congressional Record reports proceedings of the United States Senate in which Senator Benjamin R. Tillman calls attention to a circular going around that is using his name to spread a land grant scheme. Tillman wants to publicize this fraud so that people are not drawn in by it.
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1908-02-19
Postmaster General Payne has been examining the Post Office Department’s precautions against fraud in weighing mail on the railroad. He is satisfied that the opportunities for fraud are “very remote.”
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1903-08-04
Herbert H. D. Peirce reports on specific conditions of United States consulates in England, France, Holland, and Germany. Peirce assesses the performance of the consuls general in these locations and suggests salary changes, reassignments, and suppression of ineffective consulates. Peirce focuses extensively on allegations of corruption and infidelity against Consul General Oliver J. D. Hughes of Coburg, Germany, and allegations of scandal surrounding Clergyman G. Monroe Royce and Consul General James H. Worman in Munich, Germany.
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1903-11-17
Chief Post Office Inspector Cochran submits testimony concerning conversations between Senator Joseph Ralph Burton and himself involving the Rialto Grain and Securities Company (formerly known as the Brooks Brokerage and Commission Company). He prefaces his testimony with noting Burton’s connection with the Dr. Peebles Institute of Health, a previous fraud case. Cochran details how Burton has been acting on behalf of Hugh C. Dennis and has been attempting to obtain evidence held by Inspector Dice.
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1903-07-20
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-21