Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 5 | Conspiracy to Defraud Uncle Sam Results in Arrest of Guilty Men

CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD D UNCLE SAM RESULTS IN ARREST OF GUILTY MEN Portland Me Feb 8 George Fred Frederick Frederick Frederick erick Terry general manager of the Sawyer awyer Publishing Water WaterVille Ville and Henry Boshard who for a number of years has handled the sec secand secand secand and and mail matter In the Waterville p sto cc were indicted in inthe inthe Inthe the United States district court cour today for alleged conspiracy to defraud the government of postage It is alleged that the government has been robbed of many thousands of dollars a year for several years by Terry and Bosh and the amount being bOing as high as a year Charges in Indictment i There were two counts each against I Terry and Boshard One charged con conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy to falsify the transportation of Df mall mail matter and the mak making makIng making ing of false statements of the actual circulation of Sawyers monthly maga zine for the purpose of defrauding the government of postage The second count lount charged conspiracy cy to make false returns as to the weight of mail mall matter for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of defrauding the postoffice postoffice fice ilce department of postage dues on the same sam magazine m 1 Publishes Five Magazines J The Sawyer Publishing company published five d popular maga magazines magazines magazines It is 15 claimed that sample co copies copies copies pies have been sent out greatly in ex excess cess ces of the number allowed It At is alleged that the weight of the thet samples aples t ples was shortened to the extent of pounds per month m nth causing a loss of a year to the govern government government ment on one publication alone The inspectors found it is alleged that ex expired x subscriptions of lif f the magazine were still registered as s bon bona fide sub subscriptions subscriptions subscriptions and sample copies were being sent out on the original names