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Show i , . . - . . . ' . . s, i 1 decoy letter -was tent Taton r'zil.-.g that the rortion of his letter rterrir. to "n-.aklr.s it riht" was interesting. ."Within a few days tlr. Taylor received a second letter from Laton in which he stated the property cost him $13,0ui) and thaf he was wll'.lr? to pell It to the Government for f 15,003 and further that he vai willing to accept J100O as his chare of the profit and give the Assistant Assist-ant Secretary the remainder. This letter let-ter led to the arrest. Eaton insisted that he was' Innocent In the matter and did not Intend to violate vio-late the law. - C..-iC.! . to DivL. i Lis . . rrcfits - WItli . Govcrn-cer.t Govcrn-cer.t Official zzi Is Arrestel "WASHINGTON, June 16. George E. Eaton, cashier of a private banking-house banking-house at Corning, N. Y., has been arrested ar-rested on a charge of attempted bribery, according to advices received by the Treasury department secret ser--vice. He was taken before a United States commissioner, ' where . he, gave ""bond for his appearance in court- A .decoy letter sent from' the Treasury de- -"'partment and a registry receipt for a . letter sent Assistant Secretary Taylor j-avere found on Eaton. . Chief Wllkle, who caused the arrest, eald that in May Mr. Taylor received a "letter from Eaton, saying he had a Clece of property, in Corning which would prove an admirable site 'for the proposed postoffice building; that he was not familiar with the method of ,f acing his proposition before the Government, Gov-ernment, but he waa willing to "make it right." 1 jm Mr. Taylor referred the letter to the solicitor., the surpervising architect and Chief "Wllkle of the secret service. A j |