Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

fell mercilessly from the Recorders lips The.
announcement in the morning that Col Fellows
would make the great speech of the day drew
hundreds OF would-be spectators to the court.
room, only to find they could not get near the
guarded DOORS
McQuade appeared resolute, almost cheerful,
but his brother Barney was pinched and pale.
ne looked more like o man accused of the great
crime and en- route to Sing Sing than any other
te how IN the the nsg stood was gt difficult Ge r to
lows began to sway them with facts garlanded
with eloquence. Then it was plain that he held
their most profound attention The points
made by Col. Fellows were afterward covered
in the Judges charge-namely, that the Lyddy
Injunction should be taken official notice Of;
that che office of the Broadway Railroad syndi.
cate was in the Office of the company's counsel
-Robinson. scribner, and Bright; that these
lawyers knew from Clerk Maloney that the
Aldermen were to hold q special meet
order for the discontinuance of the injunc-
ton had been obtained and before Maloney
had sent out the calls to the Aldermen to meet
at nine o'clock on the following morning; that
there was an agreement, because the Doodle
lawyers and the Broadway Railroad people
knew it; that FIVE Of the Aldermen, including
the unimpenched servant girl, Kate Metz,
lin;s house; that Msouade 'li did 'si large
about just after the Doodle TRANSACTION acton
when he was seen with $500 and 81, 900 bills in
his possession that while the witnesses dis
stantially agreed to the chief facts in the case
as stated by Fullgraf and Duffy and cor
roborated by other witnesses and documentary
told the jury that the public and press were
watching them, and they could never hold up
their heads again if they allowed bribery to go
Recorder sn,yth reviewed the case at great
length. He pronounced the testimony of the
servant girl, Katie Metz, to be direct. mistaken,
ind worthy of much weight. TWAS in the nature
of things, he said, that crime should be perpe-
trated in secret, and, therefore, the testimony of
aocomplices was often necessary. Because q
be assumed that no would always perjure
himself It was for the jury to decide whether
Duffy and Fullgraff's testimony had been cor
roborated.
Complete Expose of the Half-Million Steal
Duffy and Fullgraff's Confession.
On the trial of ex-Aldernan Arthur ]. No
Quade, on charge of being bribed to vote for Q
Aldermen Iulolph A. Fullgraff and Michael
Duffy came to the front With confessions and
astoy nding revelations Ct fr,tud, living COM
derman Fnl GRAFT said an informal meeting was
hdid in May 1851 after the 10 ,rd had
RSs sDs OF Maom Ss Tie ss
it was necessary 10 have thirteen votes to pass
q bill for the railroad. Tho first meeting was
held ! at Fullgraffs factory This was before the
emit McQuade was one. Mr. Nicoll asked who
else W re present. Witness named from mem
was D and
was also present. 1t was agreed that the thir-
teen members present would hold together on
any, question that came before the Board.
Nothing was said about the Broadway Rail-
road. 1t was agreed to meet again one week
later at McLaughlin's house. Witness attended
the latter meeting Mclaughlin was made
business was the question of the Broadway
franchise. 1t was said that other companies
and cable road wanted q franchise. Jaehne,
the Broadway Cable Road Company had Of
fered $50 900 for Notwithstanding cash and
one-haH bonds. Witness did not know who the
money ana stock We're to go to. 1t was said that
the surface road had offered S5OO,UOO cash.
Witness said that tho offer of the cable road
was considered unreliable, AMI the other was
the offer of the Broadway Surface Road by
unanimous vote. Witness voted for it. The
next question discussed was who should be in
trusted with tho money. Something was said
about the amount Twenty-Five thousand dollars
was to go to each member. One member thought
tho amount should be so, 009 each. 1t was said
600, and that amount was decided upon
unanimously. McQuade voted aye. Another
meeting was held ut McLaughlin's house, but
twelve out of the thirteen were present. The
Der to hold the money. Witness thought
that McCabe and Maloney might not
De trusted WiGu 80 llrSe all DuHy SuS-
gested Keenan,, and he was selected. DeLacY
then said he wished to have the members
present 90 to Keenan, and assure him it was all
right. Witness said the possibility of veto
was considered, and in that case it was decided
to leave the work of getting two-thirds vote
to Maloney. After the veto another meeting
was held ut McLaughln's house to discuss it,
AS more ttes We're necessary, it was deci led
unanimously to cut down each mans share to
100000
Ex-Alder1nnn Michael Duffy, who also
turn cd Ha's ev6anra his indcte6 fp1tDW
Aldermen, testified that the thirteen Aldermen
were to receive $4,000 apiece. Duffy testified
in conclusion:
after election, and then got $4,000. met Nc
Quade on the north side Of the City Hall few
days after, and he stopped aud talked. He said,
Road? And 1 shid, Did you get yours2 And
he said, It's Ill right; got mine all right