The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-23

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NEW YoRK. April 1.-THE New York
board q aldermen Of 1854 consisted o.
twenty.iour members. Two Of them are
dead. OF the remaining twenty-five
three are fugitives. namely: Thos. Roth
man, who has returned to his former
home In Germany; Robert X. DeLacey,
who has gone 70 some unknown place
to Join his sick wife, and Charles Demp-
sey, who, after . short stay In Florida,
eluded Inspector Byme's detectives ~
going over TO Cuba. There were two
members Of the bosrd-Hugh Grant and
J. c. O'Connor, Jr.-who have never
been accused or even suspected Of br'o-
cry. They alone voted against the
Broadway railroad franchise. All the
members who voted for the franchise and
who are living and within reach have
been arrested, namely: Kirk, Jaehne,
Pearson. Miller, (who were arrested q
different times within the past few
weeks.) Cieary. McQuade, Duny, Full
gran, Sayles. Wendell, Farley, McCabe,
O'Neill, Reilly and Fink, who were all
arrested yesterday
All the men arrested have been re-
leased on e25. 1000 bail each. The only
member not named above is Chas. b.
Waite, who has turned States evidence,
and viii probably get on easy, though ne
Is under police surveillance.
The arrests made yesterday were most
" upon ssinformation and belief" the
aiIidavits beirg subscribed TO BY the dis
trict attorney. Mr.. Shiels took advan-
tage OF this fact TO procure . writ OF
haheas corpus, returnable before Judge
Barrett. of the Supreme Court, directing
that the persons having him In custody
bring him before the court and explain
his detention. But at 2:l5 p. m. the
grand Jury came into the Court Of Gen
rral Sessions and handed 20 Recorder
Symfhe indictments for bribery against
twelve OF the suspected aldermen, in
Guiding Shieis, McQuade, Cleary,
Duffy, McCabe. Sayles. O'Neill, Wen
dell. Farley, Reilly, Finck and Fullgra6.
This will make Mr.. Shiels' writ Of
habeas corpus useless.
Recorder Smyth has rendered dect-
sion on the application Of couns el for 4
bill OF particulars as to the charges upon
which the grand jury found the indict-
ment against yaehne. The decision VIII
| be made public to-day Several aldermen
| 81 the hoard of 1884 are members Of the
present board. but Mr.. Cieary was the
| only one Of those who attended yester-
| DAYS session Of the board. His col
| leagues regarded him with curious
| chances, and he seemed III at ease.
| Ex-Alderman Waite was taken before
| the grand Jury again yesterday, and II
| Il supposed that he continued his revcla-
| lions a. to the Doodle" transactions OF
| 1854. All sorts Of rumors are anoat as
| to who will be the next victim Of Waite's
ssqucaling."
| Now that all the aldermen are gathered
| IN. the men suspected Of doing the
\ bribery are thought 10 stand Q good
| chance OF receiving visits from the police
| No one would be surprised TO see jacob
| sharp invited 70 call at police hcadquar
tiers. but some smaller FRY are likely 20 b
summoned drst. Billy Maloney, reading
| clerk OF the board Of 1854. and Johr
Keenan,. a liquor dealer. the two men al
| legged TO have been distributors Of thu
"boodle," are still keeping at q safe dis
lance from New York jurisdiction-Ma
,oncy in Canada, and Keenan, either II
Canada or on his way from Montreal x
Europe.
The State Senate yesterday extended
until May the time during which tht
Senate investigating committee may take
evidence In the Broadway franchise mat
ter. II Is expected that this will result
in obtaining information upon which Y
base the arrests Of several well known
persons Of higher grade than the alder
men. Hitherto the committee. for lack o.
time, has been Obliged 70 confinc its In
quIries 10 the quarters where suspicion
was most plainly directed. The excite
ment 10 local political circles 10 OF course
very great In consequences Of the event.
Of to-day.