The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-22
CHICAGO BOODLERS
Seven Aldermen Charged With
Receiving Bribes'
MORE INDICTMENTS TO FOLLOW
One of the Board Pretended to be a
Boodler.

He is Let In on Deal and Gives IL Away
TO the Grand Jury-Ths Aldermen Were
Dumfounded at the Action of the Grand
Jury-Tbev Thought That the Investigs-
tion Was a Fake.
CHICAGO, March 22.-There is panic
in the City Council Late last evening
seven of the members of the corrupt body
were indicted by the grand jury. They
are Aldermen W. S. O'Brien, D.. X.
O'Brien, Nicholas A. Cremer, Patrick j.
German, Philip Jackson Stephen NJ.
Cosselin and John f. Dorman.
Before tonight at least two more will
have been indicted for the bribes they
accepted in passing the Northern Pacific,
the Economic Gas, and the Compressed
Air ordinances
Capiases were Immediately issned by
Judge Clifford for the arrest of the al
legged conspirators, and five of them were
gathered in and promptly gave bail of
SO, 900 each for their appearance when
wanted The two delinquents were AL
dermen Gosselin and German. When
court adjourned they had not been
found.
abrupt termination Alderman Roth for
an hour and one-half had been before
the jury, and the story he told, taken
with the testimony of witnesses who
had preceded him, caused the investiga-
tors to cry ''Enoughg' and to direct the
States attorney to prepare an Indictment
including the names of the seven alder
men named.
The day at the Criminal Court build
ing was characterized by extreme anx-
iety on the part of many and expectancy
among the unusually large crowd of Wis
itors which filled the seats in the court
rooms. Four times the grand jury des-
cended to Judge Cliffords Court, and
each time the mob pushed by the bailiffs
and filed every inch of space in the
chamber. The first time / brennan Lieb
handed up batch of indictments against
alleged thieves and forgers. The second
visit was to demand an attachment of
Alderman Roth, who was three hours be-
hind time in appearing. The third trip
was only to hand up an Indictment
against poor devil who stole hams.
| But the crowd waited, confident that
bigger game would be bagged before adj
| journment for the day, and when the
| jury finally presented the big bill the
| court room was crowded to suffocation
| When Gen. Lieb announced the con-
| tents of the documents there was SEN
sation, and but for the warning voice of
| the bailiff demonstration in approval
| of the finding would have taken place.
At the City Hall the Intelligence from
| the Criminal Court building came with
stunning effect. Many of the aldermen
! were in Clerk Vancleave's Office when
| telephone message announced the action
| of the grand jury The city fathers
were simply dumbfounded
All along thay had been confident that
the investigation was "fake," as they
had been pleased to term it. The crush
ing blow knocked all bravado out of
| them.
1t is believed that many of the more
| prominent aldermen will be dragged
into the scandal before the grand jury
finishes its labors.
| Alderman Roth's story was that on
July last he was approached by Alder
man O'Brien, who suggested to him that
there would be big money in it for the
members of the Council who would vote
for the Economic Gas ordinance when it
came up for passage. Roth pledged him
! self to vote for it. In return for this
promise O'Brien gave him $3.50, which he
| promptly deposited with the men who
are now conducting the investiga-
| tion.
Roth was now considered one of the
initiated so far as Doodle was concerned,
and when the Northern Pacific came up
! he was apDroached again