Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-22
Charged with Conspiracy 10 Commit
Bribery Indicted by the
Grand Jury.
EkHNAH LRRKlN. a WOMAN IN
the CASE.
More indictments Can be- Looked !or,
uuul lite Whole Onli, Is
Hun Down.
: rruo nm isomrn,i Asainst seven
Aldermen

AidruH'u.
CiuCt3p. March 2i-hfter three
duyH investigation the gaud iury this
Afternoon returned true hill against
seven aldermen, charged with cole
sFiucy b. somui. bribery b. gnuuvc.a
ton with The varloul ordinances which
have btlu The subject ~ invcsiipaJ1u.
The Indicted nfU W. J, O'8fiCu,
Daniel Is loh,u, NiubOiHs \. tiamcL
A. j. Glrmaui philip Jackson, =. VI.
G1sslin, John NJ. Dogman. Two uora
indictments were found, hut were not
returned. rhey are against the hrst
named W. j. O'Butu. they changed
bribery, aud state that O'ilrien gave
Alderman Roth slUll 70 vote lof tho
Northern Pacific ordinance ami $3.50
u vote Tor the Economic Gas urii.
nance. Among the lgmcs Of tue Wit
ucssrs signed To tho Indictment in that
Of Hannah iardin. In regard 60 this
appearance OF "w0mcu In the clsu''tho
state attorney sall; "rhcre hru GER
tain houses Of ill.rcruic which certain
aldermen Waited while under the iui'u.
encu " liquor, and whcic they talked
too much Tor tnair own good"
Ankud " more indictments might be
looked for, the States attorney said that
one a day might DC expected ugtil the
whole outlt Is snn down.
AlaDon rs the Indictments wore out,
JudgeAuth0ny tixed the bail atsl1,OjD.
Chpiases ere at once issuul anu placed
la tho hands Of deputy sheriff, AMI
this evening al those Indicted, except
Aldtrm su Cossl.n have come In aud
furnished bonds. Alderman Roth to-
nigh, made public officially for the fret
time the part he has taken VA the doodle
Transactions. lie says lac hal not been
long Ia the council until lac found tha.
ordinance were not always passed upon
thtif merits. ~ the time OF tho pas.
sage VI the economic ordinance over
the mayors veto It wac found uuuts.
snry 10 bring into line some aldcfmn n
whose vote originally was against II.
| Hu (Roth) was spoken 10 by one Of the
| O'Brlenf, who said that he would re-
| cVlNo a consideration Cor lis vote.
| Knowing that the pdiW NciCg ami
other newspapers had taken avig nous
| public stand against hDoiliug and thl,
they would DO igiendlytO any
and with q iuttherviuw OF bringing thn
corrupii0nists 10 Justice lao called on
| the Dgiy Nera The matter was care.
| fully talked over, and arrangements
were made for recovering the money
! pfOmisei In such q way that Wllut -
could testify 10 the visit VI the man
WHO paid. Roth says liat $500 wa
paid him In hts illc' and hc immr %.
ately showed it to his bOOkkcUpur, cX.
planning the nature Of the ease. lm-
mrGinloly nllot he took the money 10
the Day Mars office and, In the preb.
cncc Of witnesses, dcpusitVd II In the
safe In n sealed envelope.
Two weeks later the Northern Pact.
fic ordinance passed the council Sec
uul time. a certain alderman Rom
the South Side Informed Roth the day
after tia. Billy O'Bfion HAD the money ,
and shat lac was 10 meet BILLY at the
sherman House that afternoon. Roth
immeH iatsiy communicated the fact !.
the bqty N6Ws, and they had lhc
Shcm gn Housn watched. That after.
noon Billy OBritu met Roth IN the
hail and handed him an envelope with
the word "llDthn written on the out.
side Of H.. Roth went over t0 the Office
Of Rakcr, the attorney for the 1liJtuis.
aud trltphoucd ior the representative
OF the other papers.
The envelope was opened IN their
pruseuce and found 10 contain twu
5000 bills, which were again sealed up
aud Placed with tho other money.
Roth says that hu took no money at
amy timo for any other purpose than
with tho idea OF exposing tho corrup-
ZIONIST, and has proiltci IN no way
other than IN the feeling OF sgtlhfac.
tiOr that follows "a duty we'll performed.
Not ong Of the Indicted RldermC a
would talk this evening further than
10 profess their ability 70 prove their
entire innocence.
In tho face " possible imprisonment
Tor q number oi them tho members Of
the city council, at regular weekly
meeting tonight, exhibited n disposi.
tlon TO be flcctiOu5, but the proceed.
ingr were rather tuhdued. Ouu mem
bcr Of the council finally introduced
nm order that the corporation counsel
he instructed ~ assist the Statuis atlOr,
ncy In any manner possible In investl'
gazing the hOoiling alderman. OMEN
exclaimed lauRhingly that there ought
10 be honor among thieves, and he
| didn't think that the Council should
order anything of the kind. The
motion was placed on file.