Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-24
SEVEN TRUE BILLS.
They Are Returned by the Grand
Jury Against Chicago Aldermen,
They Charge Bribery and Conspiracy
to Bribe-Each of the Seven Men
Held in Bonds of $4,000.
1--WE ARE SEVEN"

CHICAGO, March Estate Monday
afternoon indictments were returned
by the grand jury against the follow
ing aldermen: w. j. OBrien, ID. r.
O'Brien, Nicholas A. Cremer, Patrick
j. German, Philip jackson, Stephen
NJ. Gossellin and John +. Dorman. The
charge IS conspiracy to do an unlawful
act.
Two additional indictments were
found against Alderman w. j. 0'Brien,
for bribery in having paid money to
Alderman Salo w. Roth for his vote on
the Northern Pacific and economic gas
ordinances
Required to Furnish Heavy Bail.
Capiases were ut once issued for
the indicted aldermen and deputy
sheriffs were sent out to hunt them
up. Pefore court adjourned all had
been brought in except Aldermen
Gosselin and German. The former was
arrested in the council chamber Mon
day evening The arrested men were
required to give bonds in the sum of
$40, 900 each The amount in each case
was furnished All the indicted
men except Alderman German were in
attendance at the regular meeting of
the council Monday evening, but took
no part in the proceedings.
Alderman Patrick j. German, of the
Thirty third ward, the only one of the
give bail Monday, walked into the
criminal court n Q a. IN. with his
bondsmen, Alexander r. Beck and
Hans Heinsen. Mr. Beck swore that
he was worth 100000, and Mr..
Heinsen swore that he was worth $685.
000 and both of them were accepted
as sureties on Germans bond for
$40, 1000
Worked Up by the Press.
Alderman Roth has made statement
to the public which diseloses the fact
that the leading newspapers of the city
are behind the prosecution and that it
was to assist them in exposing the cor
ruption among the city fathers that he
accepted money for his votes on the
Doodle" ordinances
Basis of the Indictments.
Exceedingly strong testimony was
| given against several of the aldermen
indicted Monday and equally damaging
| evidence is in the possession of the
states attorney against others not yet
indicted The omnibus indictments
returned Monday is for conspiracy 20
commit a felony. In other
words, the aldermen had conspired
to get all the money they could out of
their positions in the council by cast
ing their votes for or against a measure
as would be most profitable TO them
selves The basis of the work thus far
done has been the Economic and
Northern Pacific ordinances
The witnesses.
The witnesses on whose testimony
the indictments were found are Alder
man Salo w. Roth, Alderman James
b. Chasey, Alderman Stanley H..
Kunz, Alderman Frank G. Nierling,
City Clerk Van Cleave, John 5.
Zimmerman, secretary of the Peoples
Gas Light and Coke Company. The
names of Samuel Smith, John Williams
and Hannah Larkin also appear as wit
nesses. The two men are supposed to
be private detectives employed by the
prosecution.
Miss Larkin's Evidence.
Hannah Larkin is Alderman Salo w.
Roth's stenographer She has not
been before the grand jury but will be
one of the main witnesses when
the cases against the Doodle
aldermen are called for trial.
On different occasions when Roth
and o'Brien were negotiating in re-
gard to the price to be paid for the
formers vote. Miss Larkin was con-
cealed and took stenographic notes of
the conversation, which she will pro-
duce in court. The testimony will be
zorro borative with Alderman Roth's
VIII Save 1000 Lives.
ST.. PETERSBURG, March 23.-The
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