Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-22
M'DONALDISARRESTED
By Order of Mayor Waahburne, Who
Takes the Bull by the Horns
DURING M'CLAUGHRY'S ABSENCE,
Politics Peep Gut Of the Movement, Though
Such q Cause Is
DENIED BY FRIENDS OF THE MAYOR

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CHICAGO, Sept 21.-By direction OF
Mayor Washburne, warrant was sworn out
to-day by Assistant Corporation Counsel
George A. Dupuy, before Justice George p.
Foster, for the arrest of Michael G. McDon-
aid, on a charge of having attempted to
bribe Police Justice Charles A. Woodman
with $500 to render decision favorable to
the defendants in the Garfield Park Club
cases Mcdonald heard of the warrant at
II O'Clock, awaited its service in his office
until noon, and, becoming weary, went in
pursuit of the constable and made certain
that be was arrested sure enough.
This procedure was decided upon last
night Washburne, annoyed at the con.
ficting stories told and printed regarding the
alleged attempt to bribe city magistrate,
one of his appointees, felt inclined to take
steps to compel disclosure of the whole
truth. He took counsel with mis- personal
friends and official advisers, and they en-
couraged him in the idea that by having the
case tried on its preliminary hearing before
the justice, the mystery attendant on a
grand jury investigation would be avoided
The Way to Settle All the Rumors.
ALI the evidence would be heard in open
court, and the defense, If any should be
made, might help to settle the status of the
case and put stop to the sensational
rumors and conjectures that have prevailed
during the last few days.
Mayor Washburne denied strongly that
the case involved politics, but claimed the
not an attempt had been made to bribe city
officials before thes long process of
grand jury proceeding could reach
the facts 1t is possible that
another motive that prompted the
Mayor to such energetic action was desire
to get even with the Garfield Park Club
people for the stories they circulated about
him during the contest between the track
and the police. He is reported to have
said that he proposes to convince the public
that the gamblers combine has no hold on
him and can neither cajole nor scare him.
To prove this he causes the arrest of the
head man of the Garfield Park crowd. The
story of the $50, 900 bribe is said to also
rankle in His Honor's memory, and Nc
Donald's prosecution will help square old
scores
Politics Keep Out of the Move
Notwithstanding the Mayors vigorous
condemnation of politics in connection with
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considerations of political exigencies had
something to do with it. 1t has been stated
that Woodman's charges against Mcdonald
were made for their probable effect on the
political campaign. 1t was more than in
timated, it was boldly asserted, that Wood
mans charge of bribery against Mcdonald
was a Republican campaign lie. Therefore
it behooved the Republicans, as Woodman
said, to show if they could that the magis-
trate had told the truth. So the Repub-
lican party managers advised the Mayor to
force the issue by causing McDonald's ar
rest. They desired to show the public that
they did not fear the result.
This latest turn in the Garfield Park
muddle has caused much comment 1t was
deemed queer that the Mayor should sud-
denly decide to shoulder the entire res
possibility as soon as Chief McClaughry
had gone to Pittsburg. The Chief had taken
all the credit for the move against the
gamblers, and yet the Mayor played the
coup when the Chief was far from town.
By many persons conversant with the
facts it is thought that McDonald's case, on
hearing tomorrow, will result in another
explosion. Mayor Washburne is expected
to testify, and may be asked to further
explain the alleged $4,000 bribe
offered bv Hawthorne to close Garfield, of
which the Mayor testified three weeks ago.
Mcdonald was released upon furnishing
bonds for $1,000.