The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29
THE BRIBERY CHARGES.
More Sensational Testimony Before
the Kansas Committee.

TOPEKA. March 2l.-The senate commit
tee which has been investigating charges
OF bribery by the Capital OF high state
officials to defeat certain anti-gamhling
bills in The recent Legislature was contin-
ued today and produced some more SEN
sational testimony.
/. G. Lacey, manager OF the postal tele-
graph office, was called upon for informa-
ton relative to kilograms between the
Kansas City gamblers and persons
charged with accepting or handling
Doodle, but said he did not examine the
kilograms in his possession. lie was in
structed by the committee 10 bring all
such kilograms before it tomorrow morn
ing.
G. W. Mitchell. the democratic member
OF the new board of police commissioners
of Kansas City, Kas., testified that be
knew OF no money having been raised in
his city to influence legislation and had
hoord Of none except by reading the pa
pers, nor did he know of any money be-
ing used to secure his appointment or
confirmation.
r. l.. Finley of Kansas City, who sells
lottery tickets, testified that he had heard
OF money being raised among the gambl
OF Kansas City, Kas., to defeat those bills,
but he gave no names or amounts.
After a number OF witnesses had given
unimportsnt testimony. James L. Legate
was sworn. Having examined tho letter
addressed TO Maj. Hudson and fully identi-
fod IL, in reply to questions by Judge
Thatcher. he said that he had received a
draft for $1,000 from p. w. Kline before
the legislature met and g, 800 afterward.
"Soon after the election" said he. "there
wac q considerable conference with
reference 10 the organization OF the legis-
lature. IL was discussed by the greater
lights with reference TO bringing
certain cases before the supreme court.
! thought the undertakings we're all
childish because the court was politically
against the populists. looked over the
list OF members OF the legislature and
from my knowledge OF the men and OF the
canvass there were ut least ak men who
were counted In not fairly elected.
then made n canvass OF my own, sending
men out over the state, and went TO Kan.
sas City, Mo. where ! tried 10 make deal
for Kansas City daily paper.
81 was told that w. J. Buchanan had
received $4,000 or $4,000 from Kansas
City whisky men for "A number OF years
! struck Pete Kline, who told mo that the
gamblers had been compelled for the last
two years to contribute $1,000 year 10
the republican party OF Kansas. In thc
late cam paign told him that II he would
lend mo $1,000 / would buy the paper
was alter and would get him protected
from these demands. Kline liked the
idea. So did the whisky men. Mean
while my men came In from over the
90 10 Ite.f ntI laU tslI raf al n
ton republican members OF the house "a
vote with tho popuiis,s on organiz alton.
| wanted 10 pay my men and | went hack
10 Kansas City and told Pete Kline
wanted $4,000. / said TO him that he
would DO reimbursed by the populist
party. He gave me q check for $1,000
and paid my men.
Eight members OF the house camc "a
me in Topeka four we're for Hoch and
four were for Douglass; Douglass wac
nominated and the four Hoch men said
they would not vots for Douglass. The
rival houses were organized and nobody
knew how anybody voted. This started
the war. My judgment Is that II cost the
railroads $4,000 to got those four men &c
sign Tor Douglass. Now, that is where my
1000 went. Later on Judge Doster told
me that the three democrats would 20
into the populist house as soon as the re
publicans would make the break. sem
word to Kline that | wanted $1,000 and
he brought IL 10 me. ! had said TO Kline
before that l was going to get a bill
through destroying the policy business
i wish you would, ne said, there are
20 many in the business that there is nc
longer any money in it,
Legate explained that he paid the 81. 50(
10 some men TO secure the three repub
licans TO vote with the populIsts.
The democrats, however. would not joir
the movement. Failing to get the repub
Leans 10 break he sought TO get the popu
lists to 90 in the republican house. but
tho railroads inteTfered.