The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-10-02

Er-Lottcry Boss Kline Accuses Kansas
state OmciaIs OF bribery.

and an affidavit concerning the al
legged connection OF the state admins
tration with the lottery gamblers Of
Kansas City, Kan. The letters were
written by State Senator Edwin Tay-
lor Of Wyandotte county and Peter
W. Kline. once the boss lottery gam
bier OF Kansas City, Kan. The affi-
dGvit was made by Judge $. S. Sharpe
of Kansas City. Kan, and is given as
corroborative evidence of some of the
charges made by Kline in his letter,
which was written in reply to one
from Senator Taylor asking Kline to
make clean breast of his alleged
connection with the state administra-
tion. The letter is especially in
teresting because IL is the first utter
ance of any consequence by him
concerning his supposed dealings with
Private Secre tary Close, Attorney
General Little and other Populists
close TO Governor Lewelling.
! Whether Kline would have told the
story he gives in his letter II the
senate investigation committee had
secured his attendance when 1t had
the charges involved under investiga-
tion during the summer of 1898 would
be interesting to know
| Much of Kline's letter Is ancient
history. In substance il tells in a
new form the story of the alleged IA
nous interview i'm the Union Pacific
| hotel in the winter of 1898 between
| himself and Attorney General Little
and Private Secretary Close; of jim
! Legate's share in the transaction, and
of subsequent alleged payments of
money by Kline to friends OF Gov
ernor Lewelling. All this came out
in the investigation by the senate
committee, except that no evidence
was produced 10 sustain the Doodle
charges and the committee unani-
mously so reported.
The last part of Kiinc's letter makes
some sensational statements lie
says:
"When the senatorial investigation
was made at Kansas City, Kan, Fred
Close, private secretary of the gov
ernor, and G.. Il. Hathaway, assistant
bank commissioners, came from To
peka and requested that ! go to
! Chicago where / could not be subpm-
naed before the investigating com
mittee, and said that if / would keep
out OF the state of Kansas they
would see that / was not compelle d
TO appear before that investigating
committee.
Being convinced that Governor
Lewelling and Attorney General Lit
tie did not intend TO keep their con-
tract with me in regard to protection
| that they had entered into and that
they had entered into an arrange
ment with other parties TO carry on
the lottery business in Kansas City,
| Kan, and this opinion being con-
Fox & Co., NJ. ottens, G. A.
Gale 81 Co, and Winn & Co., had
opened up lotteries and made public
drawings ia the month of September,
| Immediately opened up correspond
ence with the Louisiana Lottery COM
pany and told them that | believed
that could have the lottery business
in the state of Kansas suppressed BY
appointment l met their attorney,
Mr.. Henderson, at Chicago October
IL and entered into a written con-
tract, which | now hold with him, to
suppress all lotteries in Kansas for
the consideration of SIS. 900, TO be
paid in payments of $1,000 each,
$4,000 in cash, which was TO be paid
on October IA, 1898; S., 900 to be pai d
| November Is, 1893; IS, 900 TO be paid
February Is, 1894; $1,000 May Is, 1894,
and $1,000 July IS, 1894. Attorney
General Little was to receive $50, 900
of this money and ] was to receive
$1,000.
"Of the $1,000 paid me In cash by
the attoSney at Chicago, when ar
rived at Kansas City | sent 81, 900 TO
Mr. Little in crisp 500 bills rs per
agreement. Mr.. Little at once, as
the records at Kansas City Kan, will
show, entered prosecutions against
the lottery companies. When he came
| down TO prosecute the case met him
and asked him il he had received the
$4,000 | sent him and he said that he
had and j then showed him the con-
tract which had made with the Lou
isiana lottery company, and which
| now hold, and he agreed to and APP
proved the contract. But for some
reason best known TO himself land
oth0rs) he has failed TO carry out his
part OF 1t and close up the lotteries as
he agreed To do, although he would
have received SIG, 700 more money-in
the aggregate SEQ, 000--for simply do
ing his official duty The only nat
ural conclusion is that it has been
more profitable for Attorney General
Little TO follow the course that has
been pursued in Kansas City, Kan, by
the gang in control there since that
time. And now the Louisiana lottery
company has demanded of me that l
reimburse them the 81, 900 with inter
est which they furnished me under
the contract, s4 600 of which Mr.. Lit
tie himself received.
r, "The result of my connection with
this administration has been that they
have robbed me of every dollar that
had My advances OF money to
them, and my losses OF property be-
cause of their brolSen promises
amounts TO s3, 500. have even been
compelled to pawn the jowelry of my
wife in order TO pay them money
which they demanded. / mortgaged
my office furniture TO secure funds TO
! comply with their demands and when
| could no longer raise money TO pay
them | lost all that had and to-day
| am poor aud without means while
they are enjoying Illicit gains upon a
! questionable business disreputably
conducted aud that the public may
know the true character of these men
who have been posing for tho last two
years as reformers, | am constrained
To make this statement voluntarily" A"
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