The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-16
ROBBED THE CITY
MINNEAPOLIS HAS A BAND OF
THIEVES IN FINE RAJ
MENT.
THE PRISONS DOORS YAWN
FOR A LOT OF OFFICIALS OF
THE FAIR FLOUR
CITY.
HE PRISONS DOORS YAWN
HANEY NOT THE wop CT OF THESE.
Two Aldermen so Mixed Up In
"Fixing" Contracts That They
May Be Sent Up.

In the very near future Minneapolis
Will be treated to a sensation that will
involve the name of several of her
citizens in such a way as to perhaps
land some of them in prison cells The
Issuance Of the warrant for the arrest
of City Clerk Haney Saturday last was
the first move to this end. 1t was but
the stepping stone
Tomorrow when the grand jury meets
there will be submitted to it evidence
fmplicating nearly every department in
the civic government of Minneapolis.
There will be evidence that those who
nave prepared it hope will send two
aldermen of this city to the peniten-
tiary Two they are sure Of, and there
may be more. 1t will be one of the
greatest exhibitions of civic house
cleaning ever witnessed in America.
All this, if the word of one of the most
prominent and respected citizens Of
Minneapolis may be relied upon
The statement that the investigations
which have about come to a close were
MADE by the Good Citizenship league
is not correct. Three months ago a
few of the citizens of Minneapolis. who
were tired of paying exorbitant taxes
and who felt that there was something
rotten in the management of CITY af-
fairs, banded themselves together and
contributed each about $1OO to aid in
ferreting out what they thought was
gross miSmanagement of affairs. Or
they were not sure it was not-crime.
This organization, as it finally be-
came, was new in the business and. be-
fore commencing work, applied to the
civic federation Of Chicago for aid.
This was soon forthcoming, and but A
snort time after the request was made
several Chicago detectives were at
work in this city That their work has
been well done there is little doubt.
The band of house cleaners have in
their possession, and which will be pre-
sented to the grand jury today. a mass
of evidence that it would take man
twenty-four hours to read.
DETECTIVES ARRIVE.
Shortly after, or about the time of
the arrival of the detectives, the CITY
advertised for bids for water mains
in the usual way. One of the Chicago
sleuths seized this as an opportunity
to earn his salary well, and the re-
quest for bids had nc sooner been pub
hshed than he had become a full
hedged manufacturer of water mains
He was anxious to get the contract
and represented to two aldermen.
whose names will be withheld until the
matter comes up in court, that he had
a very large stock on hand and could
dispose of it at a very low price, much
lower in fact, than could any other
manufacturer in the country. His
scheme worked we'll An agreement
was quickly drawn up, signed by the
alleged pipe manufacturer and the two
aldermen and witnessed by two local
parties, which provided that the Chi
cago man should get the contract, the
aldermen looking after this part of the
agreement, and that the latter should
secure fair share of the profits de-
rived from the sale Of the pipe. This
agreement will be placed in the hands
of the grand jury with the other evil
dence.
The trap that caught the aldermen
on the water main business had done
its work well, and was set for City
Clerk Haney, and that the bait was
tempting one future developments
will prove. About the time the city
was looking around for coal there ar
rived in Minneapolis a doctor by the
name of Debose. He came from Chica-
go, had large coal interests and was
very desirouS Of securing a. contract
from the city of Minneapolis Toward
this end he called on Mr. Haney, intro
duced himself as DR.. DeboSe, and told