The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-12

investi cation tof the whole committee.
Last night, five minutes after they had
voted for the committee on inys ssigation,
and in plain sight OF 100 persons who
tnronged the corridors Councilman Frank
w. Hoag and William 4. shay were ar
rested by Officers SkelIy and Grinneil.
Hoag is charged with being accessory tn
a felony before the fact, and both Hoag
and Shay are charged with conspiracy TO
commit bribery.
INDICTED FOR BRIBERY.
All these matters IRE the outcome OF the
vctivity of tho citizens committee. n band
If reformers who have decided TO purge
City Hall OF its impurities, Already this
committee has indicted Alderman GibDey,
= mem ber of the present public instruction
committees; Alderman John h. johnson
and ex Councilman Alfred Clarkson, for
ISOLATION of the statutes of contracts. aud
has caused the arrest of Councilman Will
liam +. Shay for receiving an alleged
bribe of 81 for his vote for Architect
Farnham's plans for the Hicks street
school.
IL is in this latter connection that Shay
and Hoag were arrested last night. Shay's
trial on the charge OF accepting bribe
will take place Friday morning. His
case and that OF Hoag will Inc called today
on the charges preferred last night.
ASKED FOR DOODLE
Tuesday night Mayor Greene called a
meeting OF the committee on public in
struction for three O'Clock yesterday after
uoon. He did rot attend tho meeting
and this saused much comment. Earlier
IN the afternoon, however. no receiypc n
visit FROM Agents Bobrick of the Bobrick
Company. aud Phillips of the Grand
Rapids Desk Company. These men were
bidders for $500 desks. recently. agniDst
tho Chandler Desk Company, and the
lattetr won. Since then there has been n
great deal Of talk about the award. Bob.
rick and Phillips were sought by the
citizens committee some days ago. and
yest Lay they came 10 this citv and M o
Supposed to have told the mayor that mem
bcrs of the public instruction committee
had held themselves up for bribery, or
that they had asked for Doodle.
The mayer, impressed by their words
Immediately sat down and indited
while the committee on public instruction
was waiting, the mayor was onfhis way
to his summer home in Falmouth.
The greatest care w9s taken To prevent
tho executive document from being made
public before the meeting. All the alter
noon Counsel Reed and Morton OF tho
citizens committee fitted in and out of
City Hall and the police station, and ex-
element became intense.
MAYOR WANTS INVESTIGATION.
The strain was relieved last night A
special meeting Of both branches Of the
city government was called. The mayor
was not present Alderman Hartley pre-
sided In the board. The galleries were
crowded. the Railways packed. and In tho
throng at the entrance to tho Common
Council chamber were Officers Skolly and
Grinnell In citizens clothes.
City Clerk George A. Ballard explained
swearing in President Pro Iempore
Hartley (Dr. Abbott being sick), read tho
communication:
CITY OF FALL RIVER.
MAYORS OFFICE, Aug IL, 1897
To the City Councii-Gentlemon: There
wero certain editorial articles appearing
in the Fall River Daily Herald. under
dates Of Aug. 3 and Aug. T. 1897, CON
tanning, Ivy implication, allusions TO i'm
proper acts in my official capacity and
also an editorial published in tho Fall
River Daily Herald OF Aug. 10. 1897 hav.
ing what purr orts by its quotation
marks to have bsen a communication.
addressed to that paper, near the BEGINNING
q an editorial entitled "stand for
1T is all very well q ,all on the mnvor
to turn on, the searchights. but he will
not do it. He is too much OF a politician
to turn IL on Billy Greene.
While consider the purported communi.
cation hardly proper one for notice un.
der ordinary circumstances in view of tho
fact that it Is mede the basis of an
editorial article and that the said COM
municution intimates that there is some
thing about my transactions I'm the com.
mittee on public instruction which | fear
to have exposed 90 the light Of day, |
hereby request that the City cornell shall
cause M investigation to be had OF every
act OF mine relative To tho work of the
committee on public instruction, and that
full authority be given for the summon
ing Of witnesses md the production OF
any official documents or records.
WILLIAM >. GREENE, Mayor.
CITY OF FALL RIVER,
MAYORS OFFICE. Aug. IL. 1897.
To tho City Council-Gentlemen Since
addressing a communication TO your hon
or0ble body. bearing especialiv upon my
own relations t. the committee on public
Instruction. i have received Information
regarding tho action OF some of the mem
bers of said committees relative TO the con-
trnct for seats end desks re, emily awarded,
which I have reason 20 Relieve benrs evil
dencc OF truth. and which. IL true. reflects
upon certain mem lers OF said committee
aud ] therefore ask that IN. In your juug-
JncT The Investigation / have called for
reetrdin9 my own nets is not broad
enough to cover the whole subject, you
will take such further action as you
NAV deem necessary 20 expose every trans
action of ell mem bers Of said coInmitteo.
having been interviewed by counsel OF
the citizens committee. and assured
them of my desire 20 aid them In any
manner possible 10 expose any improper
acts Of any member OF the City Council, i