The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13
ARRESTED ON A
CHARGE OF BRIBERY
friends OF John Wanamaker Pursue a
Deposed Officer.
COMPLAINT AGAINST GEN. REEDER
Tie Is said to Have Conspired to ln-
jure John Wanamakcr by Having a
Man Offer "a Hribe in Mr.. Wana-
makers Name.

Easton. Pa, Sept 12.-General Frank
Reeder of this city, who at the re-
quest of Governor Hastings, has just
resigned the Office of secretary of the
commonwealth, place that pays about
$50 600 a year, was arrested yesterday
afternoon on charges of bribery brought
at theinstance Of friends of John Wana-
maker. of Philadelphia The suit is re-
garded as part of the campaign of the
anti-Quay forces in this state. Fellow
defendants with General Reeder are
Assemhlyman Webster c. Weiss and
Maurice C. Luckenbach, both we'll
known citizens of Bethlehem. Each
has entered 81, 900 bail and waived a
hearing, carrying the case to the Crimi-
ral court, which will meet here on Mon
day
The complaint was made before JUS
tice of the Peace Koch, of Pen Argyle,
and the warrant was issued yesterday.
1t was sworn to by a man named
Charles Chobert. No one here knows
who he is. Harry Mackey, a lawyer of
Bangor, who is an attorney for Mr..
Wanamaker offered $40 to Constable
Ross of Bangor, yesterday if he would
serve the papers, but Ross declined.
first declares that General Reeder and
Luckenbach "conspired together to de-
fame the good name of John Wana-
maker by attempting to have him offer
a bribe to said Weiss to secure Weiss
vote for Wanamaker for United States
senator" last fall. The second infor-
nation says that the three did con-
spire together to bribe the said Weiss"
hot Not aAnt iNya
Tilard offered to bribe Weiss.
All this grows out of the suit for 0ri-
berry brought against f. A. Van Val
kenburg, Mr.. Wanamaker's man, who
was arrested last fall on charge of
attempting to bribe Assemblyman
Weiss. and who is to have his trial
next week at Pottsville. All the ac-
cused men are witnesses in this case.
WITNESS WINSBORO.
The information was furnished to the
Wanamaker people it is said, by Will
liam Winsboro, of Bangor. He was a
slate operator there, and was a close
friend of General Reeder at one time.
He went over to the anti-Quay crowd.
Last winter he suddenly disappeared
and it was found that his money affairs
We're in a very bad way. He had failed
for s50,000.
The Wanamaker and Van Valllenberg
people know that it was Winsboro who
introduced Detective Tillard to Assem-
bynlan Weiss, to whom the detective
offered $4,000 if he would vote for Wan
amaker The Wanamaker people sent
L. b. Camden, Bangor man. across
the continent to find Winsboro. He
found him in California and brought
him back. That trip cost the Wana-
maker people $l,500. Since his return
Winsboro. Sho has no means of sup
port, has lived in Asbury Park with his
family. He told a friend the other day
that he expected to make enough this
year to pay off his Indebtedness. He is
a witness in the case against Van Val
kanberg next week, and that case will
hava a direct bearing on the cases
of Reeder, Weiss and Luckenbach
The allegations in the Van Valken-
berg case are that he gave the detective
money with which TO bribe Weiss. The
prosecution says that it learned of Var
Nalkenbergs offer and followed up the
case, securing evidence sufficient tC
convict.
When the constable entered Genera
Reeder's Office to serve the warrant thi,
afternoon Assemblyman Weiss happen
ed to be there, and the constable served
the papers on him also. After this the
officer went to Bethlehem and arrested
Mr.. Luckenbach The arrest of Gen.
eral Reeder, following so closely upor
his resignation at Harrisburg. has con,
WINGED his friends that he is being USED
as a means for striking at Senator
Quay.