The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25
SALISBURY in CHICAGO
GRAND RAPIDS ATTORNEY TO AN
SWER THE INDICTMENT.
Admits that He "Shifted" Millionaire
Barton's $50,OOO--Will Appear in
Criminal Court To-Day.

CHICAGO, Feb. A.-Lant e. Salisbury,
city attorney of Grand Rapids, Mich, who
was indicted by the Cook county grand
jury last week. charged by Guy c. Barton.
an Omaha millionaire, with confiscating
$4,000, claimed by Barton, from safety
deposit vault in Chicago, was in conference
here with Barton and other interested par
ties to-day, trying to compromise their diff
ferences.
Salisbury arrived in Chicago late last
night with a party of lawyers and private
detectives. Some time after midnight they
appeared at the Grand Pacific Hotel and
here they remained all day to-day behind
closely guarded doors, but UP to late
hour tonight it was said they had been
unable to reach satisfactory agreement
The mysterious transactions of which
the indictment of the Grand Rapids attor-
ney is an outcome, according to state
ment made by one of the attorneys in the
case, involves a $i,000,000 contract, which
ii was proposed to let in connection with
new system of water works for Grand
Rapids. Barton, 1t is SAID was bidder
for the contract According TO the state
ment of the lawyer. the $4,000 in question
was TO be used by Salisbury in furthering
the interests of the contractor Friends or
the Grand Rapids man state that he took
the money out of the original vault, where
it had been deposited in escrow by Barton
and himself and deposited 1t In another of
his own selection, merely as matter OF
self-protection.'' The box in the vault Is
said to have been rented in the name of
William Woods. and 1t was owing TO this
fact that the Indictment was returned
against lone Salisbury, alias William
Woods"
tanned by Mr.. Salisbury, stated tonight
that his client would stand trial under the
indictment and that tomorrow he would
be ready to go into the criminal court and
give bond in any required sum for mis- APP
pearance for trial Superintendent MCGUIRE.
of the detective agency, having the case in
charge for Mr.. Barton. was reticent when
timated that the $4,000 involved was no
longer in the possession of Salisbury.
The Record tomorrow will say: Sails
bury brought with him from Grand Rapids
$4,000 in bills. which he borrowed, 1t is
said from several persons after detectives
had told him the nature of their visit TO
| the city. On his arrival here this money
was shown to the complainants in the case,
but was retained in the possession of Sal
| isbury. The original $4,000 was deposited
cfv N "a SePSSe vau horn
| rowing the money in Grand Rapids after he
knew he was to be brought back to Chi
cago is said to have been to have the
| money to show or return IL circumstances
| demanded
None of the parties to the case would
make a statement of the results of the
| all-day conference Attorney General For
| rest, counsel for Salisbury, said: There
| is nothing to say about the case except
| that 1t Is whole lot of nothing. Sails
/ bury will go from this hotel, where he
| is practically in custody. straight to the
| office of the states attorney in the morn
| Ing AS between the parties involved, there
/ is nothing to settle
| States Attorney Deneen said: There
| will be no quashing of the indictment
| against Salisbury. The four witnesses who
| appeared before the grand jury gave evil
| dence sufficient, as 1 thought, to warrant
| the indictment. The case will be prose-
| cuted regardless of any agreement which
| may be reached b. TIE parties and any talk
| of adjustment out of court is unwarranted