New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-08
ANOTHER BOODLER ESCAPES.
ST. LoUIS'S NEST OR BRIBERY STIRRED
MAKES STARTLING REVELATIONS.
my TELEGRAPH To THE TRIEUNE.I

THE TRlEiNE-J
ST Louis Arril 7-Charles Kraft ex-councllTnan'
indicted for bribery. has fed from the city. He is
supposed to be in Mexico en- route to S"itzeiiaiiI'
When Murrel fed rather than go to trlal the ooiio
of the other indicted boodlers were increased, una"
Of Kratz being raised from $500 10 s-o'W'- "He
the case was called this morning hratz lalltu "
appear and his attorneys professed 10 nav n nO
knowledge of his whereabouts. A reward Oh S'V'V
has been offered for his arrest
Last week the case Of Emil Meysenburg. couh-
Gilman was tried. This was admittedly the Weah
est case that the State had against the ooodlers'
t. :; resulted n, the conviction Of the accused VINO
was sentenced to three years in the penitenuaiS'
Motion for a new trial overrued. and MegSeh-
burg's attorneys took an appeal tc the SNP'
Court the bond being fixed at S25,e".
Ed" Butler the Democratic boss ana lathei VI
James T Butler whose seat in Congress has been
declared vacant by the committee that lnvesusa'en
his election also appeared to-day ana gave poiiu
in $4,000 alleged cases OF attempted plipetS'
or $40 600 in all. John II. Becker was placed uhoer
5000 for attempted bribery of the jury commits
sioner and George ]. Kobusch. president OF the 81
Louis Car Company, was admitted 10 bona IN the
sum of s. 600 the charge Of perjury.
The April grand jury sworn in and instruct
ed to take rp the work of the April and December
bodies and probe corruption to the core strange
feature of the summonng Of the April board OF
inquisitors is that the venre summoned was the
of Charles II. Turner, president of the SUP 10,
which precipitated the exposure; and who. on the
stand. testified that the SUBURBAN company
employed Philip Stock, the brewer, as Its legls-
lative agent handle the Doodle whereby iran
chises procured He was excused from serV-
ing.
suited from article in afternoon paper SAVING
that a of money had been deposited win the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company 10 purchase leg
lation. The matter laid before the December
grand jury and II discovered that the sum OF Sl4o.
had actually been deposited for the purpose or
bribng municipal legislators, custodian OF one
of the KEYS the box being selected by the com
the Council. Philip Stock. the legislative agent,
holding the other KEYS for the railway company.
The bill passed. but the matter was taken to the
and the company failed 10 obtain the Valua-
bic franchise desired. The legislative agent refused
the Doodle. while the comb nation as
that il had carried its part OF the con-
and entitled its thirty pieces of sill
yer. The disclosures in this led TO the in
vestigation of other suspicious legislation. and
many indictments were returned. the garbage con-
tract proving TO be the worst of the lot
Indictments returned as follows: Ellis VAIN
wright, millionaire brewer. no is member of a
New York firm of 1nanciers and in Egypt at
the time of his indictment bribery. Henry A.
Nicolaus brewer bribery: Emil a Meysenburg.
bribery; Charles Kratz, bribery, John X Murrell,
bribery: Julius Lehman. perjury: Harry A Faux
ner. perjury; Edward Butler two cases, attempt
ed bribery; John Becker. attempted bribery