The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-29

, Geraghty and Kelly both seemed in high
spirits and laughed frequently al the jibes
Of their friends.
Geraghty said he had nothing to say about
the charges against him.
SCHNELL'S CHILDREN
CONDUCT THE COMPANY.
Louis Schnell is serving his second term
as Councilman. He Is a member of the
Committee on Sanitary Affairs. In the last
Council he was on the Committee on SAM
tary Affairs and the Committee on Munich
pal Affairs. He lives at No. S2-S Copelln
avenue and conducts a grocery at No. 1914
Chouteau avenue.
During the life of the last Council the
South Side Supply Company was lncorpo-
rated. with Fred Schnell, a son of the Coun-
Gilman. as president One of his daughters
was secretary and another treasurer me
headquarters Of the concern were located IN
the rear of the little grocery on Chouteau
avenue. During the session of the Council
1S99-l90O the South Side Supply Company
was one of the most indetatisable and sue
cessful bidders on contracts for supplying
groceries and provisions TO the city insti-
tutions Requisitions calling for thousands
of dollars worth of foodstuffs were turned
over to this little company through the
the goods sent out to the Poorhouse. Fe-
male Hospital. Insane Asylum. City jail
and City Hospital. The prices which the
CITY paid for some of these groceries
aroused comment and complaint on the part
of unsuccessful bidders. and an investiGa-
ton by the Council was the result. The
hearing resulted in favor OF the South Side
Supply Company.
1t was charged that Louis Schnell had
used his influence as Councilman TO secure
contracts for the South Side Supply Com
pany but the charge was not sustained in
the hearing before the Council. Mr. Schneii
declared that he had no connection with
the supply company except to advise MS
children on business matters when his ad-
vice was sought 1t developed IN the IN
uuiry that all the banking business OF the
company was transacted in Louis Schnells
name.
SWEENEY'S CHARGES
AGAINST GERAGHTI.
Charles L. Geraghty is the Democratic
member of the House of Delegates from
the Twenty seventh Ward. He is in the
livery and undertaking business at No.
1921 Easton avenue. and this is the first
public office he has ever held When Gro
min was deposed as Speaker of the House
of Delegates and Charles F. Kelly elected
in his stead. Geraghty was elected Speaker
pro. tenn. in place of Delegate John
Sweeney, Cronin's friend from the Third
Ward. In the troublous times in 'he
House that followed the deposing of Gro
min. Sweeney became very bitter toward
Kelly and Geragnty. Kelly and Geraghty.
through the newspapers. indulged in some
reflections on Sweeney. and in retaliation
hatp haI Iripp vic
lated their oaths of office in accepting con-
tracts from the city. He charged that
Geraghty was stabling horses and vehicles
belonging TO the city at his Easton avenue
establishment. using the name of his
brother-in-law John E. Murphy. as blind.
Sweeney reiterated these charges with 50
much emphasis that Auditor Berna,i
Dierkes began ln investigation. He learned
that bills for the stabling of horses and
the hire of vehicles had been turned i,
to the city bIilheads of the John F.
Murphy Livery md Underteklrg Company.
purportng to oe located at No. 1921 EaSton
avenue. the address Of Gerdgtty's est1o-
lishment.
John E. Murphy is Geraghty's brother-in-
law. He is connected with downtown mil
lnery concern, and on being questioned de
clared he knew nothing of the John L.
Murphy Livery and Undertaking Company.
He said the establishment at No 1921
Easton avenue was owned by Delegate
Geraghty. and that he had never authorized
the use of his name by any one in connection
with any livery undertaking business.
He said he had never sent in any bills TO
the House of Delegates for boarding horses
or hire of vehicles. and hae never collected
any of the money paid on the vouchers for
the bills.
John Dowling, a page in the House of
Delegates, II was discovered, had been sign
ing the receipts for the vouchers in the
Auditors office