Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-12
lIIE ST. LUIIS AFFAIR
SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED.
William TambI,n. Implicated In the
Uisclosures of j. IL. MuTreI,
BROUGHT From Cleveland nnd
Jailed Te..,iing Bail.

st. Louis, Sept. IA report is cur
rent that Charles Kratz. the fugitive
councilman, has returned from MeXico
| in disguise and has appeared before
| tlie grand jury and turned states evi-
| dence in the boodla charges against
| members and forlNe, TsOhers of the
house Of delegates.
William Tamblyn. B., t;sss1ler st. Lou
II delegate, who Wa. III AsEted Monday
on two charges of bribery in connec'
tiou with the passage Ut the city light
Ing bill in February, Is!E,. has been
brought back from Cleveland, where
he had been for Two yeaFs. He is one
! Of the membprs Of the alleged combine
that j. *. Murlrll laid bar; Oh his cen
fas>on IT, the Grand jury after his re
turn from Mexico. Tamb}n. in The
custody of Detective Williams. was
taken to .ttl and locked UP pn,diug an
attempt to secure BAIL
The grand jury r9convcned during
the day and took up the consideration!
uf the ligl, inG scandal of the last mu-
nicipal assembly The following mem
bers of the council that passed the
measure in question were summoned
TO testify before the grand jury:
T.. Il. w. Meier, president: William FL.
Horton, Charles Il. Carroll, Henry
Gauss, Jr.; Pauus Cast, Charles H.
Thinner, Charles Virgins, w. r. Hodges
August Hoffman, Z. e. Meysenbcrg.
Eben Richards and Louis SchneH
Charles Kratz. member of that body,
is supposed to be in Mexico, where he
fed after being indicted on the charge
Of bribery in connection with the Sub
urban street railway legislation.
Robert E. Mcmahon, former presi-
dent of the board of public improve
ments, has also been summoned to ap-
pear before the body and disclose such
facts concerning the transaction as he
has in his possession and which, it Is
claimed, will be of material benefit to
the inquisitors in fastening the crime
Of boodling upon certain members of
the combine.
One member of the house of dele
gates combine that the circuit attorney
is especially anxious to get before the
grand Jury is Delegate Charles f. Kel-
y. who. with five other indicted alder
n,rn. is still ut large. Kelly is said to
be fhe dispenser of the SAT 800 that ].
X. MurrIl testified had been paid men,
hHs- Of the ring.
Why Murrcll Returned.
j. X. Murrell has made public his
reasons for coming back. He had been
promised. he says that the gang
would aid his wife and supply her
needs and would keep him in funds.
He discovered. he AYERS. that the
gang was destroying her letters to
him in which she told of her impover-
ished condition.
Il did not receive a cent from the
gang while | was gone" said he,
land it was simply my own mental
anguish and the fact that my wife
was destitute and probably starving
in st. Louis that led me to come back.
My wife wrote me that she had dis
covered that her letters had been de-
stroyed. and she came herself to Mex
leo | agreed with her that it was bet
ter to make a clean breast Of my
wrongdoings and do what could to
rectify my mistake.
The penitentiary could not hold as
many terrors for me as being a fugi-
tive from justice. After my indict-
ment 1 did not have any idea of going
away until the evening Of March 10,
when Julius Lehman and jain
Helms came to me and said | would
better get out
"'We'll send you money while you're
gone they said. and see that your
wife is supplied with funds also They
lance for me to leave, so lost no time
in shaving off my mustache and chang
ing my clothes. took Il train that
night for .Juarez. Mexico.
AT Iuarez l stopped at leading
hotel and went over to EN Paso. Tex.
Frequently While i'll Ei Paso julius
Lehman came down to see me. In.
stead of bringing me money, however.
lehman borrowed $40 from me-
had expected some remittance from
the gang. and then began to realize.
that they were APT to throw mo. | con
rinued to receive letters from the
gang in which there were the usual
promises and which urged the neces-
SHY Of my keeping as far away as pos