The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-12
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BRIBERY
Deputies and Deputies Arrested by
Wholesale in st. Louis.

wholesale W OF GOutSs
st. Louis, Sept. 10.-A sensation was
caused yesterday afternoon by the Is.
suance Of bench warrants for the ar
rest of eighteen members and ex-mem
bers of the house of deputies for COM
plicity with Ex-Deputy E. E. Murrell,
who fed to Mexico last spring after
being indicted for bribery by the grand
jury for alleged boodling operations in
connection with the granting OF street
franchises, and who Unexpectedly re-
turned to the city through the efforts
of the st. Louis Post-Dispatch and sur
rendered. He is now in the custody
of Circuit Attorney Folke, and will, it
is stated, be granted immunity o
punishment for turning states evil
dence.
Following are the names of the al
legged combine members for whom
bench warrants we're issued, charging
bribery and perjury in connection with
Suburban street railway and other leg
islation: E. e. Murrell, ]. E. Schnet-
ter, Charles w. Kelly, E. l.. Albright,
George F. Robertson, Louis Decker,
John Helms, Charles A. Gutke. Adolph
MADEIRA, H. A. Faulkner, Julius Leh-
mann, Edmund Bersch, Otto Schu-
macher, John A. Sheridan, Charles J.
Denny, William Lamblin, ]. j. Hanni-
gan and Emil Hartman.
Warrants Were Served
on Messrs. E. E. Murrell, Schnetter,
Albright, Robertson, Helms, Gutke,
Faulkner, Schumacher and Hannigan.
Albright and Faulkner were released
in bonds of 100000 each. The others
arrested were allowed to 60 to their
respective homes in the custody of
deputy sheriffs, who will remain with
them until they shall have furnished
security for their appearance in court
when the cases are called for trial.
e. E. Murrell made the following
statement for publication:
81 have surrendered Internationally
10 the circuit authorities and have
made a full and free confession. |
could no longer stand the agony l en-
dured as a fugitive from justice, and
the wrong done me by the parties just
as guilty as l, who made me their
catspaw.
81 am not permitted to give the de-
tails of evidence that l have put the
circuit attorney in possession of. This
will all come out on the trial. / am
willing to &C on the stand and tell all
1 know. l had the key to the box in
the Lincoln Trust company containing
the $75,0 900 bride money to go to the
house of delegates on the passage OF
the Suburban bill.
They Named Their Price.
"This money was put up as the pur.
chase price for the votes of the com
bine, that price having been agreed
upon The combine of the house of
delegates was composed of nineteen
>nen. The object of the combine was
to control legislation for the benefit of
raembers of the combine. Shortly be.
iore the Suburban bill the combine
sold their votes on the lighting bills
for $47, 900. This money was handled
by Kelly and was paid to the members
of the combine at a meeting assembled
for that purpose. Each member of the
combine received $4,000.
1--WE did not look upon what we did
as a serious crime as it had gone on
SO long. 1t was not regarded by those
who participated in it as morally
wrong. Until the present circuit at
torney took Office no sincere effort was
made apparently to punish what was
being done as a crime.