The evening Republican., 1902-09-09
MURRELL TELLS ALL
Another Chapter In the st.
Louis "Boodle" Case.
WARRANTS OUT FOR LAWMAKERS.
Member of House of Delegates Tells
the story of Bribery and Perjury
Among Its Members-sh0ck-
ing Revelation.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9.-Warrants have
been issued by Circuit Attorney Folk
against eighteen former and present
members of the house of delegates OF
this city.
All eighteen are charged with bribery
in connection with the Suburban and
other bills, and fifteen of the eighteen
are charged with perjury because of
testimony given by them before the
grand jury.
These warrants are Issued on the
confession of j. X Murrell, who is now
in st. Louis in the custody Of the ci'-
cult attorney. Murrell was brought
from Mexico to st. Louis by the Post
Dispatch.
It is charged that the men for whom
warrants are out composed com
bine" in the house of delegates at the
time the Suburban railway and other
Doodle bills were passed.
III statement made by Mr.. Murrell
for publication he says:
~ have surrendered Internationally
to Circuit Attorney ]. w. Folk and
have made a full confession to him. l
am not permitted to give the details
of the evidence that have put the cir
cult attorney in possession of. This
will all come out in the trials, and l
am willing to 60 on the stand and tell
all l know. l held the key to the box
in the Lincoln Trust company contain
ing the $4,000 bride money to go to
the house Of delegates upon the pas
sage of the Suburban bill.
This money was put up as the pur-
chase price for the votes of the COM
bine, that price having been agreed
upon.
1.-THE combine of the house of dele
gates was composed Of nineteen men.
When the Suburban matter came up
before the combination, was selected
to negotiate with Philip Stock, the rep
resentative of the Suburban railway.
as to the best price we could get for
our votes upon the passage Of the bill.
II am not permitted to make the OPP
erations of the combine on this particu-
lar matter public at this time. The pur-
pose of the combine was t. control leg
islation and sell legislation for the ben-
eft of the members of the combine.
Shortly before the Suburban bill came
IN the combine sold their votes on the
lighting bills for $47,500. This money
was handled by Kelly and was paid to
the members of the combine at meet
ing arranged for that purpose at julius
Lehmanns house. Each member of the
combine received $1,000.
II was present and saw that money
paid to the various parties. These are
only two instances, but there are 9TH
ers, evidence of which is in the possess
sion of the circuit attorney"
It is stated that Murrell has been in
the city since last Friday in the custo-
dy of the circuit attorney.
The members and former members
of the municipal assembly for whom
warrants have been issued are as fol-
lows:
Il. E. Murrell, John Fl. Schnettler,
Charles F. Kelly, 7. E. Albright, George
f. Robertson, Louis Decker, John
Helms, Charles A. Gutke, Adolph Ma
dera, II. A. Faulkner, julius Lehman,
Edmund Bersch, Otto Schumacher,
John A. Sheridan, Charles J. Denny,
William Tamblyn, J. J. Hannigan and
Emile, Hartman. OF those Robertson,
Schneider, Helms, Schumacher, Al
bright, Faulkner, Gutke, Hannigan
and e. II. Murrel have been arrested.
Faulkner was released in bonds Of
$4,000, and the others will each be
held in that amount.