Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-09-10
RESEMBLES The TWEED RING
St, Louis Official Scandal Takes on Greater
Proportions,
MORE INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED
Circuit Attorney Believes that the
City Will he Purified by the
Present Fight Against
Corruption.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9-when Judge Douglas
adjourned court tonight seven Of the nine
teen members of the alleged Doodle COM
bine Of the house OF delegates we're still
at large and the police and deputy sheriffs
| are using their best efforts to find them.
| Developments in the case began early and
| came with startling rspidity.
The most important feature Of the days
developments was the finding of new in
| dictments against nineteen members Of the
| combine. In addition to the charges OF
bribery and perjury in connection with the
Suburban Street railroad deal, the members
of the alleged combine now rest under ad-
ditional indictments, charging bribery
These were found by the grand jury be-
fore which H. H. Murrell testified today
as to the city lighting scandal of 1900, in
which each member of the combine is said
to have received $4,000 in payment for his
services in securing the passage OF the
bill. Bonds were fixed at SIS 900 for every
| indictment, making a total Of $45 900 neces-
sary to be secured for the release Of any
one Of the accused.
Locked Up in Jail.
Early in the day former Delegates ]. H.
Schnettler John Helmes, Otto Schumacher
and Charles Cutie, and Delegate ]. J.
Hannigan, who spent the night at their
homes in the custody Of deputy -sheriffs
were locked up In jail, because of their
failure to secure bonds. Charles Cutie was
later released in bonds of $4,000 in the
first two indictments, but was soon re-
arrested on the bribery indictment returned
today and is still in custody, having failed
to secure additional surety. Ex-Delegate
Bersch was taken into custody some time
| 1UVE4V H. A.VN
ated, Ed Butler, a wealthy local politi-
clan. signing his bond to the amount of
$4,000. Butler also went surety in like
sum for Delegate Charles j. Denny and for
former Delegate T. e. Albright He also
wanted to secure GutJes release by filing
an additional bond OF $4,000, but Judge
Douglas refused to let him sign any more.
The police and deputy sheriffs are still
looking for Delegates Charles Kelly, for
mer Delegates Emil Hartmann, Louis
Decker, julius Lehman and Harry A.
Faulkner.
The last-named was released on bond
yesterday and the authorities want MIN
on the indictment found today. Faulkner
has already been convicted on the charge
of perjury in connection with the Suburban
case and found guilty. He was out pend
ing decision when Foulk's present bomb
shell burst Ex-speaker Of the House of
Delegates William M. Tamblyn, who has
been in Cleveland since Circuit Attorney
Foulk began the case, will return to st.
Louis having been arrested there today.
Now in Colorado.
Former Delegate Adolph MADEIRA is some
where in Colorado, where the authorities
are searching for him at the request of
St. Louis officials. Ex-Speaker John X.
Delegate George e. Robertson have turned
states evidence and are where Circuit At
torney Foulk can find them when wanted.
Circuit Attorney Foulk, when seen this
evening, expressed satisfaction at the prog
ress being made in the fight for pure gov
ernment in st. Louis. He compared the
present expose to that of the Tweed ring
in the '70s, and said he believed that never
before, with that exception, had corrup-
tion in public office held such sway as 1t
had here during the last few years.
He believed the authorities were in a fair
way to weed out the element that looked
on the public office a place for per-
sonal enrichment. Mr.. Foulk said that for
many years past the municipal assemblies
in st. Louis had been dominated by COM
bines that compelled the payment of large
sums of money to the members by all who
franchises.
Hardly a measure went through without
paying tribute. He called attention to the
oath taken by members Of the combine in
a previous house of delegates as indicating
the extent to which they go to gain their
ends. Thus far, said Mr.. Foulk, the fight
has been mainly against the bribetaker,
but evidence is being secured that will be
used to bring to justice the bribegiver.
The connecting links between these two
classes of lawbreakers are being put to-
gether. with the result that it was hoped
to soon have in custody some Of those in
volved with the payment of large bribes.
Terms of the Oath.
1t developed today that an oath was ad-
ministered to each of the nineteen members
of the combine whose identity were dis
closed by the confession of ]. X. Murrell
yesterday. A copy of the oath has beeu
given to Circuit Attorney Folk and the
grand jury. It is as follows:
l do solemnly swear before the Almighty
God that IN associating myself and in be-
coming a member of this combine 1 will
vote and act with the combine whenever
and wherever l may be ordered to do So
And 1 furtherly solemnly swear that l
will not, at any place time, reveal the
fact that there is a combine, and that l
will not communicate to any person or per-
sons anything that may take place at any
meeting of the combine.
And / further solemnly swear that /
should reveal the factSthat any person in
| this combine has received money, l hereby
permit and authorize other members of this
combine to take the forfeit of my life in
such manner as they deem proper, and that
and my body cast into the Mississippi river
And all this l do solemnly swear, so help