The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-01
OTHERs IMPLICATEO.

He also Implicated in water dtais Dudley
Z. Wsters, ex-president Of th4 Board OF
Public Works; DIR. Uiike de vrses. ex-city
physician; George Ellis, LOCAL broker;
Samuel Lemon. collector of internal rere-
nue. and William II. Anderson president
of the Fourth National Bank.
Six separate water conspiracy deals were
on In Grand Rapids at one tisae. accord
ing 10 Salsbury's sworn Testimony, each
gigantic in size. and all calling for the nse
Of Doodle funds. In addition to- the Henry
Taylor 100000 Lake Michigan swates deal
he testified that there weTC five other
strings out, from each one of Thich thou
sands of dollars were hanging. Every one
of these six sets OF men whot put up or
offered TO advance a corruptioH fund were
dupes, SO Salisbury says, OF himself. Perry,
McGaIry and Sproat. Pat FLYNN, OF New
York, ne names as one of these fat the head
of one scheme. The men Interested I'm the
Hydraulic Water Company are named
the backers OF another deal sn Chicago.
Then there was a Milwaukee deal. In which
he said Contractor Loss. OF Chicago, was
Interested; the Omaha deal. iis which the
Ban on milliOnaires are said TO have put up
$4,000. and the Gillespie deal; On top OF
ali these, Salisbury duplicates Esevenue Col
lector Samuel NJ. Lemon with a deal.
charging Lemon with coming 20 him with
proposition to buy the CouncS after hav-
ing bought the mayor for $4,000 ID. IL.
Crow, Of Grand Rapids. and Noses Crow.
of New York, are also menticned In con-
nectio1 with one of the deals.
Salisbury testified that he offered Burns
500 IN addition to 800 which Burns told
him he had already received. Barns scorncd
the offer at first. saying that; he was no
duce The bill in the Legislature and have
the other persons in the deal Itake large
amouEt while he had just little Burns
threatened. so Salisbury swotIe. that he
wouldi tack on a referendum ,Sause 20 the
bill wanted by the promoters ueless he was
given 5000 Finally Salisbury .toid him 10
put in the bill and 10 say nething about
the s. 600 until the bill becames law. inti-
mating that he would be further rewarded
then. The $500 was paid 10 Bjrns in SAILS
bury'@ office in the City Hall. switness tes-
THE WATER DEAsL
Salisbury testified that the water deal
first came TO his attention ii June. 1900.
when, Thomas F. McGarry. as local attor-
ney told him he had some tclients who
wanted TO get contract to furslish the city
with water and that there woufi be 5000 in
II for him. Salisbury was driSen into the
DEAL so he confessed. because OF $1,000
shortage In his bank accounf caused by
unfortunate speculation in whsat. He met
r. A, Cameron. of New York. ind agreed TO
go into the deal for $1,000 cashi The money
was sent by III. A. Taylor. o: New York.
the moneyed man In the deal my sole pur-
pose was TO take the $500. said Sails
bury, Ito straighten up my bstnk account
II / had got that money az sthat time I
would have settled the shortage and there
the water deal would have ensed." Attor-
ney McGarry, however. wantef 81. 500 from
Salisbury, he testified. but III was finally
agreed that Salisbury should ply him 81 500.
Salisbury then went into tfe newspaper
alleged connection with the detl. Cameron
wanted TO know IL the NEWSPAPERS would
support US. I told him that ( would take
| care OF IL. / paid Charles s. S,urch, OF the
Evening Press. $500. / also fave j. Clark
Sproat, the manager OF the Democrat.
some. I talking Of beco:ning a part
ner with Sproat. IL being Understood that
1 was TO the paper as L wanted"
Salisbury also implicated Dqdley z Wa
! terx, a member OF the Boary OF Public
| Works: Eugene ID. Conger. mknager OF the
| Grand Rapids Herald, and J. ;R. Thomson.
| municipal reporter OF the Efening Press
| He said that he sounded Wasers and that
/ Waters told him he hac enough money. tat
| would not stand In the way lof the w>ss<