The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-01
STORY OF BOODLING
WAS UNFOLDED BY EX-CITY AT
TORNEY SALISBURY.
THE GRAND RAPIDS SCANDAL.
HAS A NEW CHAPTER WRITTEN BY
SALSBURY'S CONFESSION.

Those Who, He Declared, Received
Bribes In Connection With the
Notorious Water DeaI-His Plan
Was to WEIGH Upon the People
Tint Supplied Bribe Money, Keep
ing 1t All Himself.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Nov. 3O.-The
confession of ex-City Attorney Liant K.
Salisbury, in regard to the notorious
water scandal in this city, was told to-
day for the first time in court at the
preliminary examination of State Sen
ator David Burns, and it has created a
tremendous sensation on account of
the number of prominent persons it i'm
plicates, in addition to the seventeen
officials and former officials who were
arrested on bribery charges ten days
ago.
Never once did Salisbury have to re-
fer to notes. He rendered his testi-
nony readily and rapidly, giving
names, dates and occurrences as though
the alleged events happened only last
week, instead of three years ago.
The examination of Senator Burns
was completely lost to view in the sto-
ry of the conspiracy as related by Sals-
bury. AS names of many prominent
men were mentioned by Salisbury and
the amount he paid to each for their
influence or silence was given, there
was a suppressed murmur of surprise
throughout the thronged court room.
His Roll of DishOnOr.
The persons implicated by Salisbury
during his testimony against State
Senator Burns and the amounts he al
leges they received, are as follows:
GEORGE r. Perry, ex-Mayor, $13,72
]. Clark Sproat, manager Grand Rap
ids, Democrat, 1888; r. A. Cameron,
New York, $500; State Senator David
E. Burns, 5000; Alderman McCoot, $500;
Alderman Ellen, $3.50; Alderman De-
pagter, $3.50; Alderman Muir, $500; AL
derman Kinney, $3.50; Alderman Dono-
van, $780, Alderman Stonehouse, $3.50;
Alderman Lozier, $500; Alderman
Shriver, $3.50; Alderman Mole, $3.50; AL
derman Ghysels, $3.50; Alderman
Hodges, $500; Alderman Slocum, $500;
Cory p. Bissell, $500; J. Russell Thorn
son, reporter on Evening Press, $500;
Isaac LamoreauX, eX-city clerk, $500:
State Representative Van Zoeren, $3.50;
State Representative Vandercook, $50;
E. D. Conger, manager Grand Rapids
Herald, $4,000; Thomas F. McGarry,
a prominent attorney now in Florida,
$500; c. S. Burch, manager of the
Evening Press, $4,000.
He also implicated in the water
deals Durvea Waters, ex-president of
the Board of Public Works: DR.. Uilke
De Vries, ex-city physician; George
Ellis, a local broker; Samuel M. Lem
on, collector of internal revenue, and
William H. Anderson, president of the
Fourth National Bank.
Six Strings to His Bow.
Six separate water conspiracy deals
We're on in Grand Rapids at one time, ac-
cording to Salsbury's sworn testimony,
each gigantic in its size and all call
ing for the use of a Doodle fund. In
addition to the Henry Taylor 100000
Lake Michigan water deal, he testi-
fled that there We're five other strings
out, from each one of which thousands
of dollars were hanging. Every one
of these six sets of men who put up
or offered to advance a corruption fund
were dupes, so Salisbury says, of him
self, Perry, McGary and Sproat.
Salisbury testified that the water deal
first came to his attention in June,
1900, when Thomas F. McGarry, a To-
cal attorney told him that he had some
clients who wanted to get a contract
to furnish thee city with water, and
that there would be $500 in it for him.
Salisbury was, driven into the deal. so
he confessed, because of a $4,000 short
age in his bank account, caused by
unfortunate Speculation in wheat. He
met r. A. Cameron of New York. who
was convicted and fined here some
time ago, and agreed to go into the
deal for $4,000 cash. The money was
sent by H.sA. Taylor of New York, the
moneyed man in the deal. to the State
Was Going to Throw Them Down.
my sole purpose was to get the
$25,O00,'' said Salisbury, ito straighten
up my bank account. We had bid
ders on THE string from all sides, and
our first plan was to get them to put
up all the money possible with us as
Drfoe money and then go to the
council, and, exhibit the money
with the statement that it was
sent here to bride us, and then keep
It. we had bidders in Milwaukee,
Qmaha, Chicago, and other places, and
were just getting them warmed up
wnen my arrest in Chicago upset all
the plans. "
Salisbury also implicated Samuel L.
Lemon, collector of internal revenue,
and Williams H. Anderson, president
OF une Fourth National Bank, who,
20 ne says, wanted 100000 each.
1efnon was interested in one of the
several water deals that were on at
oNe Time, so Salisbury said, and came
MS office saying that he had paid
.Re Mayor, $4,000, and wanted to know
now much It would take to get the
council. II told him it would take
szOp,OOoSf said Salisbury. HE wanted
me to come down, but told him that
ne and Anderson wanted $4,000 with
out doing a,thing."
Inc prosecution completed it's intro
uuctlon OF evffence this afternoon, and
the responder asked for an adjourn
lnent for a week to prepare defense,
which the couA granted.
Both Conger And Burch deny having
received any mdNey from Salisbury.
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