Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-03
ALMOST EVERYBODY IN II
Officers, Aldermen, Newspapers and
Writers All Listed and Priced TO
Receive shares of the Money Loot.
ed Out Of the Public Treasury on
Various Deals,

on account OF the number of promi' !
ncnt officials who were arrested ON
bribery charges ten days ago, The
examination of Senator Burns was
completely lost to view in the story
OF the conspiracy as related by SAILS.
bury.
As the names of many prominent
men were mentioned by Salisbury and
the amount 70 he paid each for the IN
nuonce or silence were given, there
was a suppressed murmur of surprise
throughout the thronged courtroom,
The persons implicated by Salisbury
and the amounts he alleged they re-
ccivcd are;
George Il Perry, eN.mayor, $iS,72b,
j. Clark Sproat, manager Grand
Rapids Democrat. SS,SSS,
II. 4. Cameron, New York, $500
state Senator David Il, Burns, 5000
Aldermen McCool, Muir Donovan,
Lozier, Hodges and Slocum, $500
each; Aldermen Allen, Pagter, Kin
ney, Johnson, Stononouse, Shriver
Mol and Ghysels, $3.50 each, Alderman
Hnby, $1,000; Cory I, Bissell, $500;
j. Russell Thomson, reporter for the
Evening Press, $500; Isaac Lamor
eauX. ex.eity clerk. $780, State Rep
resentative Nanzoeron, $3.50, state
Representative Nandercook, $50, t.
u. Conger, manager Grand Rapids
Herald 10000; Thomas +, McGarry
prominent attorney, now in Florida,
$1,000, c. : Burch, manager OF the
Evening PreSg, $4,000.
Six separate water conspiracy deals
were on IN Grand Rapids at one time
according to Salsburys sworn testl
mony each gigantic IN It's size and IN
all calling for the use OF the Doodle
fund In addition to the Henry Tay.
lor 100000 Lake Michigan water deal,
he testified there were five other
strings out from each ono of which
thousands Of dollars were hanging
Every one Of these six sets Of mon
who put up or offered to advance n
corruption fluid were dupes, so SAILS
bury says of himself, Perry, MeGarry
Sproat
Pat Flynn of New York he named
MS one of those at the head Of one
scheme, The men interested In the
Hydraulic Water company are named
AZ the hackers Of another deal in Chi
Cago Then there was Milwaukee
deal. In which he said Contractor Loss
of Chicago was Interested An Omaha
deal. in which the Barton millIonares
are said to have put up $4,000, and
a Gillespie deal On top of all those
Salisbury duplicates Revenue Collect
or Samuel NJ, Lemon with a deal
charging Lemon with coming to him
with a proposition TO buy the council
after having bought the mayor for
$4,000 y ~ Crow OF Grand Rapids
and Moses Crow OF New York are also
mentioned In connection with one of
the deals
Money for Legislators.
Describing the means by which the
water bill was passed by the legisla.
ture, Salisbury said:
II saw Joe Kennedy, and ! gave him
a 81 600 bin to take care OF the inter
est Of the bill in the legislature II
was the last day of the session for the
Introduction Of bills think. He told
me he paid Representative Vanzoercn
$3.50. and Representative vandercook
$50. As expenses | allowed him 500
without any question. lie returned
the rest Of the money to me. The
first man to receive money from me
was Mayor Perry, 1888. II was paid
In his private business Office"
Gives Lie to Charges.
In a signed statement Charles Ed.
ward Conger, manager Of the Grand
Rapids Herald, denies Salsbury's
charges az follows:
THE statement Of Land X Salisbury
that he ever paid me any money or Of.
fered to do so, or that ever had any
conversation with him whatever re.
garding the matter Ii an unqualified
fasehoOd The Herald, since the in.
ception Of this plot. has steadfastly op.
posed it's contamination and with un
firing zeal sought to unmask the
criminals The Herald was the FIRST
paper in Grand Rapids TO expose the
carton deal IN Chicago, was first TO
demand the grand fury Investigation
The Herald continued to urge the sum.
moning ~ the grand jury until II was
called and was insistent In demanding
the full exposure Of the plot and the
arch ccnsplTator hag been convicted
and now turns upon me as owner Of
thig rapcr for revenge