Arizona republican., 1903-12-01
IA ROTTEN CITY IA Story of the Corruption
 at Grand Rapids, Mich.
 ALL HAD MITTS OUT
Confession of a Former City Attorney Involving Mayor, Aldermen, News papers, Federal Officials and Six Bribing Victims.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Nov. 3O.-The confession of ex-City Attorney Grant K. Salisbury in connection with the Wa ter scandal in this city, was today made public for the first time in the prel.m- mary examination of State Senator David Burns, and it has created a tre- mendous sensation on account of the number of prominent persons it impl- caJes, in addition to the seventeen of ficials and former officials who were arrested on bribery chare 7 ten days ago.
 Never once did Salisbury have to re- fer to notes and he rendered his testi- mony 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 story of the conspiracy as related by Salisbury.
 The persons implicated by Salisbury during his testimony against State Sen ator Burns and the amounts he alleged they received-are as follows: George R. Perry, eX-mayor, SIS, 725: J. Clark Sproat, manager Grand Rapids Demo crat, S3333; R. A. Cameron, New York $500; State Senator David F.. Burns, S200; Alderman NcCool, $500; Alderman Ellen, $350: Alderman Depagter. $350; Alderman Muir $500; Alderman Kinney. $350; Al6 erman Donovan, $500: A'd r. man Phillips. 5000: Alderman Johnson, S350 or $500: Alderman Stonehouse, S350 Alderman Losicr, $500; Aldermen Shriv- CT s350; Alderman Mol. $350: Alderman GhySels, S350; Alderman Hedges, $500 Alderman Slocum, $500 Cory P. Bissell, $500: J. Russell Thompson. reporter on the Evening Press. $500: Isaac Lamore, ex-city clerk, 500; State Representative Van Zoeren. $35O: State Repre- entative 2 Van DercOok, s60: Ed. Conger. manager G-and Eapids Herald. S10, 000 Thos. E. McGarry. a. prominent attorney now in Florida, s7,5O0; c. s. Burch. manager of the Evening Post Press, 5000.
 He also implicated in the water deals Dudley E. Waters. ex-president of the board of public works. pr. Mike De Vries, eX-city physician, George Ellis, a local broker, Saml. NJ. Lemon. collect or of internal revenue, and Wm. H. An derson. president of the Fourth Nation al bank. Six separate water conspiracy deals were on in Grand Rapids at ore time. according to Salisbury's sworn testimony, each gigantic in it's size and all callapg for the use of poodle fund.
 Tn addition to the Henry Taylor S1G0.- 900 Lake Michigan water deal, he testi- fled that there were five other strings out, from each one of which thousands : of dollars were hanging. Every ore Of these six sets of men who put up or of fered to advance a corruption fund were dupes. SO Salisbury says. of himself. Perry, McGGrry and SprOat.
 Pat Flynn.of New York, he names as one of these at the head of one scheme. The men interested in the hydraulic water company are named as packers of another deal in Chicago. Then there was a milwaukee deal in which h said Contractor Loss, of Chicago, was interested; the Omaha deal, in whio h the Barton millionaires are said to have put up f50,00O. and the Gillespie deal. On tcp of all these, Salisbury duplicates Revenue Collector Samuel M. Lemon, with a deal charging Lemon with com ing to him with Q proposition 10 buy the council after having bought the mayor fer $10,000. D. N. Grow, of Grand Rap ids and Moses Crow, of New York, are also mentioned in connection with the deals.