Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-08
100000 DOODLE
Was Used to Secure Grand
Rapids Water Contract.
Warrants for Parties Said to Have Hal
$4,000 Of 1t.
Charges Of Perjury, Etc, Against Other
WeIl-known Men.

Grand RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 7.-Chapter
two of the Lake Michigan water scan
dal WAS opened to the public, tonight.
Judge HagSerty of the police court, has
signed warrants for the arrest Of seven
more prominent men implicated in the
scandal by the confession OF eX-City
Attorney Liant X. Salisbury and by his
testimony at the police court eXamina-
tons. Another warrant will be issued,
tomorrow.
The list of men for. whom warrants
Wer issued is as follows:
Charged with conspiracy, J. Clark
Sproat former manager of the defunct
Grand Rapids Democrat.
Charles S. Burch, manager of the
Grand Rapids Evening Express.
Eugene d. Conger, manager of the
Grand Rapids Herald.
j. Russell Thompson, former reporter
FOR the Grand Rapids Evening Express.
Isaac 4. Lamoreaux, formerly city
clerk.
Charged with attempting surbordina-
ton OF jury: William F. Mcknight, at
torney who was the Democratic candi-
date for attorney general in 1902.
Charged with perjury, eX-State Sena-
tor George X. Nichols, Iona, Mich, at
t0rney-at-laW.
The warrants were issued or the COM
1laint OF Prosecutor Brown.
1t is the intention of the prosecution
to make the arrests sometime, tomor-
row, if the persons whose names are
mentioned co not appear voluntarily in
the morning.
tyclo in l1n
famous water deal charge Burch,
Sproat and LamoreauX with accepting
money from Salisbury for assisting him
to try during the summer Of 1900 to Sc
cure a contract with the city to furnish
its Inhabitants with water from Lake
Michigan.
Salisbury swears that he gave Burch,
$4,000; Sproat $4,000; l. Conger. $4,000;
Thomas, $500: and Lanreaux, $500 of a
100000 Doodle fund placed in his hands
by II. A. Taylor, a New York capitalist,
to procure a contract With the city.
Mcknight is charged with attempt
ing to suborn f. II. Carman, one of
the peoples witnesses. to swear false
ly in the trial of Salisbury, in Novem-
Der. 1901, when the latter was convict
eu III TIE super lol Noui VI ttNNSPliiiSo u
bride in connection with the water
deal 1t is charged that, Oct. &c, Nc
Knight conspired with salisbury. Mich
OILS and Thomas t. McGarry in offer
ing Witness Garman, in the Living
stone Hotel, $3.50.
Nichols is charged with perjury al
legged to have been committed, Nov.
90 1891. when he was Il witness in the
Salisbury case.
The maximum penalty on conviction
for conspiracy is $4,000 fine or imprison-
mcnt for one year in the county Jail.
or both in the discretion of the court.
The penalty upon conviction OF q
charge of perjury is imprisonment in
the penitontiarE not to exceed Is years.
There is no fine nor alternative of a
fine included in this penalty. Fer at
tempting to incite a witness to commit
perjury even if no perjury shall have
been committed, the penalty is not to
exceed five years in the state prison
or not more than one year in The
county Jail, with no alternative for
fine.
In police court, today. the reading of
the testimony taken at the exanlina-
ton of State Senator David Burns on
the charge Of accepting q bride from
LaEt X. Salisbury, for aiding in the
Legislature the Lake Michigan Water
scheme. which resulted in the sensa-
tional Doodle developments in the past
two weeks, was taken up with Salisbury
present.
Salisbury made only slight additions
aud corrections to his testimony as
given originally in the Burns case. This
is preliminary to the anticipated action
of the court in binding Burns over to
tho superior court for trial. No defense
is being introduced by Burns attor-
neyS.