The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-06
LEGISLATURE DOODLE
INQUIRY NOT ENDED.
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zen who have been indicted in connection
| with local boodling have seen the light in
the pitch darkness of this small place, and
after second seance with the Grand Jury
left that body much wiser.
1t Is said that one of the interesting Zen.
lures Of Grand Jury service is watching III.
blinking eyes of imprisoned witnesses as
they return to the Grand Jury from this
dungeon-which happens to be on the third
floor instead of in the cellar
When Newton came out for his second in.
QUESTION yesterday morning. 1t is said that
he added considerably to his former tes,i-
mory. Still the Circuit Attorney was not
satisfied. After about twenty minutes more
Of questioning. he was excused with the re-
quest to return for further interviews to-
day. 1t is not known whether other appli-
cations Of the darkroom will be tried.
Those who know Newton do not thfni
that he can enlighten the Grand Jury to
any great extent. even though he would.
His functions as an aid de camp to Colonel
Phelps were Of the sort that did not de-
mand any special information regarding the
inward workings Of lobbying
Two men have been subpoenaed for to-
morrow. who might be able to tell a good
deal If they choose. They are "Fire-Alarm''
John Flanagan of Carthage and Joe Shan
non of Kansas City. They managed lobby
operations in the House at the last session
and We're close to Phelps in his councils.
To Shannon Is given the credit for killing
the Davidson textbook bill
Flanagan's chief duty was to keep the
Republicans in line while Shannon encou-
ragged the Filipino combination of Demo
Gratis. That they were successful may be
Judged by the results. Whether they will
give any testimony Of a eliminating nature
remains to be seen.
CAPTAIN CARMODY
ALSO A WITNESS.
e. T. Harkrader, a newspaper correspond
ent at the last session. was also a witness
before the Grand Jury. Representative
Louis ]. Tichacek Of ST. Louis also told the
Grand Jury about his experiences. which
are said TO have been funnier than other
wise. He is said to have been questioned
chiefly about the Arnold concern. against
which bills were introduced In the General
Assembly.
P. J. Carmody, race-track promoter. also
appeared. He was interested in two propo-
sitions-one his bill to force the Western
Jockey Club to give dates to his concern.
and the other as q representative of the
Liquor Dealers Association, which wished
to get the perpetual license bill through.
Carmody sent cases Of whisky to Senator
Dave Nelson, who distributed 1t among
friends and enemies. This whisky was
plainly marked, and became one OF the al
fractions. 1t Is not thought that the Grand
Jury touched on this feature of the session.
but that he was asked about race-track
legislation generally.
Information came to Circuit Attorney FOLK
yesterday that Senator Dave Nelson and
Representatives Lyman and Leonard Of st.
Louis and J. W. Farley of Platte County
were all employed at the race track at 80
a day as sheetwriters to bookmakers. All
of these men helped to kill race-track legis-
lation at the last session. Nelson has been
employed at the track before. Farley came
to st. Louis with the avowed intention Of
securing place to work for the Worlds
Fair. Unless Mr.. Folk can establish an
agreement made before the adjournment of
the General Assembly, no attempt will be
made to drag these members into the In
QUESTION.
PHELPS AND FARRIS
ARE STILL WANTED.
Subpoenas which have been issued for
Phelps and Farris still remain unanswered.