The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-03
Salisbury Declares There Was Plenty
of Money in Sight in Grand
Rapids Water Deal.
FURTHER DETAILS OF The
BRIBERY SCANDAL REVEALED
Ex-City Attorney Testifes at Hearing
of Alderman De Pagter-Case Is Ad-
journed to Monday - Says He In
tended to Bleed All Outside Parties
and Then Expose Them.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. with
the entire city stirred as never before
in its history by the revelations of ex-
City Attorney Liant. K. Salisbury in his
testimony at the bribery hearing of
State Senator Burns Monday, the ex-
animation of another of the men
arrested as the result of Sails
bury's confessions to the prosecu-
tor, Alderman De Pagter, was be-
gun in police court Tuesday. De
Pagter is charged with having re-
ceived $3.50 bride from Salisbury to
support the Lake Michigan water deal
in the council. Salisbury was the first
witness. He testified that he gave
De Pagter $3.50 at about the same time
that he did the others he bribed, the
currency being delivered in an envelope
in Salsbury's Office in the city hall.
This was not done, so Salisbury said,
until after he had had several talks
with De Pagter and had satisfied him
self that he would stand by the deal
81 told him that he could have $1,000
ultimately" said Salisbury, land 1 ex-
planned how l wanted him to support
our proposition. He agreed and later
we entered into an agreement by which
he was to receive from $4,000 to $1,000
in water bonds"
Examination Is Severe.
Salisbury was given a severe exam
ination by Attorney Smedley, who tried
to pin him down on details, in regard
to some of which Salisbury was in
doubt. He could not tell the date upon
which he paid De Pagter nor could he
tell certainly whether he promised De
Pagter $4,000 or S. 900 worth of bonds.
He said that some of the aldermen
were promised the first amount and
some the latter. All of the aldermen
were paid separately except in the case
of ex-Alderman Kinney, Salisbury testi-
fed, and he thought Corey P. Bissell
was present when that payment was
made, although he could not be sure.
Then Attorney Smedley took up Sails
bury's confessing as he did and the
manner of it. He made Salisbury ac-
knowledge that he had told the story
not only before the prosecutor but also
before Judge Newman, who will be
the trial judge unless a change of
venue is obtained.
De Pagter's case was then adjourned
until next Monday to give him time to
prepare his defense.
Ex-Alderman Muir's examination
was then begun. Salisbury swore that
it was at first understood that Muir,
who was known as Honest john"
was to receive $1,000 in cash and later
it was agreed he was to have $4,000 in
bonds.
Muir had already taken a stand
favorable to the Bailey Springs plan
and it would be hard to get him to
switch and explain his action" said
Salisbury. 1--WE gave him the largest
inducement because of his position.
Muir never took any positive action
in favor of the Lake Michigan deal un-
til after he was promised the $4,000 in
bonds We had plenty of money in
sight to reward our friends and if the
Lake Michigan deal had gone three
days longer we would all have been
millionaires."
Salisbury testified that he intended to
bleed all the outside parties and then
60 before the common council, expose
them and keep the money.
The prosecuting attorney has refused
to give any definite information as to
how many warrants will be issued in
the next batch or how far he will go
in prosecuting those whom Salisbury
implicated Monday. He says simply
that warrants may be expected at any
time. 1t is known that to a consider
able extent the prosecution sought for
and is supposed to have found addi-
tional evidence in cases of those who
have already been put under arrest.