Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-09
ALL APPEARED
To Face Charges in Grand
Rapids Water Scandal.
No One Admits Guilt and All Of Them
Have Cases Continued.
Mol Up in Police court-NicoIs De.
mands investigation.

| Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 8.-Those
| for whom warrants were issued, last
night. on charges in connection with
the water scandal about which Liant
K. Salisbury has made such startling
confessions were spared the hunilla-
ton of formal arrest, today. Instead
of placing the warrants in the hands
of officers to serve the officials tele-
phoned the respondents from police
headquarters requesting them to ap-
pear.
The eighth warrants for Gerritt P.
Alhers, charging perjury at his trial
on the charge Of attempting to bride
Alderman Renihan was issued and AL
| bers came into headquarters early and
| entered his appearance after which he
was permitted to go in search oil
bondsmen. Judge Haggerty, who is
sued the warrants, announced the the
Albers warrant was based on con-
fession of DR.. Wilke Devries that he
| induced Albers to make an offer OF
| bride to Alderman Renhan as charged
| at the time Of his trial by the prosecu-
ten. Albers was acquitted at that
time.
NAAss1ASs' h'' A)utNIp manage VI eAAS
Evening Press, waived examination,
today, in police court and was bound
over to the superior court for trial
under $1,000 bonds. The charge against
him is conspiracy.
j. Clark Sproat. formerly manager of
the Democrat and the Post, and ].
Russell Thomson, formerly municipal
reporter for the Evening Press. also
waived examination in police court and
were held to the next term of the SUI
perior court for trial, giving bonds for
their appearance.
The examination of eX-Alderran Mol
was taken up in police court today. SAILS
bury testified that he only gave Mol $3.50
for aiding the water deal but also gave
him $50 to vote for him for city attorney.
Salisbury went over the list of aldermen
who were running in 1901, and said he
gave campaign money to Aldermen Nc
Coll, Kenney, Schriver, Ghysel, Johnson.
Beck, LoZier and McLachlan.
Some of the money came from the Street
Railway Co. and some from the Bell Tel
ephone Co. He got the Street Railway Co.
money from Mr. Sproat
Salisbury stated that the Telephone
Perry.
Salisbury testified that he entered into
attempted jury bribng when he was on
trial.
Salisbury further testified: II gave s75
to John kremer, who was in the poor de-
partment, to fix juror whose name l do
not remember. / am satisfied. however,
that he never gave the money. l also
gave William d. Pugh several hundred
dollars for the same purpose and it never
reached the Jurors
Prosecutor Ward refused to either admit
or deny that this testimony was to be the
basis for issuing another batch of war
| rants for jury bribing.
| The Mol case was adjourned until Dec.
| IS.
| Ex-senator George f. Nicols arrived
| here from Iona, this afternoon. and de-
| manded examination in the police court.
| His bond was fixed at $4,000 and was
| furnished, but the date of his examna-
| ton has not been fixed.
f. d. ConGer, manager of the Grand
| Rapids Herald. waived examination and
was bound over to the next term of the
superior court. He gave bonds in the sum
of $1,000