Gilpin observer., 1903-12-10
SALISBURY ON STAND
GIVES DETAILS OF GRAND RAP.
IDS WATER DEAL.

Says Two Newspaper Concerns
Shared in II to the Extent CT Several
Thousand Doilars-Many Prominent
Persons Implicated.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. THE
confession of ex-City Attorney Liant K
Salisbury in regard to the notorious
water scandal in this city. was told
for the first time in court at the pre-
liminary examination of State Sen
ator David Burns, and it has created
q tremendous sensation on account OF
the number of prominent persons IT
duplicates, in addition to the seven
teen officials and former officials who
were arrested on bribery charges ten
days ago.
Never once did Salisbury have to re-
| fer to notes and he rendered his tes-
| timony readily and rapidly, giving
| names, dates and occurrences as
| though the alleged events happened
only last week instead of three years
ago.
AS names OF many prominent men
| were mentioned by Salisbury and the
| amount he paid to each for their in
| nuence was given. there were sup
pressed murmurs of surprise through.
out the thronged court room. The per.
sons implicated by Salisbury during his
| testimony against State Senator Burns
and the amounts he alleged they re-
ceived are as follows:
George R. Perry, ex-mayor. sl3725;
~. Clark Sproat, manager Grand Rap
ids Democrat, 1888; r. A. Cameron,
New York, $500; State Senator David
e. Burns, 5000; Alderman McCool.
$500; Alderman Ellen, $3.50; Alder.
man De Pagter, $3.50; Alderman Muir.
$500; Alderman Kinney, $3.50; Alder
man Donovan. $500; Alderman Phil
lips, $1,000; Alderman Johnson, $3.50;
Lozier, $500; Alderman Shriver, $3.50;
Alderman Mol, $3.50; Alderman Ghy
sells, $3.50; Alderman Hedges. $500; AL.
derman Slocum, $500; Cory P. Bissell.
$500; ]. Russell Thomson, reporter,
$500; Isaac Lamore. ex-city clerk.
S1,50o; State Representative Van
Zoeren. $3.50; State Representative
Vandercook, $50; e. D. Conger. man
ager Grand Rapids Herald, $4,000;
Thomas E. McGarry, prominent at.
torney, now in Florida, $500; c. S.
Burch. manager of Evening Press.
IS 600
He also implicated in water deals
Dudley E. Waters, ex-president of the
board of public works; DR.. Mike De
Vries. excity physician; George Ellis.
local broker; Samuel NJ. Lemon. col
lector of internal revenue. and William
H. Anderson, president of the Fourth
National bank
Six separate water conspiracy deals
were on in Grand Rapids at one time,
according to Salsbury's sworn testi-
mony, each gigantic in its size and all
calling for the use of a Doodle fund
In addition to the Henry Taylor $780,
600 Lake Michigan water deal, he tes-
titled that there were five other strings
out from each OF which thousands of
dollars were hanging. Every one of
these six sets of men who put up or
offered to advance a corruption fund
were dupes. SO Salisbury says. of HIM
self. Perry, McGarry 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 the hackers of another deal in Chi,
cago. Then there was Milwaukee
deal. in which he said Contractor Loss
of Chicago was interested, the Omaha
deal. in which the Barton millionaire.
are said to have put up $4,000. and
the Gillespie deal.