The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-02
GRAND RAPIDS
B00DLER CASES
Revelations Make Missourians
Look Like Pikers.
MUCH MONEY WAS PAID OUT
ONE OF THE ACCUSED KNOWN
AS HONEST JOHN

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With the entire city stirred up by
the revelations of ex-Attorney Liant
x. Salisbury in his testimony at the
bribery hearing Of State Senator Burns
yesterday, the examination of one or
the men arrested as the result Of SAILS
bury's confession to the prosecutor, Al
deTman Dspagter was begun today.
d pagter Is charged with having re-
ceived a $3.50 br be from Salisbury TO
support the Lake Michigan water deal
salisbury WAS the first witness He
test fed that he gave DepagJer $3.50 at
about tte same time that he did the
others he bribed. the currency being
delivered in Salsbury's Office in the city
hail.
ct told him that he could have 81. GOO
ultimat- ly" sa d Salisbury, land 7 eX-
pla row 7 wanted him TO support
our proposition he agreed. and later
we entered int an agreement by which
he Yves 10 ceiVe from $3.50 10 $1,000
in wat b nds."
Salisbury said that he made Depagter
q heavier offer than was at first con-
tempt ted tecausc things had come to
such a pass in the common council
tn IN order to stand by the deal
man had to have little more courage,
and he wanted Depagter to stiffen up.
Prolific in Promises,
Salisbury was given a severe examin-
alton by Attorney Smedley. who tried
10 . n him down to details, in regard
10 some OF which Ga sbury was in
doubt. He could not tell the date upon
which Re paid Depagter, nor could he
tell certainly whether he promised De-
pagt=r $1,000 or $1,000 worth of bonds.
He said tat some Of the aldermen
wera promised the first amount and
some the latter. All of the aldermen
were paid separately, except in the
case Of ex-Alderman Kinney. Salisbury
testified, and he thought Corey Z. Bis
cell was pres when that payment
was made. Then Attorney Smedley
took up Sa sbury's confession and the
manner in which ne made it. He made
Salisbury acknowledge 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 He said he hoped
to be treated leniently.
Depagter's case was then adjourned
until next Monday.
Honest John" Muir.
Ex-Alderman AIuir's examination was
then b gun. Salisbury swore that il
was at first that Muir, who was known
as Honest John. was to receive 81 900
N cash, and later il was greed that
he was to have 5000 in bonds.
Muir had already taken a stand
favorable to the Bailey springs plan.
aud it would be hard to get him to
switch and explain his action" said
salisbury we gave him the larger
inducement because Of his position
Muir never took any positive action
in favor of the Lake Michigan deal
until after he was promised the $1,000
in bonds. We had plenty Of money i'm
sight to reward our friends, and il the
Lake Michigan deal had gone three
days longer we would all have been
miliiOnaires"
Salisbury testified that he intended to
bleed al the outside parties. and then
go before the common council, expose
them a~d keep the money. Muirs at
torney then sought TO show that SAILS
bury could not have paid out the
amounts to the aldermen that he
claims, because of his heavy personal
eXpens S, but Salisbury said that their
figures were wrong He was unable To
state his expenses at the time Of his
arrest in Chicago nor during his trial
here. He said he kept no cash account.
but that he did keep a memorandum Of
the amounts which he paid the various
aldermen.
Borrowed RIGHT and Left.
Couldn't tell within $4,000 or $4,000
what my tr' al here cost me-" he said
Il raised every cent / could in every
way and spent il. I borrowed every
cent I could, and then Corey BisseH
went around the aldermen and collect
ed money from all of them to help my
defense Mr.. Bisseu said Muir contrib
uted. ] have forgotten whether the
am unit was SO or $50"
TIE prose cutting attorney refused to
give any definite information as to how
many w3rrants viii be issued in the
next batch, or how far ne viii go in
pros acuting those whom Salisbury i'm
pl Gated yesterday.
Was to Get $4,000.
The case of ex-Alderman James e..
McCool was then taken up, Salisbury
sw- airing he had asked McCooI 70 be-
come a member Of the special council
water committee Of seven. and that he
agreed. He finally paid him $500. and
he was to have $1,000 in bonds IN ad-
d iCu
Salisbury Admitted that when ne
promised the aldermen the bonds he
never expected to deliver them. believ-
ing that no contract for furnishing
water tho city WOULD be signed
Both the Muir and McCOOl cases were
postponed until Monday.
state Representative Henry B. Van
der cook, implicated by Salisbury. has
issued a statement in which he declares
that he emp ically refused to intro
duce water bil in the legislature and
that he never accepted @ favor in con-
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