The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-01
5Ex-Citya Attorney Gives Names,
Dates and Amounts is Paid for
Influence OIL Silence. /.
IPRI ICEs RAN sUP
INTO THOUSANDS N
George 4 :. Perry, 5:;; Mayor, q ) 81, i
Said aid t. : Have Il Rfccived I,llir-
teen Thousand Dollars,sW
Other 81, sGst Only
Hundred 81 s. 2 Iwo77It wt,7.
Causes Sel,sationl
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x fBy Associated Press.
.lyy5 GRAND RAPIDS mi CHI Nov %. =.
The confession OF 5ex-city Attqgrneyi Liant ar
X. salisbury in lard tp the notorious ' lls
water scandal si,$ this city, Was told to. Y
day for the first time Il, court at at Il the
preliminary examination othstate sena7-s n
tor David Burns. and IT has; 9; screated tl= q
tremendous sensat ton eon account 81 The
number Of prominent persopss 81 IT implll:. i'm
ca tes III addition; the seventeen Il !
cials and former Of ficihls who were ar. !.
rested On bribery charles ten days age; az
I Never, once did Salisbury have to re ' fer
.to his notesa IIe rendered ilis estmony tn r't:y
readily and rapidly, giving names. .a1 dates 9ss
and and occurren ces as though ed
events happened only last agesr Instead
OF three years ago:
The examina ton II Fenat tor Burnsi I. was .:'
completely lost i to visa IL the story \! 9f &
the conspiracy I'D 4 sby Salisbury "
As ,a names sof n,r,,, 81 5nneiit men were
m,eyrtiopedtby salisbury MD Me amount
no paid to each for their In f1uen@ce &c ' Or
silence, there was a suppressed muir llE'
raur isot surprise throughout the tlTous-
ed courtroom
Persons Implicated.
The persons implicated by Salisbury
during his testimony against State sen SEN
a TORI Burns and the amounts ile alleged
they received arc ns follows: s''
s3 George r. Perry. cx;mayor, s13. .7e5; J'
Clark 81 sproat, 1 manager Grand Rapids lyd.
EDemocrat,5 s., ,333; r. A. Cameron. New
york, 500; state Senator David y. y
Rurns. 5000; Alderman McCool $500; al
derman Ellen, $780, Alderman Depagter
$780, Alderman Muir, $500 Alderman n ar kin' 'ln
nev. $3.50: Alderman Donovan. $500
Alderman Phillips. 81, 600; Alderman John
son. $500 or $500; Alderman stone
house. $3.50: Alderman Lozler, $500; Alder
mnn ShrIver, $3.50; Alderm an y Mol, SEQ
Alderman Ghysels, $3.50; Alderman
Hodges, $500; Alderman Slocum. *ooo
Corey p, Blsscl. $500; j. Russell Ihompr
son, reporter on Evening Press. WY
Isaac Lamoreaux, eX-city clerk, fl,ooo
state Representative Van Zern, $3.50
stats Representative Van Dercook, $50
=, n. 3 -Conger manager Grand Rapids
Herald. $4,000; Thomas T. McGarry, 9
nrominent attorney, now In Florida. s7,'
5Co: c. s. Burch, manager Of the Even
ing Press, 5000.
He also implicated In tho water deals
Dudley 10. waters, ex-prcsldent of thu
board Of Public Works; Or, Uilke 9, , de t
yres, ex-clty physician; George Ellis
a local broker; Samuel NJ. Lemon. col'
lector Of internal revenue, and William
II. Anderson, president OF tho h'ourtf
National Bank.
Six Doodle Funds.
SIX separate water conspiracy deals
we're In Grand Rapids at one time, ac'
cordingst 10 salsbury's sworn testimony
each gigantic In It's size and all eallins
Tor. the use OF Doodle fund: In addition
to- the Henry Taylor 100000 Lake Miehi'
gan water deal ne testneo tnal taa,. tna,t ~ :,
were i've other strings out' from rom ea :