Iron County register., 1903-12-10
SEVEN ADDITIONAL
WARRANTS OUT
Second Chapter Opened In the Grand
Rapids Water Scandal.
PROMINENT MEN IMPLICATED
Conspiracy and Perjury Charged
Against Managers and Reporters
of the Grand Rapids Papers
Arrests to BE Made.


ter two of the Lake Michigan water
scandal was opened to the public Mon.
day night. Judge Haggerty of the po'
lice court has signed warrants for the
arrest of seven more prominent men
implicated in the scandal by the con.
fession of ex-City Attorney Liant X.
Salisbury and by his testimony at the
police court examinations thus far
held. An eighth warrant will be is.
sued early to-day.
Charged With Conspiracy.
Charged with conspiracy-J. Clark
Sproat, former manager of the Morn.
ing Grand Rapids Democrat and Even
ing Post; Charles S. Burch, manager
of the Grand Rapids Evening Press;
Eugene D. Conger, manager of the
Grand Rapids Herald; ]. Russell
Thomson. former reporter of the Grand
Rapids Evening Press; Isaac F. Lam
oreux, former city clerk.
Subornation or, Perjury.
Charged with attempting suborna'
ton or perjury-William F. Mcknight,
attorney, who was democratic candi'
date for attorney general in 1902.
Charged with perjury-Ex-State Sen
ator George E. Nichols, Ioana, Mich,
attorney at law.
The warrants were issued on the
complaint of Prosecutor Brown, based
on the testimony of ex-City Attorney
Lank K Salisbury.
Arrests Will Be Made.
1t is the intention of the prosecu.
ton to make the arrests some time
to-day if the persons whose names
are mentioned do not appear volunta'
rily.
The warrants for conspiracy in The
famous water deal charge Charles S.
Burch, of the Evening Press; J. Clark
Sproat, of the Morning Democrat; E.
D. Conger, of the Herald; J. Russell
Thomson, former reporter of the Even
ing Press, and Isaac F. Lamoreux, for
mer city clerk, with accepting money
from Salisbury for assisting him to
cry during the summer of 1900 to Sc
cure contract with the city to furnish
it's inhabitants with water from Lake
Michigan.
100000 Doodle Divided.
Salisbury swears that he gave Burcf
$4,000, Sproat $17,500, Conger $4,000
Thomson $500 and Lamoreux $1,000
of a 100000 Doodle fund placed in
his hands by H. A. Taylor, New York
capitalist, to procure contract with
the city.
William T. Mcknight is charged
with attempting to subornate F. II.
Garman, one of the peoples witnesses,
to swear falsely in the trial OF SAILS
bury, in November 1901, when the
latter was convicted in the superior
court of accepting bribe in connec-
ton with the water deal 1t is charged
that on October "a Mcknight con-
spired with Salisbury, Nichols and
Thomas F. McGarry to offer Witness
Garman, in the Livingstone hotel,
pl,250. -.-.-.
The warrant against Nichols charges
him with perjury, alleged to have been
committed November 30. 1901, when
he was a witness in the Salisbury case.
Prosecutor Brown said:
Other Warrants to Be Issued.
"There will be other warrants issued
when we can get to them. There is no
! occasion for any rush, however We
shall go ahead as rapidly as possible
with our work, but not so rapidly that
we can not be absolutely sure of our
ground We do not want to begin a
single prosecution until we feel that
we have the positive evidence to con-
vict."
Penalty on EACH Charge.
The maximum penalty upon convic-
ton of perjury is $4,000 fine or i'm
prisonment for one year in the county
Jail, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
The penalty upon conviction Of a
charge of perjury is Imprisonment in
the penitentiary not to exceed 15 years.
There is no fine nor alternative of a
fine included in this penalty.
For attempting to incite a witness
to commit perjury even if no perjury
shall have been committed, the pen
atty is not to exceed five years in the
state prison or not more than one year
in the county jail, with no alternative
for fine.
Boston Stock Exchange Failure.