The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-01


mentioned by Salisbury and the amount
he paid to each for their influence or
silence was given. there was suppressed
murmur Of surprise throughout the
thronged courtroom.
The persons implicated by Salisbury in
his testimony against State Senator Burns
and the amounts he alleged they received
are as follows:
George E Perry. ex-Mayor. sl3.I2
]. Clark Sproat. manager Grand Rapids
Democrat. sS.S?3.
r. A. Cameron. New York. 500.
State Senator David E. Burns. ssr.
Alderman McCool. 500.
Alderman Ellen. 1854.
Alderman De Pagter. $3.50
Alderman Muir. 500.
Alderman Kinney. $3.50.
Alderman Donovan. $500
Alderman Phillips, $1,000.
Alderman Johnson. $3.50 or 500
Alderman Stonehouse. $3.50
Alderman Lozier. 500.
Alderman Shriver $3.50.
Alderman Mol. $3.50.
Alderman Ghysels, $3.50.
Alderman Hedges, $50.
Alderman Slocum, 500.
Cory p Bissell, $500
]. Russell Thomson, reporter on Even
ing Press. $500.
Isaac Lahore. eX-City Clerk, $500.
State Representative Van Zoeren. $3.50.
State Representative Van Der Cook. $50.
+. d. Conger. manager Grand Rapids
Herald. $4,000.
Thomas f. AlcGarry. prominent attor-
ney. now in Florida. $3.50.
C. S. Burch. manager OF the Evening
Press. s5o".
He also implicated in water deals Dud-
ley z. Waters ex-President of the Board
OF Public Works: Doctor Mike de Vries.
ex-City Physician: George Ellis. local
broker; Samuel NJ. Lemon. Collector of
Internal Revenue. and William H. Ander-
son, president of the Fourth National
Bank.
SIN DEALS ON HAND.
Six separate water-conspiracy deals were
on in Grand Rapids at one time according
to Salsbury's sworn testimony. each 81
gantic in its size and all calling for the
use of doodle fund.
In addition to the Henry Taylor 100000
Lake Michigan water deal. he testified
that there were five other strings out,
from each one of which thousands of dol
lars were hanging.
Every one of these six sets OF men who
put up or offered to advance corruption
fund were dupes. so Salisbury says of him
self. Perry. McGarry and Sproat
Pat Flynn of New York he MANS as one
of those at the head of one scheme. The
men interested In the hydraulic Water
other deal in Chicago. Then there was
Milwaukee deal. in which. he said. Con-
tractor Loss Of Chicago was interested;
the Omaha deal. in which the Barton mil
lioinaires are said 10 have put up $4,000,
and the Gillespie deal
On the top of ell these. Salisbury impli-
Gates Revenue Collector Samuel NJ. Lemon
with deal, charging Lemon with COM
ing to him with a proposition to buy the
Council after having bought the Mayor
for 10000. d. n. Crow of Grand Rapids
and Moses Grow of New York are also
mentioned in connection with one Of the
deals.
In telling of the plan to dupe the men
furnishing or offering to furnish money,
Salisbury said:
sides. and our first plan was to get them
to put up all the money possible with us
as bribe money. and then SD to the Coun-
Gil and exhibit the money. with the state
ment that it was sent here to bride us.
and then keep it.
SPOILED BY ARREST.
This vas before the last water deal
was planned and our first plan would
have gone through hut for my arrest in
Chicago. which scared some of them out.
We had bidders in Milwaukee. Omaha.
Chicago and other places and were just
getting them warmed up when my ar
rest in Chicago upset all the plans.
.The next PLAN" witness aa!d. was to
get tho city To buy the hydraulic water
rlnnt. II was practically worthless so far
rs connection was concerned, hut could
be made to appear good In order TO get
the deal through 1t was necessary to have
th. City Charter amended. and for this
purpose we had to arrange with Senator
BURNS and others. Moses Crow and a Mr..
Gray of New York were to hack the
scheme financially and were to put up $780,
CO. rs starter. Willard Kingsley of this
city acted for them.
.Of this amount we were to give 500
to l1iitor COnger. $500 to Senator Burns,
s3eetHo was to 20 to carry the Legislature
for the bill. and the balance of $1,000 was
to be divided between Mayor Perry. Editor
Sproat. George Ellis and myself. This
plan fell down. however, when refer
endum clause was attached to the bill. and
we had to Eive'it up and go on with the
Lake Michigan deal"
c. s. Burcn manager OF the Evening
Press. denies the charges made by SAILS
bury. Mr.. Burch states that he received
no money from Salisbury or his agents.
and that he has never received any for the
influence of his paper.
In signed statement d. Conger. man.
ager of the Grand Rapids Herald, denies
Salsbury's charges in detail.