Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-01
THE DOODLE CASES
At Grand Rapids, Mich, Are Develop
ing Sensational Features.

Gfand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 30.-Th(
examination of State Senator Davi
E. Burns, who was charged by Ian
X. Salisbury, the former city attorney
in his confession of the bribery o
municipal officials and others in con-
nection with the notorious water dea
with having received 5000, was begun
today, in police court.
Salisbury testified that 5000 was pai(
to Burns in addition to 800 which
Burns told him he had already re-
ceived.
Salisbury testified that Thomas F
McGarry, local attorney, told hin
that he had some clients who wante
to get a contract to furnish the cit.
with water and there would be 5000
in it for him. He agreed to go into
the deal for $4,000. The money was
sent by H. A. Taylor of New York
the moneyed man in the deal. Attor-
ney McGarry, however, wanted $12,50t
from Salisbury, he testified, but it was
finally agreed that Salisbury should
pay him $500. .s-
AS to the alleged connection of GER
tain newspapers with the DEAL SAILS
bury sworc:
Il paid Charles S. Burch of the
Evening Press $4,000. / also gave j
Clark Sproat, the manager of the Dem
ocrat, some
He did not get enough out of it for
himself to make good his shortage.
Salisbury testified that he paid ex-
Mayor Perry $33S3.
Il insisted upon nothing being done
by the council until the additional
$4,000 for which we had bargained
with the promoters came. 1t was
turned over to Stilson V. Mcleod, an
employee of the Old National Bank
with whom l had been interested in
stock speculations. Mcleod took $15.-
500 to make up his shortage and l got
$4,000 and paid up my debts. The
rest was kept by Mcleod at the Old
National Bank. My idea still was to
call the whole water deal off and let
those fellows go back to New York
thinking that they had done some
thing
Salisbury also implicated Dudley F
Waters i member of the board of pub
lie works. who, he testified, negotiated
with the New York parties directly
Continuing he said: After Mcleod and
myself took money we needed out OF
the $4,000 Doodle fund there was $4850(
left. After election some of the city
officials asked me for their money.
gave $13.750 to eX-MayOr Perry and tC
the Democrat, $13, $50. 1 gave some tC
Corey P. Rssell of the board of public
works, and some to J. r. Thomson, re-
Porter of the Evening Press, and to e
D. COnger. manager of the Grand Rap
ids Herald, $4,000. I paid $3.50 each to
Aldermen Ellen, Depagter, Kinney
Schriver, Mol, Stonehouse, and Mac
Lachlan; $500 each to Bissell, Thompson
and Aldermen McCool, Muir, Donovan
Ghysels, Losier and Slocum. To Isaac
F. Lamouraix l paid $500. LamouraiS
was city clerk and is supposed to have
confessed to the prosecuting attorney
although he has not yet been examined
Conger Salisbury, testified, threaten
ed to expose the deal in the Grand
Rapids Herald unless he was paid $10,-
900. Il had to give it to him. sale
| Salisbury.
"Conger had discovered that bogus
checks were being put in with bids fol
supply. We had bidders on the string
from all sides and our first plan was tc
get them to put up all the money posi-.
| BILE with us as bride money, and ther
go to the council and exhibit the money
! with the statement that it was Sent
| here to bride US and then keep it. My
| arrest in Chicago upset all the plans
| Salisbury then told of a plan to ge
the city to buy the old hydraulic water
plant. which he said was PRACTICAL,
worthless so far as competition was
concerned, but could be made to appea,
good. In order to get the deal through
] it was necessary to have the cit,
| charter amended and for this purpose
we had to arrange with Senator
| Burns and others. New York partie.
were to back the scheme financial,
with 100000, as n starter Willard
| Kingsley Of this city acted for them ir
| the plot.
of this amount we were to give $40 OOt
to Editor Conger, $1,000 to Senator Burns
$4,000 was to go to carrying the legisla.
ture for the bill and the balance of ST.. 90,
was to be divided between Mayor Perry
| EDITOR Sproat. George Ellis and myself
| Th1s plan fell down. however when ref.
| erendum clause was attached to the bill
and We had to give it up and go on to The
| Lake Michigan deal"
c. S. Burch. manager of the Evenina
Press, denies the charges made by Sails
| bury.
| Salisbury also implicated Samuel N
| Lemon, collector of internal revenue, ant
| Wm. II: Anderson. president of the
Fourth National Bank. who. so he SAYS
wanted $4,000 each. Lemon was interest
ed in one Of the several water deals thai
were on at that time, so Salisbury saws
and came to his office saying he had pait
the mayor $4,000 and wanted to know
now much it would take to get the coun
| ell. II told him that it would take $500.
0(N.' said Salisbury. He wanted me ts
come down, but l told him that he ant
| thing"
| The prosecution completed it's introduc.
| ton of evidence in the Burns case this
afternoon. and the respondent asked TO,
an adjournment for a week to prepare his
| defence, which the court granted