The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-16
THE DOODLE BILLS GROW.
Grand jury Now Knows Of
$1,000 Paid to Legislators.
Kelly Will Not Come Back Without q
Fight, Ii Is Said---More Evidence
of His Intimacy With Lee
Page Gets Sick Again.
Page Gets Sick Again.

st. Louis, April 9.-Gradually the
whole story of the alum deal is I'M
winding itself John A. Lee furnish
ed in the check for 1000 which he
gave to Attorney General Crow, the
first thread. Crow has followed it
vigorously. Joseph W. Folk is
throwing into the case all the energy
he displayed in the fight on st. Louis
boodling. Together they are work
ing out the big story and the scheme
Of the baking powder trust.
To-day a witness told on thestand
how he had changed 81, 900 billior
q senator who has served in the leg
islature more than one session before
and was one OF the strong men in the
alum combine OF 1901 and 1908.
This 81 900 bill is the third that has
been partly traced. All OF them are
on broad trails that indicate proba-
bility that they came from the same
source as the check given to John A.
Lee.
KNOW OF s., 900 DOODLE,
Lees check makes four 81 900
transactions and it is not at all GER
tain that in one instance at least two
of the six $500 bills were the prop
erty OF the same man. That means
at least $1,000 OF Doodle that the
grand juries of st. Louis and Jeffer
son City know about, all OF it paid
apparently for the defeat of one bill.
Yet the application OF a little COM
mon reasoning and some knowledge
OF legislative affairs in Missouri to
existing conditions leads to the con-
clusion that not more than hall has
been traced at all. In view OF all the
circumstances the story that SIS, 900
was paid before the legislasure ad-
journed and SO, 200 afterwards does
not seem unreasonable.
The st. Louis grand jury worked
most of the day to-day on facts that
had been secured, partly at least, by
Attorney General Crow before he
came here. 1t was absolutely neces-
sary for the success of the investiga-
ton that it should have a st. Louis
end and a Jefferson City end.
There is st. Louis connection to
every big matter handled. Some
transactions begun in Jefferson City
are closed in st. Louis and Others
begun in st. Louis are finished in JET
ferson City. A grand jury in either
place working alone could not sue
coed very well; two OF them working
together can close in on the boodlers
rapidly and completely. They are
working in that direction now.
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
The grand jury witnesses this alter
noon were Senator's Nelson, Collins
and Scheulaub; George Hobbs, pay
ing teller of the Colonel Trust COM
pany, and Diamond" John Smith.
Smith was a member OF the assem-
bly, of 1899 and in that body that
had more than it's share of boodlers,
Smith was famous character. Lit
tleis known of what any OF them told
the grand jury. Enough was told
on the outside to show that there Is
not a reasonable doubt that one
witness who testified saw a 81 900
, bill in the hand of one senator and
another had seen $500 bill handled
by another senator. There was con.
siderable sq1irming during part OF
the testimony and there is no longer
any doubt remaining that before the
members OF the assembly will tell all
they know there must be decision
on the question Of how far their con-
stitutionalright to oidincrimiHat-
ing themselves by refusing to testify
will protect them. That must be de-
termined in the contempt proceed
against Cole Hickox in Jefferson City
next Wednesday.
1900 Christians Reported Killed.