Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-01
GRAND RAPIDS CRAFT
Confession of Ex- City Attor- i ney duplicates City Officials.
SAYS EX-MAYOR COT MUCH POODLE
Salisbury Told of the Passage of the Water Bill by the .Legislature Nr and the Illegal Means Used to Accomplish It.
to Accomplish It.

r,<..,.. to Accomplish It, ' GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. l. -, The confession of ex-City Attorney .Lant R. Salisbury in regard to the mo- torious water scandal in this city was told for the first time in court at the preliminary examinat ton of State Sena- tor David Burns, and it has created a tremendous sensation on account of the number of prominent persons 1t duplicates, in addition to the seventeen officials and former officials who were arrested on bribery charges ten days ago. 4
 Never once did Salisbury have to re- fer to notes, and he rendered his tesd- mony readily and rapidly, giving names, dates and occurrences as though the alleged events happened only last week instead of three years ago.
 The examination of Senator Burns was completely lost to view in the sto- ry of the conspiracy as related by Sals- bury. As names of many prominent men were mentioned by Salisbury and the amount he paid to each for their influence or silence was given there was a suppressed murmur of surprise throughout the thronged court room.
 The persons implicated by Salisbury during his testimony against State Senator Burns and the amounts he ai- legged they received are as follows: George R. Perry, ex-mayor, $13,725: J. Clark Sproat, manager Grand Rap ids Democrat, S3,333; R. A. Cameron, New York, $500; State Senator David E. Burns, $20O; Alderman McCooi, $500; Alderman Ellen, $350; Alderman De Pagter, $350; Alderman Muir, $500; Alderman Kinney, S35O; Alderman Donovan, $500; Alderman Phillips, $1 ,O00; Alderman Johnson, $S50 or S400: Alderman Stonehouse, $S60; AL derman Lozier, $500; Alderman Shriv- CT, $350; Alderman Mel, $350; Alder man Ghysels, $35O; Alderman Hodges, $500; Alderman Slocum, $500; Cory r. Bissell, $500: !. Russell Thomson, re- porter on Evening Press, $500; Isaac Lamereaux, ex-city clerk, $1 ,50o; State Representative Van Zoeren, $35O; State Representative Van Dercook, $60s E. D. Conger, manager Grand Rapids Herald, S1o,Oo0; Thomas F. McGarry, a prominent attorney, now in Florida, \ Evening Press, $5,oo0.
 He also implicated in water deals Dudley E. Waters, ex-president of the board of public works; pr. Hike de Vrtes, ex-city physician; George Ellis, a local broker; Samuel M. Lemon, col lector of internal revenue, and William Fl, Anderson, president of the Fourth National bank.
 1 Six separate water conspiracy deals were on in Grand Rapids at one time according to salsbury's sworn testiIno- ny, each gigantic in its size and all calling for the use of poodle fund Salisbury told of the passage of the ! water billAby the legislature and der 1 tailed the means by which it was ac- complished. +|I saw Joe Kennedy said Salisbury, "and gave him thousand dollar bill to take care Of the interests of the bill in the legislature. It was the last day of the session for the introduction of billsy I think. He told me he paid Representative Van Zoeren $85O and Representative Van der Cook $6o. As expenses II allowed him $90 without any question HS returned the rest of l the money to me-
 "AJl the corruption money" he con tinued, came from the Taylor fund. don't recall any one now who received any money in the deal whom have not named. I do not recall any one who had guilty knowledge whom have not named. The first man to re- ceive money from me was Mayor Per ry--7$$3,S ,SS3.s
 Perry's money was paid in his pri- | iyate business office"