The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-06
DOODLE SCANDAL GROWS
Three Missouri State Senators In.
dicsed For Bribery.
THE PROBING OF THE GRtDJURf
The Disappearance OF Lieutenant-Gover'
NOR Lee-A Search In Chicago Failed
to Find Him-Many Witnesses Heard
Upon Whose Testimony the 1ndict-
ments Were Returned.

Upon Whose Testimony the Indict-
ments Were Returned.
st. Louis. Mo.-Suficient testimony
was adduced before the April Grand
Jury to justify the indictment for
bribery by the Cole County Grand Jury
of three State Senators whose names
have not heretofore figured in the Leg
islative Doodle scandal, according to
well-informed sources. 1t is said that
Eugene Hansmann of st. Louis County
! gave testimony as to the sudden ac-
cession of wealth by legislators from
the county.
Senator Buell. L. Matthews and Rep.
resentative A. E. L. Gardner OF ST.
Louis County cannot lie found.
| Whether they are implicated III the
scandal is 4 matter Of conjecture. but
their disappearance. from their home;
Is causing comment.
Another fact was made public that
| will cause many boodler to sutter
| from an attack of insomnia. and that
| is that James Whltecotton, Speaker or
| the last House, and the man who first
asserted that legislative corruption ex-
| isteu, had an all-day conference with
| Circuit Attorney Folk and would ap-
pear before the local Grand Jury and
| retell his story.
Captain Bob" Lee, brother Of the
fugitive Lieutenant-GoverIor, had all
| interview with Mr.. Folk and assured
him that he would have John A. Lee
! in the city ready and willing to go
| before the Grand Jury. Not much
Importance is attached to this promise.
however, as it Is asserted that the
Lieutenant-G testimony be-
fore the April Grand Jury was con-
Trajectory.
Among the witnesses before the local
Grand Jury were the Rev. Crayton
| Brooks, OF Jefferson City, whose
charges of legislative corruption pre-
| cipitated the present investigation;
Representative Joseph r. Lee, Senator
John Sartorious. ]. 7. Craighead, man.
ufacturer Of baking powder; Represen-
/ tative Sfebert. a saloon keeper; STAN
lev Stoner, a lawyer and representative
of the PENNSYLVANIA Salt Company.
which 10 said to have sold alum to
companies outside the trust. and An
thony Faust. Jr., who testified as to
money raised to defeat the Audubon
bill.
Chicago, Ill.-According to St. Louis
dispatch published here. Lieutenant
Governor Lee of Missouri. who is
wanted in that city to testify before
! the Grand Jury in the baking powder
legislation investigation, is in Chicago.
| Inquiries at the Auditorium and the
Annex. at one Of Which hotels 1t was
rumored that Lleutenant-Governor Lee
would stop, failed to find any trace
| of him. Search at the other down
town hotels likewise failed to reveal
any trace Of him.
jefferson City, Mo.-Four more in
dictments were reported by the Cole
| County Grand Jury. One was local to
Jefferson City and not connected with
the Legislature The three others are
believed to be Senators Farris, Smith
and Sullivan, who are all reported aD-
sent from their homes. Senator Mat
thews Is believed to have been In the
three indictments. This makes total
Of seven indictments returned after a
weeks investigation.
The three indictments just returned,
it can be said on almost absolute au-
thority, were for boodling. The in
dicted men will be brought to Jeffer-
son City as soon as apprehended and
will be permitted to give bonds for
their appearance in court. Bail VIII
| ho fiyed 0t $4,000,