The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-12-04
New York Capitalists Furnished
Cash to Buy Grand
Rapids.
SALISBURY TELLS IT ALL
Newspapers, Bankers, One Federal OF.
fcer and City Officers Without
Limit Got in the Cutup of
the Big Doodle.

I &c NSGLs SS-SkAs AVN ~
testified ne gave De Pagtor $3.50 about
the same time he did the others he had
bribed. Later it was agreed De Pagtor
should receive $4,000 to 5000 in water
bonds.
Salisbury said the reason he offered
De Pagtor the money after he found he
was favorable to the deal was eCaus
he wanted to make sure of him and
could not afford to take any chances.
DePagtor's case was adjourned until
Monday next and ex-Aldernlan Muir's
examination was begun, on the charge
Of receiving a bride. Salisbury testi-
fed among other things that he ntend-
ed to bleed all h outside parties, then
go before the common council, expose
them n keep the money.
The examination of Senator David E.
Burns, who was charged by Liant 4
Salisbury, the ex-city attorney, in his
confession of the bribery of municipal
officials and others in connection with
the notorious water deal, with having
received $500 for his work, continued
in police court. Salisbury was the first
witness for the people. He testified he
offered Burns $500 in addition to 500
which Burns told him he had already
received. Burns scorned the offer at
first, saying that he was no Sl00 man:
that he was not going to introduce the
| bill in the legislature and let the other
| PEI SoLIS III LII dcdt ildht d large
amount while he had just a little pile.
Burns threatened, SO Salisbury swore,
that ne would tack on a referendum
clause to the bill wanted by the pro-
motors, unless he was given S., 900.
i Finally Salisbury told him to put in the
bill and say nothing about the 5000
until the bill became a law, intimating
that he would be further rewarded
then. The 5000 was paid to Burns in
Salsbury's office in the city hall, the
witness testified.
How the Deal Came Up.
Salisbury testified that the water deal
first came to his attention il June,
1900, when Thomas F.. McGarry, a local
attorney, told him that he had some
clients who wanted to- get a contract
to furnish the city with water and that
there would De $1,000 in it for him.
Salisbury was driven into the deal, so
he confessed, because Of a SIS, 900
shortage in his bank account, caused
by unfortunate speculation in wheat.
He met r. A. Cameron of New York
and agreed to go into the deal for S25.-
900 cash. The money was sent by H.
a. Taylor of New York, the moneyed
mar in the deal, to the state bank.
My sole purpose was to take the S25,-
600" said Salisbury, Ito straighten up
my bank account. If I had got that
money at that time 1 would have set
lieu tHS SlOildSS ana tneFe lie water
deal would have ended. Attorney Nc
Garry, however, wanted S21, 500 from
Salisbury, he testified, but it was final
ly agreed that Salisbury Shout pay him
$500.
Salisbury then went into tie news
papers alleged connection with the
deal. Cameron wanted to know if the
newspapers would support US. l told
him that I would take care of it. 1
paid Charles S. Burch of the Grand
Rapids Evening Press $1,000. l also
gave ]. Clark Sproat, the manager of
the Democrat, some. I was talking of
becoming a partner with Sproat, it be-
ing understood that | was to use the
! paper as l wanted"
Then He Bought an Ex-Mayor.
Salisbury said the reason that he did
not get out OF the deal after getting
the first Doodle was that he had to
keep up an appearance of good faith
with the promoters, and, because Of the
drains upon him in interesting other
people, he was unable to get enough
out of it for himself to pay up his SIS
900 shortages. After paying McGarry
$500, so he testified, he went down to
ex-Mayor Perry's office and gave him
1888.
"Perry's theory" Salisbury testified,
was for him and the Democrat "a To-
cal paper to support the Bailey
springs water project, TINS DelNg rep
resented as a rival interest to the Lake
Michigan deal in the aid of which
bribery was done. He advocated the
Bailey Springs deal with the sole pur-
pose of getting the other papers to OPP
pose the project before it was known
that the other papers would accept
the money. Mr.. Burch of the Evening
Press at first wanted SO, 1000, saying
that the support of the Press was worth
more than that of the other local pa
pers. I tried to get him at first with
out using money, but could do nothing
with him. He finally came to my office
in the city hall and took the IS, 900
and I insisted that nothing be done by
the council until an additional SIS. 900
for which we had ~bargained with the
promoters came. Attorney McGarry
first got hold Of this money, but I in
sisted that it be turned over to Stilsen
Y. Mcleod, an employe OF the old Ma
tional bank, with whom I had been in
terested in stock speculations. Nc
Leod took SIS, 800 to make up his Sort
age, and I got s12, 900 and paid up my
debts. The rest was kept by Mcleod
at the old National bank. My idea yet
was to call the whole water deal off
and let those fellows go back to New
York thinking that they had done
something"
Federal Officer in It.
Salisbury also implicated Samuel N,
Lemon, collector Of internal revenue
and William H. Anderson, president OF
the Fourth National bank, who, so he
said, wanted 81, 900 each. Lemon was
interested in several water deals thai
were on at one time, SO Salisbury said
and came to his office, saying that he
had paid the a $4,000, and want
ed to know how much it would take
to get the council. II told him that II
would take 5000, 000," said Salisbury
II wanted me to come down, but
told him that he n Anderson wanted
100000 without doing a thing"
Salisbury also implicated Dudley E
Waters, a member Of the board of pub
lie works; Eugene D. Conger. manager
of the Grand Rapids Herald, and J. r
Hamilton, municipal reporter of the
Evening Press. He said that he sound
ed Waters n that Waters told him
he had enough money. but would moi
stand in the way of the water deal
either voting favorably or staying
away. Later | learned" Salisbury