The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-08
Another Of the st. Louis Boodlers
Gives Up the Game.
GOING TO TAKE HIS MEDICINE.
There Wa. . Price Placed Don all ieri.
iation wherein Corporations or In
dItidual- n. nenttsd. and tho
Combine dot ~.

~ ~ "hAN VI ~ f'hsHN
gates. concluded. yesterday. to I'M
bosom himself. In the hope, prcsuma-
bly,. Of making things easier when
Judgment came TO be rendered. rs II
will he In n few days. M he and others
of the combine have reached the con
.luslon that they are fighting n losing
game since thoy have seen Lehman
and Hartmann taken 10 the pcnitcnti-
AIRY for long sentences:
Following Is tho confession Of Gutke
a. made to Circuit Attorney Folk:
u am going 10 take my medicine.
The best PREPARATION that ! ran make
for the wrongs | have done n Ia con.
f,sa fully 10 everything. In order that
the public may realize what has been
going on. No man eau know what I
have suffered during the past three
years. ! did not realize that ! was
committing n crime In tnling money
for my vote. until these boonlc prose-
BUTTONS commenced. Yielding To the
plcadingH Of my wife. who stood by mc
nobly during my trials. I have deter
mined To do all | cnn TO atone for my
tNaNN hfhAAAhh w lANNAAH " l''HAN w
~. Loula even now do not realize how
they have been pcrslstcntly plundcred
for years and years by the men they
elected TO MIKE laws for the city. Were
I TO toll all and give the details Of all
tho various deals 10 my knowledge.
Volumes would he filled.
Il became n member Of the house "
Aal0uuN.a La IkAT uuI al a.tg. lusa M
q member NJ the combine " that body.
which was an organization composed
at 10 members Of the house Of dele
gates for tho purpose Of selling legis
lntlon. The man behind Tho combine,
aud who has been the heal IL nearly
all the combines IN tho house ~ dole
ratcs for the pnht - years. Is Ed, hut
lee Tho nrrt bill that came mp after
had become n member of the combine
wns "rhc Suburban Loop bill The
combine rot 10000 for their votes on
this hill: ON tho Union ivCauc" bill
We got $4,000: on the Central Traction
blli we got $4,000; on the Third Street
line Hill We were 10 set $4,000; on the
lighting bill We got $ti.jOo: On the
holt line hill $4,000; on the Suburban
We were to got $4,000. which 10 now In
the safe deposit box In tho Lincoln
Trust Co, being placed there With the
agreement that II should be turned over
to us when the bill had been passed
While these are some OF tho largest
brlbca secured daring my term Of Of
fee. there we're innumcrablo others
ranging from 10000 for switcl Ing bills
10 a few hundred dollars for mere min
or privilege
THE brib. prices were fixed In meet.
ings NJ the combine, the procedure I've,
Ing for some member to get up and
o that g certain price be- fixed on
a certain bill, Other members would
Giye their opinions, and n vote woult
be taken. and the price receiving tn,
highest number OF votes would b,
adopted. Then w would select NJ
agent 81 the combine, by ballot. to ne
gotinto for and receive the morey. Thli
ngent would distribute tho none,
amongst Us From my intimate knowl
edge OF dealings with this combine an,
from information secured Of what ha'
been going on hero for the last aunrtel
at n century. I MAKE THE POSITIVE
STATEMENT THAT THERE |.
HARDLY A CORPORATION IN TIL
CITY OF ST LOUIS OF ss50.OO0 AM
OVER THAT HAS NOT EITHEI
BEEN HELD UP FOR BRIDE MON
EY OR BOUGHT OFFICIAL ACTION
FROM THE COMBINE IN TIL
House OF DEIEGATFS