Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-04
BLOWS ON GANG.
BoodIer Kelley Confesses
at St. Louis.
Tells How Combine Arranged
City Lighting Deal.
Makes Confession in Order to Ease
Conscience.

st Louis, oct. lin q written confess
sion, today, Charles r. Kelley. speaker
Of the House of Delegates durng a period
In tbs. life Of the bOo,dl.- combine. relates
the story Of that combine. lie declares
that a prominent local politician prom
ised himself and Others implicated That
the next circuit attorney would BE- All
right" and promised If they would r.
main firm he would secure for th'-m either
continuances until tn" new circuit Alt"r-
new took Office. or parcions afterwards.
He declares that this politician said me
new circuit attorney. for which Office
nominations are to be mad" hI the D1ili'-
Gratis. today, would be ms man
Kelley declares he refused this nifrr
and that h. ma l:,- th!- CONT ssion to ease
his conscience. to obey the requests "f hi
wifi. and 10 do what he can to mtE'
atoncment to the public and prevent other
Young men from following tn" pain winch
he declares has l.d him TO ruin.
In his confession Kelley details n" st"-
~ Of the city lighting d'hI. lpr which Il"
says a doodle fund of So" was divided
between the - members of til" '"mhln"
at Julius I.ehmaau'S birthday party. II"
declares that the Aforementioned r"lIti-
clan gave. him tn. boodlc fund ana .hit
h.. took il to Lehman nous. ANA th.t
h" there divided ii.
Kelley declared a prominent politician
paid him $lJ.vJ Of the &t.T" promised on
rnndirInu Thai Kelley would k,.,p away
,rn,n IN. ora M iurv hrtor,. winch h, htd
been suhpn.nard to appear. Kelley W'Ht
to Europe by way Of tdHddh. taxing iH''
name Of James Hogan. II was tn lnt"i-
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