The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-01

EcUTED BY CIRCUIT At
ToRNEY FoLk-THE
INDICTMENT OF
4 RoSS EDWARD
BUTLER.
! The ST. Louis Doodle scandle is
what has brought Circuit Attorney
Joseph w. Folk before the country as
a possible candidate for President on
the Democratic ticket, and has made
him that party's candidate for gov>
ernor OF Missouri. He has been I'M
| firing in his pursuit of the Legisla-
tive combine since it was first brought
to his attention by a newspaper re-
| porter. The man to whom is gener-
| ally given the credit for unearthing
| the stupendous scandal Is James NJ
| Calvin. q red-headei reporter. who
| started in life in the slums of New
York as a bootblack, drifted West
and sold papers in the streets of Chi
caso. and then went 10 st. Louis.
where he broke into the newspaper
fraternity under the protection of Gen.
Fields. Stanley Waterloo and their as
sociates.
In his work as reporter Calvin
got hold of a story OF municipal corr
ruption appalling for its magnitude.
This was that the Suburban Street
Railway Company had deposited in
the vaults of the Missouri Trust Com
pally s135 GOO, $4,000 of which was
to 80 10 members of the House of Del.
egates and 600 to councilmell
when certain franchise legislation that
the company desired should be en-
acted into law. Publication Of this
was brought to the attention of the
December G3o1) grand jury by Cir
cult Attorney Folk. and MIR. Calvin
was summoned before the inquisitors,
where he told such straightforward |
and convincing Story that it was de- |
cided to probe the matter to the bot
tom.
Charles Turner, president of the
Suburban railroad; t. NJ. jenkins, I
general manager: Philip Stock, sec
rotary of the Brewing Association,
who was understood to be the Legis-.
lative agent OF the street railway com
Dany in manipulating the municipal |
assembly, appeared voluntarily before
the grand jury, after consulting coun-
sci, who advised them to make a clean
breast Of the matter. Acting on this
advice. these men not only corrobo-
rated the story already told before
that body, but gave the names of
the men who were implicated in the
telling who held the dupli-
cate keys to the safe deposit boxes
J. x. Murrell, member OF the House
of Delegates in 1900, and Charles
kratz. a councilman A committee
was appointed by the grand jury to
visit the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company, accompanied by Circuit At
torney Folk, for the purpose of see ,
ing the doodle" was there. Philip
Stock, custodian of the keys for the
railway, was with the party.
The boxes were opened and found to 2
contain the amounts of money said to r
De therein one $4,000, set apart r
or the purchase of councillors; in +
he other $4,000, with which to buy
he votes of Delegates. +
AS result of these revelations in q
liSLL1iSiAIS "SiS lStuI 4Sd ny Lie 4
ury as follows: Ellis Wainwright, =
Millionaire brewer and director In the.f ,
suburban railroad, bribery; Henry A. +
Nicolas, brewer and director in the =
bribery; Emil A Meysen- a
urg, bribery; Charles Krantz, bri- +
cry; John X. Murrell, bribery; Ju- z
JUS lehman and Harry A. Faulkner n
ormer members of the House Of Del <
gates. perjury. =
When the February, 1902, grand :.
Try was impaneled it was directed +,
y Judge Ryan to pay particular at ;,
ention to municipal corruption, and
n April following made its final
eport to the court, returning indict-
tents against Edward Butler, one for ?
rofferinS bride and the other for rs
tempted bribery in connection with G
lie passage of#the garbage bill. The W
sport said in part: id
Our investigation. covering more or N
SIS fully period of 10 years. shows th
lat, with few exceptions, no ordi- ht
lnce has been passed wherein val in
lble privileges or franchises are ca
'anted until those interested in the Sc