The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-26
Wyandotte County Grand Jury
Finishes Its Work.
Finds Ten indictments Against
Well known Men.
INCLUDES GAMBLERS.
Ex-Alderman and Member OF
Board Of Education.
Arrests in the Cases Are Ex-
pected Immediately.

Kansas City. Kan. jan 26.-Chris
Kopp, ex-cOuncilman from the Fifth
ward.
Frank Campbell, member of the board
Of education from the Sixth ward GAR
mourdale).
c. Gilhaus, a contractor to whom
Campbell sold a valve and who had the
contract for cleaning the mud from the
Armourdale school building.
Fred Young, proprietor of a gambling
house at 5O2 Minnesota avenue.
Pat Carey, proprietor of the policy
wheel in the old Hanson opera house.
George Maltby, a gambler.
Tied" Mclaughlin, partner of Pat"
Carey in West bottoms policy game.
The Wyandotte county grand jury
was finally discharged by Judge Nc
Cabe Moore of the district court yester-
day afternoon after returning ten in
dictments.
Chris Copp, a councilman from the
Fifth ward under the W. II. Craddock
administration as mayor is charged
with accepting a bride from a brick
paving contractor. He was chairman
Of the streets and grades committee.
Frank Campbell, the member of the
board of education from the Sixth
ward. is charged with having solicited
a bribe from a teacher who was a can
didate for principal of the Kansas City,
Kan, high school.
c. Gilhaus, a contractor in Armour
dale, was indicted for perjury and at
tempted bribery. In his testimony be-
fore the grand jury Gilhaus swore he
did not make certain statements to
three members of the Mercantile club
committee who were interviewing him
about the purchase of a patent valve
from Frank Campbell, member of the
board of education, also indicted. The
members of the committee were NJ. o.
Waterman, L. w. Keplinger and SAM
uel Maher.
FED that when they first went to Gil
haus he told them that he had Just as
well tell them the truth first as last
and then related how he and Campbell
a member OF the board of education
had made a deal for cleaning a school
building and that Campbell was to get
part of the money for securing the con-
tract from the board of education. on
the stand Gilhaus denied making any
such statements to the committee.
There were six gamblers indicted, but
the names of two of them could not be
learned. Pat Carey operated the policy
game in the west bottoms and was
patronized by the negroes and many
Every effort was made 10 induce Mayor
Gilbert to close this place. but the
mayor refused. Fred Young had only
recently refurnished his gambling
George Matkey was interested in the
place with Young. The existence OF
these gambling houses was first ex-
posed in the Star on September 16 and
73, 1903
In all the voting in the jury room
there were four jurors, it is said, who
voted solidly against the returning of
indictments against any member of the
city council, with the exception of
Kopp, or any one who had anything
to do with getting the Metropolitan
franchise through the city council. Two
members of the council testified that a
lawyer offered them $1,000 each to vote
for the franchise. In the face of this,
these four jurors stood together against
the lawyer, it is declared. According
to the same information the same four
Jurors voted against the returning of
indictments against members of the
city council who were implicated by
the testimony in receiving money on
brick paving and sewer contracts.
There were nine members of the jury
who voted to return every Indictment
submitted by G. c. Coleman, attorney
general. Two Jurors voted against eV-
cry indictment submitted. Kopp is out
of the state and his wherea bouts are
not known by the officers. Kopp s
friends say that If he is caught it will
be after a long and tedious search.
Chris Kopp has a bakery at 50 South
Seventh street. His wife says she don't
know where he is. She says she has
not heard from him for some time. He
left Kansas City, Kan, with a hunting
party two weeks before the grand jury
convened. The men who went with
him left him in the Indian Territory.
He told them he would continue his
hunting trip indefinitely. Two weeks
ago it was reported he was in Southern
California.
Lyon County Cattlemen Protest.
Emporia, Kan. Jan. 26.-The Lyon coun-
fX cattlemen held a meeting TODAY t6