Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-17
MILWAUKEE GRAND JURY RE-
TURNS 81.
AN ASSEMBL lyman BRIBED
Held in True Bill Charging Him
With Taking $50 from Newspa-
per Man to Vote Against Primary
Election Bill in the Legislature of
1901.

Milwaukee, July -Sixty-seven in
dictments against Is individuals, most
of whom are former county officials.
were handed down by the grand jury
yesterday, and the probing Of the jury
til September 1. The indictments
added yesterday to those returned ten
days ago makes total of los thus
far, with the expectation that further
probing will result in many indict-
ments to be returned in the near fu-
ture. There are but five new names.
Nearly all the new indictments charge
bribery in the sum OF $50, the amounts
it is alleged, having been paid to pres
ent or former city officials in cOnnec-
tion with awarding of county contracts
for the erection Of an addition to the
county hospital several years ago.
Many of the Indictments are the result
Of confessions Of Otto Seidel, Ir., and
Edward f. Strauss, former members
of the county board. Fred G.. Schultz.
a newspaper reporter, is indicted on
one count, charged with offering a
hribe of $50 to Herman J. Poimren-
ming, member Of the state assembly in
1901, to vote against the primary
election bill. Polmrenning is also in
dicted charged with accepting the
bribe.
The grand jury resumed its session
at 1850 o'clock in the afternoon and it
was expected that within a short time
1t would make another report, as it al
most reached that point Monday after
noon.
Assistant Secretary of State Miner
was i'm the district attorneys Office,
presumably waiting to be recalled be-
fore the grand jury.
When the jury convened at 1870
o'clock it went into executive session
and was undoubtedly finishing the
work of preparing indictments in
which 1T was engaged Monday. No
witnesses were called into the room
and neither Mr.. McGovern nor Mr..
Golf were with the jurors.
Ready to Receive the Report.
At o'clock the grand jury took a
short recess and District Attorney Nc
Govern was called to the jury room.
Members, of the jury loitered about
the corridors, while the district attor-
ney with a few of the jurors were
closeted in the room, supposedly put
ting the finishing touches on the batch
of true bills to be returned later in
the afternoon.
Two young men who apparently
were strangers In the city and were
thought to be from some interior city
of the state, appeared in the city hall
about o'clock and were at once es-
corted from the seventh floor where
the grand jury sits to the fifth floor
and taken into District Attorney Nc
Governs office. 1t is supposed that
they have been invited 20 tell what
they may know in regard to deals in
which other parts of the state than
Milwaukee county are involved, but
which may have a bearing Of corrup
ton here.
District Attorney +. l.. Gilbert of
Dane county called upon Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Cochems at the city
hall. File said that he was in no way
interested in the grand jury investiga-
items, but simply called upon Mr.. Co
chems socially.
The presence of State Senator San
born Of Ashland in the city has
aroused interest, as it was Senator
Sanborn at whose suggestion the bill
changing the name of Gates county
to Rusk county was introduced in the
legislature few weeks ago, He was
not noticed about the city hall, but
NAV have been in consultation with
fine officials elsewhere in the city.
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