Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-29

WHICH he was d IuSI1OSl- OA lhC NOA-
night that the elder Snyder died the
widow of his son confessed that her
dead husband was a member of an
organized band of robbers, who had
been cracking safes throughout the
western country. Cary Snyder kept
his father in constant trouble for near
ly thsee years before he was killed
r. M. Snyder went to st. Louis in
the spring of 1898 and contaminated a
daring and colossal bribery, in street
railway franchise bill, says the New
| York Herald.
Snyder Convicted.
| After one of the most notable legal
battles in the west, in which Folk
| fought against an array of the finest
legal talent that money could hire,
| Snyder was convicted and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary- The
case went to the supreme court and
| was reversed on a technically. Be
fore it could be tried again Folk went
out of office, having been elected gov
ernor The Snyder case was one of
the few that he passed down to Ar
thur n. Sager, his successor. Last
May Sager nolle pressed the case and
issued a new Information against
SNYDER The case was called for trial
in September, but owing to the alb
sence of material witnesses for the
state, it was again nolle pressed and a
new information sworn out.
This case was standing against
; Snyder when death entered the final
nolle prosequi. The cases against Ut
, hoff and Ritter, growing indirectly
: out of a bribery committed some years
: ago, are the only entries on the court
| dockets to remind St Louis of hei
famous municipal scandals
Ed Butler, the boss politician. who
, was three times indicted and twice
/ tried for bribery, has had his troubles
: too. Butler was first indicted for at
: | tempting to bride members of the
: board of health to award him a con
tract for handling the city garbage
He was tried in Columbia, Mo-, convict
ed and sentenced to three years in tn,
e penitentiary, but escaped when tn
t supreme court decided that as tn
o members of the board of health wer
t not officials they could not be bribed
He was next indicted for handling
e Doodle fund of SAT, 500 to have passe
s. a bill providing for the lighting of tn
d streets with gas instead of electricity
l. He was acquitted of this charge at Flu
n ton, Mo-, and in that respect consit
ST. cred himself lucky. Soon after hi
e first indictment his son-inlaw, job
d Parle, died Before he was tried o
d the second indictment his favorit
t, son. John R. Butler, who had bee
% faithful to the old mans interests, fe
le sick and died This blow broke Blu
n ler's heart and hurt him worse tina
Il all of Folks prosecutions.
r. KelIy's Evidence Needed
it There was one man only among til
" former members of the house of del
to gates who knew where the s47,5t
he came from that was paid for the vote
Ie of the combine members in the eli
of lighting deal That was former Spea
ig er Charles F. Kelly. 1t had been d
ct | yeloped that Kelly received the none
ly from Edward Butler, and Butler W;
k promptly indicted But in this tran
ed action Butler was simply acting as
he friend" Kelly's evidence was nece
sary to establish the identity of II
re- man who stood in Buffers shade
tie Folk knew who he was-so did Il
w public, but Kelly had the only evlden
lis that would indict the man-who W
ID ten times millionaire
he Folk had Kelly before the grand ju
ON the afternoon of September s. 49,
of and was gradually forcing a conf.
lis sion out of him. Emissaries OF t
IN. boodlers were at once dispatched
ne the four courts where the fnQdisiti
he was in progress to get into commu
Tor cation with Kelly While Folk was
ur- the Grand jury room these m