The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-29


western country. Cary Snyder kept
lis ta-he- in constant trouble for near
y Ekr=e years before he was killed.
z VI S1yter went 10 ST. Louis in
t.,e scrI-g e! 1885 and cousummated a
i.Ir-1g AT COLOSSAL bribery. in a street
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T.rE Esr11t
s,,-I-e- -1rs=t.1
A@zr ne * -z= most notable legal
iIl-1ss = IL vest. Fl which Folk
t.Hrir E-a-s- a. array Of the finest
5.srIs -a-s-- ttz- Ec-ey could hire,
SIT ts- WIS ec-Tsctsd and sentenced
- EF= -sa-z = Re r@ai,entiary., The
-1lE.E Ee-- % TIE supreme court and
EEs -=7S-E@,: O. 2 tscEuicality. Be
sgrs IL cTs-I5 h.e t-isi again Folk went
or u c5es. having been elected gov
e-no-. Tie Snyder case was one Of
the few that Re passed down TO Ar
thur y. Sszer. his successor. Last
May Sager no!le 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. II was again nolle pressed and
new Information sworn out
This case was standing against
Snyder when death entered the final
nolle prosequi. The cases against Ut
hon and Ritter. growing indirectly
out OF bribery committed some years
ago, are the onlx entries on the court
dockets to. remind St Louis OF her
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 the
penitentiary, but escaped when the
supreme court decided that as the
members OF the board OF health were
not officials they could not be bribed
He was next indicted for handling a
Doodle fund Of $47,500 to have passed
a bill providing for the lighting Of the
streets with gas instead of electricity
He was acquitted Of this charge at Full
ton, Mo-, and In that respect consid
cred himself lucky. Soon after his
first indictment his son-in-law, John
Parle, died. Before he was tried or
the second indictment his favorite
son, John r. Butler, who had beer
faithful to the old mans interests, fell
sick and died This blow broke But
ler's heart and hurt him worse thar
all Of Folks prosecutions.
kelIy's Evidence Needed.
There was one man only among the
former members OF the house OF dele
gates who knew where the $47,50(
came from that was paid for the votes
OF the combine members in the city
lighting deal That was former Speak
er Charles F. Kelly. 1t had been de
veloped that Kelly received the money
from Edward Butler, and Butler was
promptly indicted. But In this trans
action Butler was simply acting as 9
friend" Kelly's evidence was neces
sary to establish the identity of the
man who stood In Buffers shadow
Folk knew who he was-so did the
public. but Kelly had the only evidence
that would indict the man-who wa.
ten times a millionaire.
Folk had Kelly before the grand jur,
on the afternoon Of September s, 1902
and was gradually forcing a comics
| sion out OF him. Emissaries Of the
boodlers we're at once dispatched tc
the four courts where the inQuisitior
was in progress to get into communi
cation with Kelly. While Folk was In