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

CAaTloS hI8lZ WAS Lue uIx5t kue>kuO<k
of the city council to be indicted for
bribery He vas charged with par
ticipation in the Suburban deal, and,
like Murrell. he fed to Mexico before
his case came to trial.
| After two years persistent work
Folk succeeded in influencing the Unit
ed States government to make
treaty with Mexico covering the CRIME
of bribery The attorney general of
/ the United States construed this
| treaty to be retroactive, and under
| its provisions Kratz was extradited-
| Scarcely had he returned to ST. Louis,
| in the spring of 1903, when he was at
tackled with appendicitis Nand for.
months lowered between life and
death. His sickness, however, might
have been considered a turn of for
tune in his favor, because it enabled
him to get his case carried on the
dockets until after Folk was elected
governor, and when he was tried at
Butler, Mo, he was acquitted. Before
he was tried one of his children died
Never Saw His First Born.
Charles E. Denny was considered
one of the brightest members of the
old house of delegates He was rail-
road employee and had an excellent
| reputation until Folk caught him and
t slapped three indictments on his
back-two for bribery and one for
perjury Denny had just been mar
ried, and few months after the we'd
r ding bells rang he was bundled up by
2 the sheriff and hustled off to the pen1-
e Tertiary. While he was prisoner
4 babe was born in his household, but
3 he never saw the face of his first born
cd before its
\ fathers term ended.
e Louis Decker, Hveryman, is the
I. only member of the old house of dele
t gates combine who was convicted
k after Folk quit the circuit attorney
n office. His conviction fastened the
It death of his aged mother, which oc
Cured a few weeks after the jury
e found him guilty.
n Edmund Bersch, once a prosperous
l. insurance broker, was the first of the
a. house of delegates combine to begin {
p term of service in the penitentiary
n His mind gave way under the strain
d and he spent the greater part of hi
Is months Imprisonment in the hos
j. pitaI When he left the penitentiar.
lie he was broken in health-a menta
r and physical wreck
E. One Man Escaped Fate.
y, Just one man-John Schnettler-
10 who elected to stand trial on tn
We charges preferred against him, ha
Id escaped without some misfortune otf
" er than the penitentiary sentence in
IT. posed upon him. He has served OF
&C. his sentence.
These are what may be called tn
tragedies of the ST. Louis Doodle cr'
SADIE. The facts are strange-almos
re startling. The boodler's punishmer
u- in the penitentiary was the least {
at their suffering. They saw their chi
nd dren scorned by other children in tn
in schools and on the streets. They sa
An their faithful wives, heartbroken, ia
ng at the feet of the law their husband
re had outraged, and plead for mercy th'
could not be given. These men wei
of naughty, brazen; when in the zen11
ed of their power as corruptionists, the
So sacrificed every interest of the Poop
ay for the money of franchise grabber
rts But they have had their punishmeT
TO- The man who is about to sell his vo
It'll for money may determine for hfmse
AS whether fate joined hands with la