New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
CHARGES ARE SPECIFIC
SPEEDY CAPITOL TRIALS.
Indicted PennsyIUanians Had ET-
pected Blanket allegations.

| County against the fourteen men involved in
! the Capitol scandal, for whose arrest warrants
were issued yesterday. The grand jury VIII
meet on Monday, and the attorneys expect 10
| submit the cases during the week and follow up
! this action with a request for speedy tTlaI oI
all the defendants who may be indicted.
Warrants in the hands of detectives lor
| the arrest of Congressman H Burd Cassel, or
| Marietta executive officer of the Pennsylvania
| Construction Company; James NJ Shumaker' OF
! Johnstown, former superintendent or grouhdS
and buildings; George F. Payne. of Ph!ladeiphla'
and his partner. Charles G. Wetter, buliderS OF
the CapftoI: Stanford B. Lewis, of Philadelphia
active assistant of Joseph NJ. Huston archltec''
| George K. Storm and John G. Neiderer OF New
vorlr stockholders in the bronze company
which manufactured the lighting fixtures OF inc
Capitol They will be served to-day II the ac-
cused men can be found.
A detective has gone to Johnstown 10 serve ti'e
warrant upon Shumaker, who is too III 10 ledNo
his home Shumaker has arranged Win tie
Attorney General to furnish S6oVoo pan dt '"a'
nlace A detective also went to Marietta 10
serve the warrant upon Congressman N"s9ei
who will also be required to furnish Sooooo oali
c+o-r, and Neiderer will each be required 10
furnish $1,000 bail
Tho fact that the state brought speclhc
charges instead of making mere blanket &C ID
sations came as a disagreeable surprise 10 Ih7
| accused men.
In all Of the informations II is set forth when
the warrants were drawn for the payment oi
the bills of the contractors and when the Trans
| actions occurred. The informatlons aLe6e Ira Uu
in the amount of So 800 in the case of warrant
for a chandelier, and set forth that tfe ma
terial is not according to specifications; allege
| fraudulent payment of S2620 a warrant
drawn for a bracket in which the same charge
| IS set forth: charge fraud in the sum or SZ'loO
| for a chandelier the material in which IS not
up to specifications and that the fixture has an
| 81 pound loading; alege fraud in the sum
! Of S257O34 paid for painting and decorating
| the House and Senate chambers and the Capitol
dome.
The informations also charge fraud II the
| sum Of S5S.444 in the "baccarat" glass trans
action the claim Of the state being that the
whole transaction was fraudulent; allege that
| S111OO was illegally paid for an electric fixture
on warrant the contention in this case being
| that the contractor was supposed to furnish the
| models: charge fraud in the sum Of Sl9.3O1 on
! a warrant for an invoice of o. sofas. 154 spe-
ciaIly designed tables and other furniture blieu
| under different items from which they were
! listed IN the schedule; charge fraud IN the
! amount Of S25577 in a warrant for desks
| charged under the wrong schedule item. ana
hence fraudulent IN all particulars: charge fraud
| in the amount Of S117,2T9 in a warrant based on
the non-conformity to specifications. finish and
material as well the overweighting ana
.!oading' IN the manufacture of lighting hxt-
ures.
The informations also sllege fraud Of s25.2s3
! IN a warrant IN connection with certain stand
| ards .n the Supreme Court room. which are
not in accord with the specifications and which
/ we're billed under the wrong item, and fraud OF
| s34 766 in a warrant for eleven marble manteis'
! which are charged for at double the number
! of feet that each contains and also In connec-
! ton with six designed marble fountains and
the marble for certain electric fixtures the con
/ tentlon being that the material In the last
named instance should have been part OF the
/ fixtures
The Attorney General said today there is
| no truth in the rumor that former Governor
ParnvDacker, who was president of the board
of grounds and buildings during the construc-
| ton and equipment OF the Capitol. is to be ar
rested No information has been made against
| Mr.. Pennypacker and unless plans are changed
he will not become involved in the Capitol suits.
PHILADELPHIA Sept. 19.-Warrants reached
| this city late this afternoon from Harrison for
the arrest Of George F Payne, builder of the
state Capitol and Charles G. Wetter. his part
ner. Counsel for Payne and Wetter waived
hearings and bail for Payne was fixed at
$4,000 and for Wette- at $4,000.
Warrants for George X. Storm and John C
! Neiderer of New York, stockholders in a con-
Germ which manufactured the lighting fixtures
Of the Capitol. also arrived here to-day. The
! men are supposed 10 be in New York and it is
stated that unless they accept service the war
rants will be served IN that city.
Stanford p Lewis confidential for Joseph
| NJ Huston the Capitol architect could not he found
by the Harrisburg detective who came here TO serve
the warrants None of the attorneys known 10 be
identified with the defence Of the accused Capitol
| crafters would admit that they knew the where
| abouts OF Lewis.
Before leaving for Harrisburg the detective said
| he would place the case in the hands of the At
| torney General.
| John II. Sanderson, who supplied most of the
furnishings for the Capitol, authorizes the state
| unent that he ready to make restitution to the
state for all material and workmanship shown to
| be defective This offer. it was explained did not
| cover the profits on the contracts
| Mount Clemens Mich. Sept. 1e.-George F. Payne
| builder of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. became
| a resident of this neghborhood several months
| ago when he bought considerable property here
Included in his purchases is the old lighthouse site
on Lake St Claire, at the mouth Of the Clinton
| River where Mr. Payne is at present living in a
| houseboat
FROST DAMAGES MAINE CROPS.
| Portland, Me-. Sept. 19.-Reports from many
| sections of the state record damage to unhar-
vested crops to the extent of thousands of
| dollars, done by d heavy frost early to-day
| Garden tr,1ck in many places was killed. Fruit