The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-22
CRIMINAL SUITS
10 BE BROUGHT.
Harrisburg Capitol Grafters TO Be
Prosecuted.
EIGHTEEN NAMES ARE GIVEN.
Gov Stuart Says He win Transmit
the Report Immediately to the At
torney Geaeral for Action. and AS.
sures the People eofPennsylvania of That
the Prosecution Will Be Vigorous.

Harrisburg, Pa. (SpeciaD Both
criminal and civil proceedings against
all persons concerned in the fradu.
lent transactions in connection with
the construction and furnishing of
Pennsylvania $13,000,000 capitol
are recommended in the final report
OF the capitol investigation commits
sion just made to Governor Stuart
Eighteen persons are named in
the report as being involved in one
way or another in the irregular
transactions, and the Attorney Cen
eral, through the Governor, is urged
to act at once.
The persons named and against
whom either criminal or civil suits
are recommended are John II. San
derson, of Philadelphia, contractor
for furnishings; Joseph NJ. Huston.
Philadelphia, architect, and Stanford
II. Lewis, his assistant James NJ.
Shumaker, of Johnstown, former
superintendent of the board of public
grounds and buildings; w. P. Sny-
der and f. b. Hardenberg, former
auditors general w. l.. Mathues and
Frank G. Harris, former state treas
urers; Congressman II. Burd Cassel,
president of the Pennsylvania Con-
struction Company, which supplied
the metallic castings and fourniture;
George F. Payne, who built the capt.
tol, and his partner, Charles G.. Wet
ter; Charles P. Kinsman, Wallis
Boileau, John G. Neuderer and
George X. Storm, who organized the
Pennsylvania Bronze Company, which
CT To- 1,n taxlt
to Sanderson; Frank Irvine. an au-
ditor in the auditors general office;
George c. Town, bookkeeper under
Shumaker, and the International
Manufacturing and Supply Com
pany, which bid against Sanderson
for the capitol furnishing contract.
A Supplemental Report.
The name of Governor Pennypack-
or who by virtue of his Office was a
member of the board of public
grounds and buildings which let the
furnishing contracts, and those of
former Governor Stone and his asso-
ciates, who made up the commission
which constructed the capitol, are
not mentioned in the list of persons
against whom the Investigators re-
commend that action be taken.
Senator A. G. Dewalt and Repre-
sentative r. Scott zimmerman, the
Democratic members of the commits
sion, presented brief supplementary
report in which they specifically
name most of those already men
toned as criminally and civilly liza
BILE for the frauds against the state.
They are in entire accord with the
report of the Republican members.
and presented their supplement as
further expression of their individual
views.
The commission says that it was
able to ascertain by testimony that
goods costing S1,574,399 were sold
to the state by Sanderson and the
Pennsylvania Construction Company
for $6,434,74S, profit of $4,S60,-
349.
The report was presented to the
Governor by Chairman Fisher in the
presence of the commission After
receiving it Governor Stuart issued
a statement, in which he said:
To Compel Restitution.
II will transmit the report to the
Attorney General for his action, and
l can assure the people of Pennsyl
vania that there will be a vigorous
of every person whom
the evidence may show to have been
guilty of any criminal offense in
connection with the construction and
furnishing of the state capitol
Wherever the evidence submit
ted shows that there has been any
money wrongfully or fraudulently TAX
en- from the state treasury civil suits
will be commenced to compel resti-
tuition"