Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-29

United states National Bank OF this city.
He would not say 10 what they would be
expected 70 testify.
I'VE hope" he said. ito clean up both
the Pacific states and Homo bribery mat
ters on Saturday and turn 20 the investiga-
ton Of other feionies next week"
He added that all 1--WE members Of the
Pacific States Telephone company execu-
tive board have been subpoenaed to come
before the lnquisitoriai body.
Seventeen Supervisors Confess.
Supervisors Charles Boxton, NJ w.
Cofey, d. G. Coleman, Sam Davis, J.
J. Furey. J. L. Gallagher, c. J. Harrigan,
]. f. Kelly. T. r. Lonergan. Max Nam
lock. p. NJ Gushin, +. p Nicholas, ]. j.
Phillips. L. A. Rea, w. w. sanderson, f.
l. Walsh and A. NJ wilson-seventeen OF
the total eighteen comprising the Super
vlsors' board. II is said, have confessed TO
the grand jury what they know about
bribes. II Is also said that the only
supervisor who has not confessed in ex-
change for promise OF immunity is George
r. Duffy. Indictments charging Vice
President Louis Glass of the Pacific states
Telephone company with bribery Of nine
OF the supervisors in the sum of 5000 each
already have been returned. and the state
ment may be authoritatively made that the
grand jury is now prepared to indict Glass
for the bribery also of Supervisors Dufy,
Furey and sanderson.
DetwiIer IL Located.
| Detective Burns, who, with Assistant
| District Attorney Heney has worked W
practically all of the evidence in the graft
bribery investigation, stated tonight that
Abraham X. Detwiler, WHOM the grand
/ jury has indicted on thirteen counts fol
/ bribery of administration officials in behalf
/ Of the Home Telephone company, is neither
in the east nor In the west but Is secreted
within few miles Of Toledo. comforting
with friends as to the advisability Of giving
himself UP.
My men know where Detwiler is" sale
Burns "and are prepared to produce hin
as soon as the prosecution is ready TO at
tend to his case. That will not be for
week or ten days, think. In the mean
time there is no chance for the indicted
man to get away II he should desire t
do So"
Superior Judge Lawter today Immediately
after the arraignment Of Glass on the nine
bribery counts returned against him, is
sued thirteen fresh bench warrants for tn,
arrest Of Detwiler and fixed bail at $4,000 81
each of them, a total required sum Of
$4,000. When the warrants were HANDED
to the sheriff Judge Lawter said; 9TH,
sheriff will invoke the aid of the polio,
department for the apprehension Of defend
ant" and he continued the thirteen caset
to April 4, for arralgnment, the day SCI
for Glass to plead.
Secret Box in Schmits Home.
Abraham Ruef was today removed from
his prison chamber in the fashionable st
| Francis hotel to the residence formerly
owned and occupied by Mayor schmitz-
A somewhat sensational incident In con
nection with this former home OF Schmitz'i
came to light today through an announce
ment by Burns that while infinitely ex
aiming the premises for possible loop
holes Of escape, he found, by turning bach
the carpet in the chamber once occupied
by the mayor as his bedroom, a secret plush
lined chest, fitted securely with a lock
| The roof of the recess was a section of the
floor and upon prying this up the plush
lined box was disclosed, set in between two
stills of the floor.
1T was about IA by feet and nearly one
| foot deep" said Burns, land probably
was used to conceal valuable or papers OF
a secret nature. 1t was empty"
The grand jury adjourned until Saturday
afternoon.