The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-17
EIGHTEEN MEN ARE
NAMED AS CULPR|TS
IN REPORT ON PENNSYLVANIA
sTATE CAPITOL STEAL.
THE MACHINERY OF THE LAW
Mlll be Set in Motion In an Effort to
Punish the Grafters and Com.
pei Them to Disgorge III
Gotten Gains.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug 17.--Criminal
proceedings against all persons con.
oerned in the fraudulent transactions
In connection with the construction
and furnishing of Pennsylvania $l3,.
100000 capitol is recommended in the
final report of the capitol investiga.
tion commission made Friday to Gov.
Stuart. Eighteen persons are named
in the report as being involved in one
way or another in the irregular trans.
actions and the attorney general
through the governor is urged to act
at once.
The persons named and against
whom either criminal or civil suitg
are recommended are: John Il. Sand.
erson, of Philadelphia, contractor for
furnishings; Joseph n. Huston Phila.
delphla, architect, and Stanford II,
Lewis, his assistant: James NJ Shu-
maker, of Johnstown, former superin-
tendent of the board of public
grounds and buildings; w. =. Snyder
and E. B. Hardenberg, former audit
ors general; W. l.. Mathues and
Frank G.. Harris, former state treasur-
dent of the Pennsylvania Construc.
tion Co., which supplied the metallic
castings and furniture; George F.
Payne, who built the capitol, and his
partner, Charles G.. Wetter, Charles
Z. Kinsman. Wallis Boyleau John G..
Neuderer and George X. Storm, who
organized the Pennsylvania Bronze
Co, which supplied the loaded lighting
fixtures to Sanderson; Frank Irvine,
an auditor in the auditor generals
office; George c. Towne, boOkkeeper
under Shumaker, and the Information
al Manufacturing and Supply Co.,
which bid against Sanderson for the
capitol furnishing contract.
The name of Gov Pennypacker.
who by virtue of his office was a mem.
ber of the board of public grounds
and buildings which let the furnish
ing contracts and those of ex-Gov.
Stone and his associates who made
up the commission which constructed
the capitol are not mentioned in the
list of persons against whom the in.
vestigators recommend that action be
taken.
Senator A. G.. Dewalt and Repre-.
sentative Scott zimmerman, the demo
cratic members of the commission,
presented brief supplemental report
In which they specifically name most
OF those already mentioned as crimi-
nally and civilly liable for the frauds
against the state. They are i'm entire
accord with the report of the repub-
lioan members and presented their
supplement as further expression Of
their individual views.
The commission says It was able to
ascertain by testimony that goods
costing S1,574,399 were sold to the
state by Sanderson and the Pennsyl-
vania Construction Co. for $6,434,74S,
a profit Of s4,S6O,S49
The report was presented to the
governor by Chairman Fisher in the
presence of the commission After
receiving it Gov. Stuart issued
statement in which he said:
81 will transmit the report to the
attorney general for his action and !
can assure the people of Pennsylvania
that there will be a vigorous prosecu.
ton of every person whom the eyi.
dence may show to have been guilty
of any criminal offense Ia connection
with the construction and furnishing
Of the state capitol Wherever the
evidence submitted shows that there
has been any money wrongfully or
fraudulently taken from the state
treasury, civil suits will be com
menced to compel restitution
Attorney General Todd Is in Maine,
but he will return in time to prepare
for beginning criminal proceedings
in the Dauphin county court here in
September. His office force has al,
ready begun work on the papers.
The state will be represented by
the attorney general and his deputy,
James Scarlet, OF counsel for the In.
vestigation commission, and State
Senator Fox, of this city. David T.
Watson, of Pittsburg will be associ-
ated with the attorney general as ad-
vlsory counsel