The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-28
ALLEGED CRATER
SCHEMES WHILE
IN JAIL
Pittsburg Councilman Continues
to Share in Doodle
FAMILY TAKEN CARE OF
Investigation Made by Special Bank
Examiners Sent BY President
Roosevelt

Pittsburg, Penn, Dec. 2S.-That 4
Pittsburg boodling councilman is so
good that prison walls will not even
stop his collections seems the view of
the voters league, which has been
working on the big councilmanic graft
here. 1t is alleged that proof has been
found that William A. Martin. the no
torious boodling Pittsburg councilman,
is now in Riverside penitentiary. hay
ing been caught trying to graft 800
600 in the tube city railway case, has
been considered still a member OF the
gang of alleged grafters now under ar
rest, and that his division of any graft
he's always been set aside for him
This, and this only, is said to have
been the price of Martins silence.
Martin recently had long confer
ence out side the prison with Presi
dent Brand of Councils, the only one Of
the seven under arrest whose bail is
held at $4,000. He was brought from
the penitentiary ostensibly for the pur-
pose of having him as witness in a
certain case, but he was not called
Instead he was made the hero Of re-
ception by his former fellow council
mates and President William Brand
had the longest conversation with linn.
In his conversation with Detective
Wilson at the Fort Pitt Hotel every
word of which has been entered as
evidence, Councilman John Klein is
quoted as having gloated that Martin
had refused $4,000 to "squeal." that
his wife and family in Cincinnati were
being taken care of, and that he
would be out of prison next March.
The connection of Presiden. Poose-
welt with the Pittsburg graft cleanup
is admitted by Rabbi ]. Leonard Lovy
of the Hebrew synagogue here. Levy
is one OF the vice presidents Of the
Voters League. He and Willis Nc
Cook. a noted Pittsburg attorney and
member OF the board of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, were among
those who went to Washington with
the data some time ago. On the same
train returning with them to this CITY
were six special bank examiners sent
by President Roosevelt to prove con
ditions which the president had hecn
assured existed. All the testimony
which was brought out ut hear.ug
here some days ago was submitted TO
President Roosevelt before the hear
ings.
BE sure to get the bride givers AS
well as the bride takers. One can't
exist without the other" was the way
the President of the United States is
alleged to have put 1t to the Pit,shcrg
people
Proceedings will be begun today to
force the six banks having the city de-
post to relinquish them. The rather
startling condition is found that OF the
$5OOO,O00 of city funds on deposit
there are bonds amounting to only
S2,5O0,O0O to cover It. Detective VII
son says that Councilman Klein TOLD
him the $4,000 was paid out by rhI
banks in question to have the ordi
nance favoring them passed and thii
being the case, It is expected tina
there will be yet more trouble among
the bankers.
1t has developed that there were
three separate reports Of the CONVEX
sation between the contractor ant
grating councilmen taken In the For
Pitt Hotel. There were two immens'
"wardrobes" in the room, and in eacl
was stenographer working. as wei
as one In the outer room. Their r.
Dortg agree absolutely.