Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-24
Seven COuQcinen and Two Former
Bankers Faced PittsbuFg Police
Asgist?a(e Yesterday.
SENSATIONAL RUNORS ARE RIFE
Alleged Th-t One Of Accused Men
Has Con;e IS ed-inttma,ed That fu-
turc Arrests will Cause Ore OF the
Greatest Scnsations in h:story o.
Municipal Grating.

PlTTSntRG. PA Dee. - When
the seven ruunCiliu"n and two Tor
MGR l4nhrrS arrested her" Mon lay
nigh; in :. nsatiuuaI. hli quiet man
nrr, as a result of alleged corruption
in tn" city $ Legislative c'rCits wer"
arr IiGurd tvdlI hrtorr p"li@r MlG,h-
rate +. ! Brady for d preliminary
H. aliri=, 4 -, II crowd OF big and HI
II, pu'iiicianS Wr!n pa'hVrnd III the
.ir nifty e TIE c.'ntra! police ST ltiOa
Owir.; IL thu :!G" Of thu courtroom
however, IA a few Cf thu politicians
W ie al awe, To enter a. almost eve
~ inch Ct aNa%ahs" spaH" was taken
up by the d"t"ntnntE. their attorneys
an friends, and a larsr force Of
II. w+pap"r men.
a rrittratInn OF tn, limitations
mad" ), st, riay hat The arrests TO
follow wonld cad" one Of the grc1t-
'yt Sensations in TINS history OF MIN
icipal graft III Pitfshurg served TO
make tn, scandal The one matter oc-
cupying public attention. Their" w"r"
a great number Of startling features
scheduled unof!icia!!y previous to the
s,art!ngS.
Among them were an alleged con
fcssion Of on" OF the accused men: a
fla hight picture showing council!
man in the ct of accepting money
from promoter" who. III reality, IL
Is claimed. Vas detective. ami also
a rumo. that Former President Ram
s"y and Cashier Vullsack. OF the Ger
man National Bank. the accused
bankers would probably tell all they
know concerning M ale CATION that
c:ri-.n couEcilmCn had received Il
large sum III r. turn for making the
bank Of tn" citN'S drpositartes.
In addition SIX OF the seven CouN-
cilmen ar. known through the prince
pal Giro Il 5 As the big sly. the sew
.nth IS well known river captain
an steamboat owner. and the two
hanE,rs are prominent in iankins cir
Cl"s
Rep, at'd iusinuat:on> that The men
yet to be arr, sted were Likely to be
non cnga ed in large affairs. I'll tend
81 Ia hold the uHdivii d attcnt on Of
the public and all branches OF the
city government today
III" Voters League OF PittSt',rg.
Whose secretary. Tensard De Wolf.
brought tn Information against tn"
nine defendants. Lave in their posses
sion lively" subpOCnaS signed by Mag
iStrat" lady. These Will bring forth
persons who arc ,Apccf.d to establish
a prima facic Cas" against the COM
C.lmcn ard bankers
Follow :rg arI accused men: Com
Cilmcn i:rand WcSSOn. Kaein f-rSu-
son. Atkinson. Sonol and ", lance
TIL" bauk,rs are W W Ramsey and
A 4 Viisack
tn" first cas-" taken mp was that Of
W. W Ramscy and a 4 Vilsack, TO-
mr. p-cs:,."nr Ind cashi'r Of tn"
GrrU,an Eat'C9@l Bank But one wit
Ncstit. was called ard " his t"s:im0
~ il vas stO|n iGat taTtair John
k"iT. councilman. hid ap1rOa"h 81
II" BANKERS aho"t making the hank
a city d 10 org and tina. $17.:,on mad
la'rr DISAPPEARED fror III" bank in
a sensational and :Ut' Trstin. man
ncr
rr'h - '"n ;a1's ". =" h, Id for ~OTr;
raj n CHARGES e 2'lnG.i conspiracy
aD.I brit. y. This bo3d o. $l;.CJ0
Zach vas -.r"w"!
The Men involved
Following are the m"n accused.
CGu"ciln, william Erard John p.
Klein. c. WATSON. T. O Atkinson.
Jacob SOffe'. W. II M'I'rcv and
Hugh rc-=uson. Former President
" W. Ramsey and former Cashier
4 \ V:isack. Z th" German Nation,
, al tank. &C also accr>,'I
Information against all N" s"v"7
m'nh"rs o: council chars" them win
C".srI-acy. CORRUPT solicitation and
bribery.
8 An afdl:io-aI information against
Drlrd WATSON AM Klein charge
them with bribery and c"r-u?i sol'ci
'2'I"1
From n-1-i WATSON and Klein
hail in sum Of s9o. 900 each
vas g. handed. The Nil Z inc
o'h"T fo,,r members Of The council
was Gxcd at sIj.n"o each
J T1c information against Ramsey
and Viislck charges them with Civ.
~ Klein $500 a. a brib". Bal
d, ma1d"d from each "a $1,000
Wh.lo all the defendants were