The San Francisco call., 1909-02-15
Sieuths Charge Invisible Bond
~. Connects Bribery in the
East and West
Police Chief Declares Jury Fix
ers Confess and More
Arrests TO Follow
Pennsylvania Authorities Say
r. C0unciImen Paid Salaries by
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Big Corporation
.Iseeeiel DHpaieh 10 The Calll

~ TTTSBURG, Pa. Feb. 14-It is
charged tonight that there is an
.. IL invisible bond connecting the
TYibery and jury fixing in san Fran
8 SEQ and the councilmanic bribery and
5sisy 6xing in Pittsburg
:. .Afrer is hours or continual sweating
county detectives FIVE Of the nine
men arrested last night and early this
morning have confessed and told their
j part in the alleged attempt to bribe
, some or the ss talesmen who had been
drawn to Try seven councilmen and
two bankers. charged with receiving
-&ad giving bribes when they come up
for trial Tuesday next
:. seven OF the men have not been
brought 10 jail but after their capture
we've taken TO a house near MeKees-
UorL near here. where they were placed
: 4'hrough the sweating process There
has been no Official notice OF the ar
rests so far as the Jail is concerned,
bur it is known that these seven men
have been walked up and down a long
hall since $50 O'Clock this morning by
detectives II they wished to sleep
they were prodded into wakefulness
untu worn out from their long vigil.
Five OF them broke down and revealed
The whole plot
More Warrants Issued
= The revelations of these men has re-
gsllted in the issuance of y more war
Nrants- which had been signed in blank
by Alderman Mc8iaster. and turned
:. over 10 Chief WagSoner OF the county
detectives They are said TO impli-
cate several men connected with the
: Pittsburg railway company, a sub
sidisry concern OF the United Railroads
. company OF san Francisco
During the preliminary hearing OF
the councumen it was declared that
ynany OF them were drawing sal
aries under assumed names from the
: Pittsburg rzIlEays company. and it is
asserted that the confessions obtained
today furnish the connecting link
The s1ory OF these men said one
'.oI. the detectives. duplicates the lead
: Ing spirits OF big corporations Of the
CITY. As fast as new name is men
toned IN q criminal manner and one
: prisoner corroborates another. that
name Is used 70 I'll n one OF the blanks
of the - warrants already in the pes
session OF Chief Wsggoner."
Confessions Are Secured
Chief Waggoner absplutely refuses
10 give out the names OF the men IN
der arrest. OF dsTu1ge the names Of
the men Implicated He declares that
he dare not lodge The men IN Jail until
ne has their fuIl story. sworn to under
oath 50 that 81 case they decide tc
change Il after The interests have
seen them he can have them Jailed
for perjury, & not 1o7 the more seri-
Gus crime He zckuoT1 edges he has
the -confesslons~
Several OF the 1e7 under arrest. II
~ declared. ~ one time were in the
Fnploy of the P3tizbrrg railways COM
panv, The main duties OF these men
consisted IA hanging around the coart-
house. They had no apparent income
sn6 no apparent duties, They. however
appea red 70 be on friendly terms with
many o1 the talesnen called for the
purpose of trying cases in the civil
branch
one of the county detectives declared
tonight thai exactly the same methods
were followed is fhis city as were
followed in San Frsaclzoo which ended
.in the political oeata and degradation
of Mayor Schrnitz aaS Aoe Ruef.