The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-04-13
BRIBE MONEY
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LARGE SUMS were GIVEN
To Buy Up the City Oaacials for al
Sorts Of Favors--Ciirnax tn the
Graft Scandals. LoaS Promised,
Comes With Disclosure OF Biggest
Deal VI Whole Corruption System.
The climax promised IN the Pitts
burg graft exposures came as prom
fsed late Wednesday With the pre-
sen:men. by the grand jury In which
Is recommended the indictment OF
Frank y. Hof!s'ot. pres!a>at OF the
Pressed Steel Car Company. one OF
the most prominent business men in
the country.
simultaneously in the open court
came a plea o, Eccti Winter. presi-
dent OF the workingmaa's Savings
and Trust Company. that be haa no
eesense to make TO the charge that
he gave a $4,000 byibe to Former
Councilman Morri: Einstein-
The following II abbreviated form
are some OF the most startling and
ings in the grand jury's presentment
made public Ttnr:day night
I. That Frank \. HoHstot. oresi-
dent o, she Pressed Steel Car conn
pany and PRESIDENT OF the German
National Bank Of Allegheny and
prominently identified with othe.
banks. paid to Charles Stewart.
former select councilman, the sum
Of s52.5o0.
2. That the money was bribe
used in influencing the votes OF coun-
ci,nen 70 pass an ordinance naming
three banks in which Hofstot was
interested as ofscial repositories OF
the cisy's ueiilioca-
3. That the arrangement for the
payment Of the money to Stewart
was made In the spring OF 1905 and
that the late James ". Friend at
that time an Official Of the Pressed
Steel Car Company. was an associate
in the Transaction
4. That the original plan which
Friend lad was TO obtain the ser
vices Of William A. Blakeiey. who
was then q pcactieins attorney. bnt
who is now the district attorney In
charge Of the graft prosecutions. as
3 STAKEHOLDER OF the bride money
until tie ordinance had passed
5. That Attorney Biakeley dechn-
ed to act In the capacity nxned and
warned all parties Of the crtminahty
Of the proposition and OF their laosl-
ity to prosecution II 1t went further.
S. That subsequent to Mr- Blake
ley's refusal. Friend and Honstot
completed an arrangement With Stew
art whereby HoHstot would pay or
cause to be paid to Stewart the sum
named-$52.S0o.
Z That the transaction was aErans-
ed to be made in New York city and
took place there In June. 1905 in
order, il possible. to avoid criminal
liability in Allegheny county.
3. That Hcastoe did also solicit
and secure from one James n Young.
cashier OF the Second National bank
OF PfttsSuTg. the sum OF $21.0e0
to be paid Stewart to insure the Sc
lection Of the Second National as
one OK the favored city repositories.
8. That Stewart did demand from
the now deceased friend. who was
acting as agent for the Second NJ
tsona, bank. a bribe for Stewart
vote in favor Of the bank ordnance
10. Tha. IN accordance with the
findings. It be recommended that IN
dictments charging conspiracy and
bribery be returned
The banks named as ultimate
principals TO pros, by the orsbe al
legged to have been paid BY Honstot
to Stewart are:
The Farmers Deposit Natioaa!
bank. the Second Nationat bank OF
pittsburg, and the German National
bank OF Allegheny. In addisotn to
these three. the Columbia Natt'nai
Bank OF Pfttsburg. the German Ma
tiop.l bank Of Allegheny sod the
workingman's Savings and Trust
company Of Allegheny we're named rs
city depositories in the ordinance
passed July 8. 1905. over the Mayors
veto.
The plea OF nollo contendere o.
President Emil Winter Of the Work
ingnan's Savings and Tgus: COM
pany was no less a sensation than
the report Of the grand jury. He
was charged with the paym >nc "f
$4,000 in bribe to Morris E!ns;c:n.
a former select councilman. When
Winter appeared in court. Judge Il
S. Frazer. who Is presiding IA tn"
graf, cases. asked TO be escmsc.i from
hearing the plea. Judge Fisse' eH-
planned that on account OF bis long
and intimate friendship with Winter
he wished to have nothing TO do with
the case. Winter was then taken
before Judges Thomas D. Carnivan
and J. N. Swearensen and entered
the formal plea Sentance was post
poned- I.
Frank n. Hoffstot. as president OF
the Pressed Stee. Car Company. one
of the largest industries Of Its hind
in the country. recently figured prom
inently in the public eye waile a
strike vas on a. his plant in Nc
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