Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-22
DOCTOR AMONG NUMBER
TELLS STARTLING STORY
Member Of Select Body Springs Sur
prise Of the Day When He Relates
How He Received the Cash and
How it Was Disposed of-Somc
Sold Themselves for Only $S1.to.

(YY ASSOCIATED Press.b
PITTSDURG. PA. March 2i.-For
~ present and former members OF
select and common councils under
indictment; on charge of bribery.
ten more with suspended sentences
and he'd in $500 bonds upon theii
own confession of sharing In poor
of 100000 to influence the votes OF
the municipal bodies, is the result OF
the first days probe of the grand jury
follc wing the sensational concession
of CAPTAIN John W. Klein. former
member of the councils, VINO. az the
chief disbursing officer CT the iund,
,haracterizes himself as chancellor
of the exchequer."
Take Immunity Bath.
All day long Judge X. ;. Frazer
sat as committing magistrate IN
the Criminal Court room and MS
desk became a throne OF grace 10
the many councilmen under suspic-
ion, who swarmed before the Judge
to be washed of their sins. On
one floor Of the court building the
grand Jury would hear the conscience
stricken councilmen, who then would
20 before Judge Frazer and take the
immunity bath, offered last week by
the district attorney. Up TO the adj
journment of the court for the day
at 5 o'clock ten had confessed their
guilt In NEST sintancos the amount
cf money they confessed TO ACCEPTING
as a bride was not over 800.
One man got 5000, another $500,
while others got but SSl.lV.
Ordered to Resign.
procauf councilman al-
peared. after they had relieved their
ccnsoiences, they were ordered i'm
mdiately to resign from the city gov
eminent and in every instance the
letter Of resignation was written IN
the district attorneys office ana
mailed to Mayer w. w. Magee be-
fore the guilty ones left the build
ing.
The greatest surprise OF the day
came late in the afternoon. when Dr
! w. II Weber. member OF the select
council. appeared before Judge rfaz
! or and made a confession almost as
startling as tina, of Klein. Dr. WEB
er tcld Ct receiving 10000 in a shoe
box. Six thousand Ct this. he said,
he save to Klein for members OF COM
mon council. while he kept $4,000 to
fix" members Of the upper branch.
Later. according to Weber, II was
found necessary TO secure more votes
and mere money was raised, ana
when this was divided IL was found
that the additional counciimen S
share was but $Sl.10.
All Classes Of Men.
The men indicted are from various
professions. Some are professional
politicians. one a private detective.
salccn keepers. physicians. market
men. taiIors and real estate men, are
recorded i'm the list One man, &. C.
Schade. who is a marketman. is also
a member cf the legislature from Al
| leghany county.
While before the grand jury Dr.
Weber was unable TO remember all
the men to whom he had paid money,
. but he checked them up. by having
the list Of .councilmen read TO MIN
from a city manual The ways IN
which the money was dcliverec 10
them we're many as described by the
crnfcssing councilman. Some had ~
fhrus; into their hands while stand
/ ing in public places. some received
il in The mail. while others hac
enyel.p es adroitly slipped into their
pockets while they admired adjacent
buildings
District Attorney William A Blake
ly today extended the time limit by
"a hours within which time others
may cone within his immunity proPo.
Sif.oa. After that time warrants VIII
be issued for all Who have failed 10
appear and these will be vigorously
l rrC secuted.
When court adjourned Ter the GAY
the grand jury had decided 10 hold q
night session to consider the evi'
dcnce that had been placcu before
them during the day.
forty-one implicated
At go Judge Frazczr was called
into court and q prcscnimcnt con
I tanning 81 names. those Implicated IN
| the conspiracy by Dr. Weber. was
handed 10 the cgurt. Who approved
the prcscntmcnt. and then the IN.
dictmcnts we're returned With the ex'
ccption e ono case. IN which the
/ councilman had notified the district
attorney that he would appcar In the
morning % tell bis story. The jury
vas then dismissed. but ordered To re
I r,rt tomorrow and continue their IN
vcsfirafirn.
I IN all tho indictments the men arc