Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-26
MEN HIGHER UP
IN DRAG NET
Pittsburgs Leading Financiers
Invited to Tell What
They Know
.BOODLER A NERVOUS WRECK
Now Under Care at Peniten-
tiary to Which He Was
Committed.

HlJLSDufS, IA, MdFCU Lb.--I nat Lue
graft crusade is at last reached the
men higher up" is shown by an an
nouncement of the district attorney
today that if certain bankers did not
appear and tell what they know of the
graft proceedings, mentioned in the in
dictments of yesterday, bench war
rants would be issued for them. 1t is
expected that several of Pittsburg's
best known financiers will be caught
in the dragnet of next weeks inves-
tigation. The strain is wearing on
those under fire. This is shown by the
fact that William Brand, who was
committed to the penitentiary because
| he refused to make a satisfactory
statement TO the district attorney has
! broken down and is a nervous wreck
under the care of the prison ply
sicians.
Banks Must Cough Up.
A futher result of the presentments
Of the jury was the order of City Con-
| troller Morrow late today for the with
drawal of all city funds from the six
banks and the practical notification
of the ordinance designating them as
custodians Of city funds.
About $3,640,32O city funds is in
these banks and this would be in
creased many millions next week by
taxes that are being paid. According
to the controller, the withdrawal of
the funds will be gradual, however, in
order that the institutions be not en-
barrassed or any undue alarm caused
idepositors.
The presentments give the full de-
tails of the plot on the part of the
councilmen to obtain bribes from the
six banks and the means adopted for
paying the bribes are related. The
story of the transfer of $4,000 by an
unnamed man to former Councilman
Charles Stewart in the Hotel I'm
perial, New York, issued today, re
2 lated that Max G. Leslie, former
chairman of the Republican county
committee, received $4,000 by ar
: rangement between E. H. Jennings
= and F. A. Griffen of the Columbia
= National bank and that Leslie gave
} William Brand, who was then presi
dent of common council, directly OF
indirectly, $17,500 to obtain the city
t deposits for the Columbia National
l bank.
An ic cold tn hn in
q terested and concerned in the pay
= ment of the money by Leslie to Brant
t either as an intermediary or principal
i 1t is declared that Morris E. Elm
stein received $4,000 from the Work
Iingmans Savings and Trust Com
q pany to have that bank named as
c city depository, but the name of tn
n bank official who paid him the none
;. is unknown. 1t is further declared i
9 the presentments that the member
>. of the grand jury are of the opinio
>. that the books of the Workingman'
! bank have been mutilated, three page
a referring to this deal having been Gu
;" from the ledger. Einstein, it is ais
declared kept $4,000 for his service
u in arranging the deal.
SaIoonkeeper Was the Go-Between.
Further declarations in the presen
~ ments are that two city clerks wer
IL given 81, 900 each and that $1,750 wa
- set apart for newspaper men, an
~ that Henry NJ Bolger, the salool
= keeper, already convicted of briber
10 was given $500 for his services
o. bringing about the meeting betwee
III officials of the German National ban
of Pittsburg and the councilmen. TT
public is urged not to pass hasty jud
ment on any officials of the banl
n. mentioned and stress IS laid on tt
solvency of the institr-ons