The Detroit times., 1910-04-07
CONTINUES STORY
Of TRAP He SET
FOR LOCKE
Alfred Wallerstein Testifes He
Saved Proof of Deal in Which
Member of Ionia Prison Board
Was To Get $e,25O Bride.
SAYS Locke Went To Michigan City
To Arrange for Sale Of Con-
tract for $4,000.

JACKSON. Mich. April ALFRED
Wallersteln. whose firm had a $l54,
900 contract which permitted the
manufacture OF shirts, collars and
cuffs in Ionia prison, and which ID
suing the state because ne contract
was rescinded. was recalled 10 the
stand when court convened today and
crcss.examined by Assistant Attorney
General Lawler.
Wallerstein testified today that
when he made Alfred Locke. mem
Der OF the Ionia prison board OF con.
troll. a proposition to give him half
of sl2,50O IL he would get the board
to rescind its action and renew the
contract, he told him he believed he
could sell the contract TO Glazier and
Goodwin, OF Michigan City. and that
Locke said he would leave that night
for that place TO see the firm.
Wallerstein said the next day he
received a telegram from Locke which
vas sent from Michigan City and
which read:
"Glazier and Goodwin in Chicago,
Meet me Hotel Pentland, Grand
Rapids
Witness said he met him there and
Locke stated he had not made the
deal yet and would have to try again
and see Glazier and Goodwin. Waller
stein testified the day he received the
telegram he made copy OF IT and
sent the original TO Joe Weinhold OF
Jackson, another member OF the Ionia
prison board OF control. He said he
was keeping Locke in ignorance or
the fact that he was sending all the
proof to Weinhold.
Wallerstein said ne next saw Locke
In Ionia on June 20. when Locke told
him he had talked with Tawse, OF
Michigan City, foreman OF the GlaZ-
ier-Goodwin factory. and told him
the board would probably renew the
WaIlerstein contract, and that II they
wanted TO buy 1t they could do SO
of Wallerstein.
Wallerstein testified he didn't see
Locke again until early In July, when
Locke had been informed by Weinhold
OF what was going on and that Locke
begged Of him (Wallerstein) not to
inform the governor. because II would
ruin him and his family.
Wallerstein was questioned about
the memorandums he had mado
touching on his conversations With
Locke and Glazier and Goodwin. and
vas asked IL he ever appeared before
the board 10 have his contract trans
ferred.
He said he didn't think he did. per-
sonally. but that Hatch did. and that
he (Wallerstein) had talked TO War
den Fuller and Locke about IT, He
admitted he had no memorandum of
this.
did you think that was not i'm
portant enough to make a memoran-
dunn OFF, he was asked.
II only made memorandum OF
those things that had a bearing on
my belief that our contract was can
celled by bribery" replied the Wit
ness
Wallerstein denied he met with the
board in May 1903, and that the board
told him at that time he was not liv-
ing up TO his contract because he was
not employing the number of men the
contract called for. and that he was
In default of payment for labor.
Witness said this could not be true.
because he was using all the men
they would give him in May.
do you remember of your telling
the board on June l, tnat II they
would put off the cancellation of your
contract three or four weeks, that
you would go to New York and raise
money to settle your defaults and get
on your feet again."
mo, had some such talk with the
board in July. after the contract had
been cancelled. | had not the remot-
est idea. up TO June 13. when the con-
tract was cancelled. that the board
had even thought OF such a thing as
cancelling IL. told them at the July
meeting | was in New York to con-
fer with certain parties to put money
into this contract business. and that
| had about completed those arrange
ments when | heard the contract was
cancelled"
Locke has arrived here to testify in
the suit brought against the state by
Alfred Wallerstein for S154000 for
the cancellation of his contract with
the Ionia prison. This contract was
ended In 1903 when II had run five OF
the ten years as provided by Its terms.
Locke declares the charge that ne
agreed to accept s6.250 from Waller.
stein for his influence In securing the
contract for another prison firm is
false. This charge was made by Wal
lerstein during his testimony yester'
day and created sensation.
The Wallerstein firm entered into q
contract with the state for the manu-
facture of shirts. collars and cuffs at
the Ionia prison by convict labor. II
is alleged the board of control declar
ed the agreement forfeited because II
had a chance to make better one.
Amos Musselman. another member
OF the Tonia prison board, is also here
to testify in the suit.