The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
CUAFTEUS GO TO CONFESSION
Ten WEN APPEAR m COURr
AND PLEAD GUILTY.

Porty mere PIttsSurg C~uRciimea ana
ex-COunrllEmen Due 20 ADMIT SONS
To-day seaseRce Suspended - Mere
Names Given 20 ths Grand Jury.
PIrrsuuRI. March 2i.-Ths tirst day
Of the general roundup Of the grafssrs
and bribers Of Pittsburg was great snc-
cess.
ObsyinG the call Of District Attorney
william A. BlAkely issued 90 all grating
Counciln~n and hrihe sivers TO come
forward and make full confession in open
court on pain Of being railroAded TO prison
on Information got through the cOnfea-
sion Of Councilman John Klein. ten men
came TO the bar Of Justice to-day. Thecs
ten Councilman and ex-councilmen con-
fessed before Judge r. q Fraser and
Judge Josiah COhan that they had at some
Tine in the past sold their votes in City
Councils for money.
Forty ether cOuncilmen and business
men OF PittsburE are expected to come 70
Confession tomorrow. III more do not
come to-moTro~ than came to-day I
viii not hesitate. bat will pail out all
propa and lot the sky fall on PittsburG.'
said DistFics Attorney Blakely tonight.
The Grand Jury at 10 O'Clock tonight
handed down lnaictmsnts in the cases Of
sixty persons whose names had come
before Il In connection with the graft
cases and warrants will be issued for them
IN the morning. All these tmdictments
are in connection with the brthing OF
Pttsbwa1Councih by the late Dallas q.
Bysrs, a steel manufacture % Pittaburg.
N connection with the vacation Of q
street. Among the Councilmen indicted
are.
william McKelvey. p. p. Kearns. Charles
SchAd. druggist; d. I. Mailer. Thomas
Mcbride. John y. Keens. Morris Einstein.
druggist; c. L. zollinger. c. c. Williams.
Z. r. Frederick. T. Oily Atkinson. 3. c.
Lennox. Charles Stewart. William Brand.
sI-president OF Common Counnil; DR.. c. c.
Lang. r. r. Toole. Edward J. ESssssrds.
Patrick A. Manlon. John J. Hughes.
Isaac Llpson. y. A. Sweeney. Edward
VI Kenna. John Taylor. Peter Myer. John
CAsserly. John Hogue. John Mccarthy.
George B. Anderson. Andrew PfAnnkuck.
John Kaiser. John KeIls. George Hillen-
brand. Justus SchSdel. Dick Armstrong.
George n. Bailey. Thomas Burke. Jr..
William A. Collins. Dr.. Paul Franklin.
" j. Hooper. Harry Kalson. Bernard
Ksnna. Harry Lsnnox. p. y. Miller. 7. :.
Moran, J p. O'Donhell. william Shriber.
Edwin ShevIin. A. v. Simon. p. ;. Sullivan.
VI. L. swift, ,. A. Travers. T. p. Wallace.
J. c. Casson. James o. Fisher. d. X Bar
Ton. Edward Mcnrtds. George Anderson.
Morris Co9es. n. X. cochrans and Fred
Herring
Thoss Who confessed to-day and wers
allowed % % under promise 70 ain no
more are:
DR.. W. n. Weber. Select Council. con-
fessed having accepted sIO.oOO and dis
burpsd IL among other councilmen SEN
tence suspended.
Thomas McGrafh. member Common
Councils. confessed tO having received $3.50
bribs from Councilman Klein. Ordered
by Court 90 hand in his resignation a.
Councilman af once. which was done
Sentsnce suspended.
Jcese n. Sheasley. former Common
Councilman. indicted by Grand hurry for
r~ceivinR 500 from Klein. Pleaded nolo
contsnders before the court. sentence
suspended.
Erwit Rothplsty. former Common COun-
Gilman. charged with receiving sS0o from
Klein. Ne confesAed and sentence VA
suspendsd.
V >. Savage former Common Council
man. charged With receiving s2On from
Klein. He admitted all and sentence ~as
suspended.
frank " Bonini wealthy Italian fruit
rnsrrhant. former member Of Council-
a - 49, N L.
30 vote sentence suspended
William Rtchey former Common Co,ln-
,'tnan. charged with having taken 800
from kiein for his vote admitted H.
sentence suspended
BH Purnell former Common Council
man charged with having taken s2cO Cor
fence suspended.
isaac Matthias. former Councilman. sd-
urltred without being asked that he had
- Ken sst 20 for his vote Sentence sps-
ended
William Badsr. former member Select
Douncil. charged with having GOT $50
'rr MS vote Made no denial Sentence
depended
The case Of Matthias furnished a good
-Eample OF the terror which appears TO
nave overtaken the guilty IN Pittsburx.
n was not nearly noon when Matthias
ans into the court room. trembling
He tried 10 edge his way up TO the bar
out was stopped. a. several other coun-
cllnsn we're already in line To he heard
He told Assistant District Attorney Warren
seymour that he had come 20 mako
statement % the Court.
We are too busy now 90 hear your
s,as@nSnt aid the Assistant District
Attorney. You may
Seymour got no further. for Matthias
tropped on his knees. He wanted 90
confsss al 20 the Assistant District Attor-
nsy then and there and u was with sonne
dinsculty that he vas made 90 understand
that he was not too late. that he would he
have an opportunity later in The day
Ffersfusad 90 Ieave the court room waiting