Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-23
Some Admit Selling Honor for Paltry
Sum of Fifty Dollars.
MORE SENSATIONS ARE EXPECTED
Fully One Hundred Men, it is
Thought, Are Involved.
CAPTAIN" KLEIN WELL GUARDED
Penitent TusbOat skipper who Gave
Signal for Investigation May be
iseanU of wringinE Farther
Confession.

PlTTSBURG, Pa, March 22-NIne more
former members OF city councils, before
the district attorney today, confessed their
guilt In accepting money for their votes
while members Of municipal bodies. and
before Judge r. S. Frazer received their
Immunity baths" in the way Of a sus-
pended sentence.
When the grand jury adjourned for the
day, just before o'clock, It had returned
no Indictments although 1t had listened for
hours to developments in the bribery
scandal even more sensational than de-
veloped yesterday. Men edmltted selling
their honor for from $50 upward
John f. Klein was before the grand Jury
the greater part Of the day and continued
his narrative Of councilmanlc graft Klein
recounted some Of his experiences in hand
Ing out the money to the councilmen
There was one fellow" he said who
was daisy-a regular shylock for the
dough. In the South Seventh business dis
trict l handed him $S1. He looked at me
for n minute and then yelled like a stuck
pig for the extra 10 cents, you know SS1.10
was the standard price in that deal. We'll,
he got the 10 cents all right"
Trailing Bribe Givers.
District Attorney Blake, as soon as the
councilmen bribe-takers have been rounded
up will go after the bribe-glvers. These
are said to be bank officials OF institutions
whose names have heretofore never been
brcathed In connection with the graft probe
of the last two years.
The tip has been passed to these bank
men that they may come in and take the
immunity bath extended by the district
attorney, but they far have failed to
avail themselves Of the offer, and Vt is re-
ported some bombshels will be dropped
into the social construction of Pfttsburg
when county detectives turn the money
changers out of their own temples" and
bring them before the bar Of Justice
With all that has thus far been dis
closed in this gigantic municipal graft con-
spiracy. there is feeling that what has
been thus far accomplished is but
scratching of the surface. What one hour
mad develop, one is able to foresee,
Even the district attorney is frank in his
expression that he cant tell what will
happen"
Hundred Persons Implicated.
Twenty have thus far confessed, thirty
seven have been indicted but have not
yet confessed and sixteen have been i'm
plicated, but have not been indicted. 1t is
said at the district attorneys office that
100 persons will be implicated. These will
include the hribed and the bribers.
Yesterday and today Klein vas in the
district attorneys office overtime trying
to get Former Councilman William O'Brien
to come in and tell his story. Brand was
to have gone to the penltentary, but his
Incarceration was deferred by the Illness
Of a daughter and partly in the hope that
he would confess.
Klein also telephoned Joseph C. Was
son, who entered the penitentiary Monday.
Wasson was permitted to answer the tele-
phone by Warden John Francies AS a
result Wasson, too, will join the band of
penitents.
The crowd could not suppress a laugh
when William Frederick testified that he
had carried 500 around in his hip pocket
for a week before he knew It was there
He said II had been placed in his pocket
during the councilmanc ball game at Ne
vile Island in july 1908.
After Men "HIaher Up"
That the graft investigation is but started
well on It's way is the prediction Of those
who profess to know Repeated rumors
today have It that the men higher up are
to be given the full advantage of the dis
trict attorneys plea TO come in out of
the rain" before another twenty-four hours
have rolled around. 1t is generally be-
lieved that the little Captains" Johnny
Klein, confession has not been all told and
that its complete telling will stlll further
rip apart city politics and politicians.
Captain Klein. who started the muni-
cipal uproar by his confession of Saturday
is being cared for by the district attorney.
Guarded by two detectives, the former
towboat captain is living at a downtown
hotel, his meals are being served in his
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