The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-07
MAN HIGHER UP
IS INDICTED
President Pressed Steel Car
Company Accused.
RAISED CORRUPTION FUND
1t Is Charged That Frank N. Hoffstot
Tried to Employ 6iakely to Handle
$4,000 to Bribe Counclmen.

Pittsburg. April THE grand jury
indicted Frank n Hoffstot, president
OF the German National bank. of ALE
gheny. as well as president OF the
Pressed Steel Car company. on the
charges OF bribery and conspiracy.
President Emil Winter of the Work
iEgmens Savings Bank and Trust
company. of Allegheny. another finan.
court to confess that he had bribed
councilmen to the extent of $4,000.
James NJ. Anderson. general book
keeper of the 'Workingmen's Savings
Bank and Trust company. was arraign-
ed on charge OF having mutilated
the books of his bank to save the ex-
pOsure of certain persons. He pleaded
nolo cOntendre and was placed under
bail.
The most startling feature of the
graft probe up to date is information
conveyed in the presentment handed
down against Hoffstot District Attor-
ney William A. Blakely appeared as
citizen before this grand jury In con.
nection with the Hoffstot investigation
and told how before he became dis
trict attorney he had been approached
by HOffstot and the late j. w. Friend
and by Councilman Charles Stewart
and asked to act as stakeholder. for
fund Of S52 900 which, they said were
to- be paid certain councilmen for the
passage OF bank ordinance
sIakely Asked to Hold Money.
Blakely was asked to hold the mon
ey as a guard against cheating on the
partof councilmen and part of his
duties. would be to pay it out to the
crooked city fathers as they fulfilled
their promises. Attorney Blakely is
alleged to have refused to consider the
and he warned Messrs
Hoffstot, Friend and Stewart that their
of action if pursued would get
them into trouble, and that If he ever
courts of Allegheny county he would
go after them This is thought to
have frightened them so that Hoffstot
and Friend began to negotiate with
Stewart, representing the councilmen
81 have all payments, of graft made in1
New York city paid with money ship
pen .rom Pittsburg. The grand jury
does not say that Hoffstot paid the
money out there personally but SAYS
that persons who directly paid the
money in New York to Councilman
Stewart and others is not vet known
to them. All this money was bribery
fol the passage of the banF ordinance,
II is claimed.
II is alleged that Hoffstot on two
occasions solicited money from Cash
Ter James NJ. Young. of the Second
National bank. of Pttsburg one of the
late named as a city de-
pository. and caused him to ship to
New York $21, 900 as that banks share
Of the bribe money. Cashier Young
was before the jury long time.
Couldn't Hear Old Friend Confess.
The arraignment of President Emil
Winter. of the Workingmen's Savings
Bank and Trust company before the
court provoked pathetic incident
Judge Robert s. Frazer and Winter
have been friends since boyhOod and
as the banker. white Tipped and tear
ful bowed his head in sharne, as he
would confess to bribery. Judge Fra
GERS voice broke and. mOtioning for
Judge Elliott Rodgers TO come closer.
the Judge explained that he and the
man about to plead were friends of tor
long standing to permit of his hearing
the confession without pain. He would
rather President Winter made his
in some other court Win
tel was then taken before Judges Car
nahan and Swearingen. where he con
fessed that he had given Councilman
Morris EinStein 100000 in order that
his bank might be made city depos-t
tory He was placed under s2506 bail
The Indictment of Hoffstot and the
and pleading Of Winier
makes fourof the six bank presidents
whose institutions have been selected
as city Repositories to be accused OF
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