The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-22
Forty Pittsburg Counci1men,
Implicated in Confession by
Convicted Comrade, Hasten
10 Confess and Get Immunity
BANKERS CORRUPT MANY
PITTSBURG CITY FATHERS
As Fast as They Appear, Guilty.
COunciImen Are Forced to-
Send Their designations to
the Mayor of PittSburg.
AWFUL CONDITION SHOWN

DITTSBURG, Pa, March 21-Forty
present and former members Of
Select and Common councils are IN
der Indictment on a charge Of bri-
berry, and ten more, with suspended
sentences are held in $500 bonds up
on their own confession of sharing in
a pool of 100000 to influence the
votes Of the municipal bodies.
This was the result of the first
days probe of the grand jury fol-
lowing the sensational confession of
Captain John Klein, former member
of councils.
All day Judge R. S. Fraser sat as
committing magistrate in the GRIM
inal court room and his desk became
a throne of grace" to the many
eouneilmen under suspicion. who
swarmed before the Judge to be
washed of their sins"
On the floor Of the court building the
grand jury would hear the conscience
stricken cOuncilmen, who would then go
before Judge Fraser and take the imu7Ii-.
NIFTY Dath, offered last week by the dis
trict attorney
While these proceedings were going on,
the corridors OF the court house were
thrOnged. and as each councilman Dut In
an appearance there was q cianOr OF
When are they going 10 get the biz
ones once during the late afternoon n
north side councilman rushed into the
courtroom and wanted to confess. but he
a
too busy brought roar Of laughter
from the crowd on the benches.
Ten Make Confession.
Up to the adjournment Of the court az
. o'clock, ten had confessed. In most in
stances the amount of money they con-
fessed TO accepting as a bribe was not
over 500. One man got 500 and another
800 while others got but S61i0.
As fast as present Councilmen appeared
after they had relieved their cOnsciences,
they were ordered Immediately TO resign
from the city government. and in every
instance the letter Of resignation was
written In the district attorneys OffiCa
and mailed to Mayor w. A. Magee before
the guilty one left the Building.
The men indicted are from varied pro-
fessiOns. Some are professional poht--
clans, one IS a private detective. Saloon
keepers, physicians, market men. tsilOrs
and real estate man are on the list.
c. c. Schad, who is a market man, is
also member OF the legislature from
Allegheny county.
Among the men to come forward dur
ing the afternoon was DR.. ". II. Weber,
a member Of the Select council. There
was an uprOar among the crowded cor
ridOrs when he was seen to come from
the court room, and the expression was
heard. Where viii Il end2'
DR.. Weber told Judge Frazer how he
! received $4,000 to be distributed among
cOuncilmen for their votes and inf1uenyi
| in the passage OF an ordinance TO vacate
certain street. He pleaded no defense
to the charge of conspiracy. Or. Weber
said he gave the money to about thirty or
| forty cOuncilmen. He could not remem-
| Der all the names. but recited q list in
Guiding some of the most prominent ard
active members Of both select and cons
mon councils.
At Throne of Grace.
To each man as he stepped up today,
/ the court stated ne held in his hand an
{ information entered against the defendant
| by Henry Muth, chief Of county detec-
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