The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-19
NIXON s NAME IS
DRAGGED into CASE
Senator Conger Says Bride Money
Was Sent To Late Speaker OF
New York Assembly.

ALBANY. y. y. Feb. ls.-The name
or s FRED Nixon. former sDea ser OF
the assembly ana WIN held more
power ann was more hghlT honored
than any other member Of that booy
10 occup5 the speakers chair was
dragged into ire sraft investigation
yesterday senator Benn Cong:
SAYS Hiram c. Moe wrote Nixon 5
name ON one OF the envelopes ia which
$4,000 TO puy protection for the bride
companies was ,aken 10 the state
capitol The former speakers name
was mentioned. announced bF~Conse'
on tile stand
Speakc. Minors envelope accotd'
ing to Conger. like senator lothian p
Aids. held $1,000. The remaine'i
o. the fnnd, $1,000 Was IN The en'
yelope given 10 Nixon hentenah.
Assemhlymsn jean Larue Burnett.
These we're The revelations ftat
marked 'he closing minutes OF me
srates investigation oil The bnbe't
charges yesterday afternoon BIZ
mich disc .osures had been 80 far dis.
counted Ay Tumo- anu expectation
that the announcement OF Nixon
rame and the thrilling legal skim
ishes leacing up 20 II were Only an IL
cident I'm an afternoon fun OF sur
prises.
Nixon is dead and Burnett is dead
and Aids. the only living member Q.
the trio. his accuser. PROBABLY mas to'"
the worst he can nave TO say. bt'
there are other graz, Investigations 40
come. AM todays proceedings yleluei
a rich harvest O. evidence on Nh'th
10 base them.
According to Conger. from 1901 20
1905. a systematic campaign was con
drctee at Albany agSins the treasury
of the bridge companies For thiS"
years the companies paid tribute. IN
1905 notice came from Albany tnai
ii would he 10 their Interests TO fur
ward 10 the capital $4,000 Then the
men who controlled the briGge com
panies met IN syracuse ana agreed
not To pay. AS CJuCer expressed H.
I'VE decided We would not be
blackmailed any longer
During the -four preceding years
measures hostile 10 the bridge inter-
ests had been introduced regularly
but they always failed 10 pass. But
in 1905 the legislature passed high
way act. which placed on the statute
books a provision against which the +
bridge combination mad long con I
tended.
AS result OF this law sixty per
cent OF the bridge companies were
forced out Of business In New YORK ,
state.
Aids accuser was on the stand ell
tay and this was his story He told I
II uffier cross-examination and Aids
attorneys seemed quite ready 10 let
him tell IL. Their purpose. apparent
" was TO brand Conger as giver OF
brides, as representative OF tue
bridge interests in the legislature. aud
TO show that he was actuated in
bringing against Aids the charges
the senate is now investigating by 2
desire for revenge for Aids hostility
TO the business interests where Con-
ger had invested money
Conger followed their lead with n
readiness thar can be explained by
desire to convince his colleagues
that he would not have handled brihe
money unless he and his business as
sociates had been held up by legis-
lators and that the bridge interests
in the past had 10 choose between
backmail and ruin.
The announcement Of speaker Nix I
on's name came within five minutes
OF adjournment As when he reveal
ed Burnett's name. Conger refused to
answer the question propounded by
Attorney Carr until the chairman had
directed and his own counsel had so
advised him.
Nixon first entered the lower house
IN 1882 and was elected speaker in
1899. He ruled the assembly con-
finuously IN to the time 81 his death
I'm the fall of 1905.
The name Of Col George w.
Dunn. chairman of the Republican
state committee in 1902. was brought
definitely into the evidence today.
thus making him available as Wit Z
ness at future Investigations COnger (
said that he called on Dunn at his
Office here and made contribution
for both himself and the bridge com.
panies. lie did not say how much u