Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23
GRAFT GIVERS COME
IN NEXT ROUND UP
6ombshelis Expected to Drop in the
Social Construction of Ci;y-Menr-
bers Of Lawmaking Bodies Sold
Themselves for Only $50-lnterest-
ina Stories Toiu.


rITTSBURG, PA, March 22.-Ninc
mere former members of councils APP
reared before the district attorney to-
day and confessed to their quit III
accepting money for their votes while
members OF the municipal bodies. anu
we're then rushed before Judge X.
Frazer. where they received their i'm
.nunity bath in the way OF suspended
sentence.
When the grand jury adjourned
just before five o'clock. they had re
turned no indictments, although they
bad listened for hours 10 develop
ments in the bribery scandals even
more sensational than developed yes
terday. Men admitted selling THEN
honor for from $50 upward.
Yelled for His Ten Cents.
John +. Klein was before the grand
jury the greater part OF the day ana
continued his narrative OF council
manic graft. Klein recited some OF
his experiences in handing out the
money to the coucilmen.
There was one fellow" he said,
who was a daisy-a regular shylock
for the dough. | went into his Sew.
enth street business place and handed
| him SSl. He looked at me for few
minutes and then yelled like a STUCK
pig for the extra ten cents. You
know $S1.l0 was the standard price
| in that deal. Well he got the ten
cents all right"
| All the nine men who confessed
to the district attorney today Will
appear before the grand jury to tell
their stories.
District Attorncg Blakcley, will. as
soon as the councilmen and -bribe
takers have been rounded up, go after
the bride givers.
Bankers Come Next.
There are said TO be bank officials
of institutions whose names have
never heretofore been breathed in
connection with the graft probe OF the
past two years. The tip has been
passed 10 these bank men that they
may come in under the immunity
extended by the district attorney
but as they have thus far failed 10
avail themselves of the opportunity.
il is reported that some bOmbshells
will be dropped into the social con
struction Of Pittsburg when county
detectives turn the money changers
| cut of their own temples. and
bring them before the bar of jus
! tice.
Probe Just Started.
1 With all that has thus been dis
closed in this graft conspiracy there
is a feeling that what has been thus
far accomplished is but scratching
Of the surface. What one hour may
develop no one is able 70 fOresee.
Even the district attorney is frank
in his expression that he cant tell
what will happen
Twenty have thus far confessed and
II have been implicated. but have
not vet been indicted. II is said al
The district attorneys office that be
fore the grand jury is dismissed. fully
one hundred persons will be impli
Gated.
Some Of the stories told by the
confessing cOUncilmen were interest
ing
i Found Money in Hip Pocket.
The crowd could net suppress
l laugh when William Frederick. Ol
L the North Side. testified that he had
carried 500 around in his hip peck
ct for a week before he knew II ~as
there. lie said Il had been placed "
mis- pocket during the cDuncilmanic
ball game at Neville island in July
1908.
Il Another unique feature occurred
i in the Testimony Of former common
Councilman Fred Herring. OF the old
Twelfth ward. North Side. lie told
how Klein met him and fOrmci
councilman named Morrison. comiEe
out q Duquesne hotel after a council
meeting IN July. 1908 tie said thai
Klein handed Mr.. MOrris,n an envei
ope containing a slip of names ane
$500.
This is something for the boys,
yea give % cut Morrison Klein !.
alleged 10 have said.
Il Morrison. according 20 Herring
pleaded that he was too lame sns
was consequently unable 70 deiivel
the goods.
! Herring then admitted that he en-
ginecrcd the distribution. Each mar
] cot 800