New-York tribune., 1910-03-26
A Defence Fund Bribe.

ghgf pN-lOunCllman jacob SouNi feAASea
the tcndcr of SaO0o which WAS then SET
nlart as q defence 0nd in case any Of
rhe mombers ~ the clique got within
tho grasp az the law.
on tie receipt OF the presontments
Dldcc Josiah Cohen ordered the District
Attorney 40 draw Immediately the in
dictmcnts against the men named and
I, an Others who are named in the pre-
sentiment a. whom the money was dis
striluted. Tnc grand jury MAS then cN-
cused untu Monday.
The only comment the District Attor-
ney would make upon the sensational
result of the grand 5ury inquiry Mas
''NNe expect pleas az any moment an1
W. may have to use rain checks he
.trausc of the rush"
More Trouble for Leslie.
To-day's hndmc ~ tho grand fury puts
n,v phase on the case ~ Max G. Les
snc. who is now az Hot springs. Leslie
was acquitted on the charge ~ perjury
roccntly in connection with tht Coiun-
lia Rational Bank matter. Ilo had de-
ried a. a grand jury that he had ever
received any money in the Geal ana
= convinced q jury when placed on ulal
chat on lhe day he was alleged 10 have
received the money he was in New York
The present grand jury finds thar he
paid S1T.-l0 20 Brand ana hat the bank
ra.a I.cslie $4,000 an june, l@'s, bat
docs not slceify the date.
Leslie. therefore, Is In this position:
ono iur. BIAS declared ;hat il believes
h,m vhea he says he did hot get the
.,noncy on Juno q. 1905. and another jury
declares tSat he die receive il In The
month of Jane.
II Is declared lhat ihe ryiaeEce before
the prssc.t grand jury shows q mistake
,-as mcle ia tse arst instance as To the
dave. ard sac transaction N'in he the
Iasis az now attack whcn Leslie is
Lgain uro1gl'. TO tr.aL
Klein Talks.
Nl.iu. whose confession brought on the
present revelations, had fen minutes
alone to-dlv for The FIRST time in 'Wo
weeks. lie poured into The ear of "A
willing newspaper man portion OF has
confession as 10 how il an wss done.
Yes" said Klein. they can me
squealer and "a piker. but say, you're
for me. aint you9
You know ] WAS raised in the old
LIST Ward. and ] worked myself up
until il brought me a Councilman. that's
going some, ain't IL?
Those bigs guns I'm councils thought
used 10 talk too much. but after had
pulled of a deal or two they began 10 sit
up and take notice Then I began 10
know them pretty well and discovered
most OF them were just like bunch of
rTrn--
Tot 81 writhing worms. always looking
for comfortable hole AZ the end in
which they might md money"
And the way they used 10 trim each
other was a caution. Now. 7 can't use
any names hut IN give you an example
There was one fellow in the other branch
OF councils who used 10 come 10 m,
nearly every meeting. II he wanteJ
anything. he expected me 10 do the bust
ness for him. But il 1 wanted anything
well I had hell Of time getting hin
10 do a. The bank ordinance cam,
along. He knew there was something
doing, and when I went 10 him anS
asked him 10 SO along, he said. sure
He went along an right but did he &c
the money I should say not
The Double Cross"
~ A little while ago ] was showed lis
and this fellows name appeared upon d
as getting 500 Tor his help in passins
the bank ordinance You got that fel
low wrong I explained. and then thel
said D WAS lying wasn't, though
They gave me the $500 for him an right
but D just showed il down into my Jeans
Z pad myself Tor past fsvors, and Jus
by ihat I saved that fellow from th,
bribery charge.
But you bet learned those tricks
frpn the other fellows first. / remem-
ber Thousand ~ those double crosses
bat heres another. A certain Council
nan .greed no go along for "a hundred
anu mtg. . agreed 10 pay him. Then
asi,cc hlu II he could get The othei
Councilman from his ward and he said
sure" Ile got him all right and then
pay Time came along Before the othei
members ~ the Big SIX I rolled up
5000. one nfy Ior thc fellow who had
gone along snd ihc balance Tor his part
E'-. 7 delivered ;he tEroe hundred, and
CO yoU Know, that fellow had the nerve
fo tEank rre and WaiA away. ] tapped
him on the E-m. Forg5t something,
haven't you"
"Sag Pc tUigged right aVay. ooh,
SUMO. D. says We split SO-and-so's
shar,' took seventy five and De took
twenty-five 4is running mate who
went ol.nr kcpt 1ut of tre bank scandal
thai uay. He'd have taken il, too, If be
haa lae caan,,"
4 Clever DOG.
Many unigse stories lavc tcen told
regarCiaE Jle present graft lrvesiIsa-
Ipa and Daaucill.anie sraltile. r,t the
uesi canle olt to-4sr .u "a conversation
between q HuIaD.r ut local lawyers.
There may 1e several cc.n.lmeu who
own extremely clever dogs. a4t there is
one who has dog tLat would make a
hit on abe Vaudeville ,ircuit and this
dog, aUparenuy. is Tho gap between his
master and prison. When There was
"samrthlng doing" ln councils in which
th" ovHsr ot The dog was 20 get his
shaf' kl'in would place large ma
El.a envelope continuing the price
agreod upur boz tho m1lth of tLe dog
and tai Iiu o. e. home. Thls b where