Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-26
tails Of Civic Un-
SS in PittSburg
I 4 Sensational Re-
POI and Jury,
THIRTY-0 -0NE INDICTMENTS
AGAINST BRlBE TAKERS
Banks Which Profited by Cor
ruption of CounciImen to Lose
City Deposits and Ordered to
Give Names of Those Bribed,

IBy MGrnin: journal Special LEASED Wire
Pittsburg, Pa, March Expcsur,
of the appalling details of Pittsburg''
civic unrighteousness indictments
against thirty-one present and pas
councilmen and a demand upon the
directors of the city repositories to in
Vestigate their own boards and ascer.
tain the bribe givers in connection
with the ordinance designating theii
institutions as city repositories, were
the features of two presentments
nsade by the grand jury today.
The presentments make sensa-
tlonal story of the inside history OF
corruption in the municipal bodies IL
1908 and the demand on the banks in
dicates that even more sensational de-
velopments than have been exposed
are expected Monday when the bank
directors. complying with demands of
the grand jury make their report
A further result of the present
ments of the jury was the order Of
City Controller Morrow late today
for the withdrawal ,of all city
funds from the six banks and the
practical notification Of the ordi-
nance designating the mas custodians
Of city funds.
About S3,640.S20 city funds is in
these banks and this would be In
creased many millions next week by
taxes that are being paid. According
TO the controller the withdrawal of
the funds will be gradual. however, in
order that the institutions be not en-
barrassed or any undue alarm caused
dcpositors
The extract from the presentmen'
calling on the bank directors reads.
I'VE call upon directors of the six
banks named as city repositories to
Investigate who paid for each Of
the said banks. the bribes herein sci
forth, and report the same to this
grand jury, not later than Monday,
March 2S. 1910 And, we further de-
mand that said report be in writing
and certified to by directors of said
banks individually.
we strongly recommend and in
sist that the proper Officials of the
city OF Pittsburg take immediate legal
action to nullify the ordinance naming
the Farmers Deposit National bank,
the Second National Bank of Pitts
burg the German National Bank of
Pittsburg, the German National Bank
of Allegheny, the Columbia National
Bank of Pittsburg and the Working
mans Savings and Trust company of
Allegheny, as city repositories, in or
der that the brbe givers may not ben
eft by reason of their own wrong
doing and criminal conduct
The presentments give the full de-
tails of the plot on the part of the
councilmen to obtain bribes from the
six banks and the means adopted for
paying the bribes are related. The
story of the transfer of $4,000 by an
unnamed man to former Councilman
Charles Stewart in the Hotel I'm
perial, New York. issued today, re-
lated that Max G. Leslie, former
chairman of 'the republican county
committee, received $4,000 by ar
rangement between L. II. Jennings
and T. A. Griffen of the Columbia
National bank and that Leslie gave
William Brand, who was then presi-
dent of common council, directly or
indirectly, S17.5Oo to obtain the city
deposits for the Columbia National
bank
IN unnamed man is said to be in
teristed and concerned in the pay
mebt of the money by Leslie to Brand
either as an intermediary or principal
1t is declared that Morris f. Elm
stem received $4,000 from the Work
ingman's Savings and Trust COM
pany to have that bank named as
city depository, but the name of the
bank official who paid him the money
is unknown. 1t is further declared IN
the presentments that the members
Of the grand jury are of the opinion
that the books of the Workingman's
bank have been mutilated, three pages
referring to this deal having been cut
from the ledger Einstein, it is also
declared. kept $4,000 for his services
IN arranging the deal.
Further declarations in the present.
ments are that two city clerks were
given 900 each and that $1.750 was
set apart for newspaper men, and
that Henry NJ Bolger. the saloon
Keeper already convicted Of bribery.
was given $500 for his services in
bringing about the meeting between
OFFICIALS of the German National bank
OF Pittsburg and the councilmen. The
public is urged not TO pass hasty judg-
ment on any officials Of the banks
mentioned and stress is laid on the
solVency OF the Institutions.
II Is recited that John f. Klein and
Joseph c. Wasson. by reason Of their
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