The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-04


bonds of all save Nye and Diegel
were fixed at $4,000. Surety bonds
were supplied, save by Huffman and
Vetone.
One indictment was returned
against each save in the case Of Nye
charging the solicitation of bribes
Four indictments were returned
against Nye. Diegel was indicted
three times, as he is included in each
of the bills against senators.
Andrews and Lowry. both of whom
hail from Lawrence county. are Re.
publicans, the others Democrats.
Friends Of Speaker Vining rallied
to his support and put through a vote
OF confidence in the house after he
had named a new calendar commit
tee, composed Of high-elass men
against whom there has been no sus.
picion. II had been reported that
progressives would seek TO force the
retirement of the speaker. who Is u
Democrat, but Lawrence X. Langdon
Of Warren county, Republican floor
leader, disclaimcd any such eTcrt on
the part Of the Republicans. Lang
don and Price Russell OF Wayne
county. the Democratic floor leader,
were both reappointed to the calen-
dar committee, although both at first
declined to accept the lob
II Is said that startline confessions
involving many members Of the leg
islature are in possession OF William
J. Burns, head of the detective
agency employed to uncover graft in
the legislature. Burns has spent prac-
tically all his time here in examining
witnesses who may be called before
the grand jury.
II is learned that somo Of those i'm
plicated in the doodle disclosure we're
weakening. and are now ready to tell
Burns the truth regarding tho corrupt
practices. At least one is said TO
have asked to tell his story to Gov
ernor Harmon. That the governor
will absolutely refuse TO take hand
to save anyone is apparent from the
firm stand he is taking to bring every
CRATER to justice.
Legislation Involved.
The legislation in connection with
which tho indictments we're returned
includes the women's nine-hour bill,
the Whittemore insurance bill TO ad-
NIT mutual insurance companies now
barred, and the gcrrymunder bill de-
signed to put off the bench Judge A.
z. Blair OF Portsmouth, who was in
strumental in the Adams county cleo
tion probe. The bribes which the in
dictments allege were solicited range
from 500 TO $4,000. The latter Il is
alleged, Nye demanded from a detec-
| tive posing as a lobbyist to secure
the passage of the Whittemore meas
ure. Nye It is charged, solicited
brlbes in connection with all the bills
mentioned
Among tho witnesses before the
grand jury was Detective Harrison.
who explained tho working Of the
dictagraph, which the detectives as.
sert conveyed to a stenograpler in
an adjoining room all conversations
in which bribe deals were made
Three detectives. +. c Harrison. a.
c. Bailey and David IT, Berry, who N.
lego they trapped tho Legislators in
the bribery deal and who we're ar
rested last week at tho instance ~
Nye, were bound over to the grand
| jury, but that body returned mo
| bills" in their cases.
Detectives Go Free.
The detectives will be the principal
Witnesses at the trials of the assem-
blymen and Diegle. which. II is de-
/ clared. will be pushed as rapidly as
possible. II is announced that al
though the April term of court does
not run many weeks longer ordinar,
lily, adjournment will not be taken
until the bribery trials are disposed
Of Meanwhile, the grand Jury will
continue its investigation.
County detectives are keeping a
close watch on the implicated legisla-
tors to see that none OF them attempt
to leave the city. Immediate arrests
would follow any such attempts.
The probing is going back as far
as possible, and ex-members are not
exempt