The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-04

Three sleuths Who Worked up the
Case Are Turned Loose and
VIII be Principal
Witnesses.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 4.-Three
state senators and two representatives |,
were included in bribery indictments
returned by the Franklin county grand
jury, which has been engaged in in
vestigating alleged corruption in the
assembly
The senators are: Isaac e. Huff
man of Butler county, L. R. Andrews
OF Lawrence county, and George K.
Cetone of Montgomery county. The
representatives are DR.. George B.
Nye of Pike county and A. c. Lowrey
of Lawrence county.
One indictment was returned
against each, save in the case of Nye,
on charge of soliciting bribe. Four
| indictments were returned against
| Nye. In addition Rodney J. Diegle OF
Erie county, sergeant-at-arms in the
senate, an alleged go-between In ne
gotiating with senators, was indicted
/ with the senators on charge of aid
ing and abetting the bribe solicitation.
All six appeared at the courthouse
soon after the bills were returned
4 They were accompanied by Attorney
John A. Connor and furnished bonds
at once The amount was $4,000 for
i the three senators and Representative
Lowrey.
i The bond of Nye and 'Diegle was
$4,000. Senators Huffman and Get
4 rne furnished -ersonal bonds; the
:, others had bonds furnished by sure
Z ty company.
i Three detectives, F. s. Harrison, A.
C. Bailey and David II. Berry, who
allege they trapped the legislators in
the bribery deal and who were ar
rested last week at the instance OF
Nye, were bound over but the grand
jury returned no bills in their cases.
} They will be the principal witnesses
at the trials Of the assemblymen and
| Diegle.
1t is announced that although the
April term of court does not run many
weeks longer, adjournment will not
be taken until the trials are disposed
of. Meanwhile the grand jury VIII
continue its investigation.
Sergeant-at-Arms Diegle was sum
moned and his presence there led te
: reports that immunity had been OF
fered him for his testimony. How
r ever, Diegle said he was innocent o.
/, wrong doing
The indicted officials stated they
I were innocent. DR.. Nye resigned from
4 the house calendar, or steering com
t mittee. The other members had re
signed yesterday.
] Those indicted will be arraignec
4 Friday. The Two Lawrence count.
legislators, Andrews and Lowrey, arr
republicans, and the other four ar'
democrats.
7 The legislation in connection Will
which the indictments were returne'
includes the women's nine-hour bill
' the Whittemore insurance bill to ad
nit mutual insurance companies, nov
barred, and the gerrymander bill
designed to put off the bench Judg
A. n. Blar of Portsmouth, who was in
. strumental in the Adams county elec
ton quiz.
;, The bribes which the Indictment
. : allege were solicited range from $40
to $4,000 The latter, it is alleged
. Nye demanded from detective posin
as lobbyist to secure the passage Q
the Whittemore measure.
That the legislative Doodle scandl
;, has only been touched on the firing
! was announced today when the gran
(. Jury resumed its work Detectiv
Burns says that only part of tn
evidence secured has been presente
and that other indictments will 70
low rapidly.
s Representative Nye Is charged
four indictments with having solicite
% bribes for the gerrymander bill. Al
other charges him with asking SIC
bribe and another for $4,000 on th
rt insurance bill Nine Of the indictment
r were based on testimony secured b
s. the detectives secured on the dict
5, phone.
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