The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-02
Talk Of Legislative Corruption
Follows Lobbyists Arrests
SAY THEY ARE DETECTIVES
Grand Jury Will Hear What They Have
to Tell of Bribes-0hio Stirred
Over Bribery Charges-Inves-
tigation of the Charges.

Columbus, Ohio, Nav 2 Mem
bers of the legislature Aocked into the
city Saturday, hours earlier than usual
on Mondays, because of the charges
made by detectives who have been here
for weeks secretly investigating legis-
lative bribery, that they have I'M
earthed the worst scandal in the his
tory Of the Ohio general assembly
Senators and representatives, who are
openly charged with having accepted
money, had not reached the ity early
Saturday so their version Of the de-
tectives' story was not known at first
hand, although several are quoted from
their home towns as denying the
charge Governor Harmon is to con-
suit with Attorney General Hogan re-
garding the sensational developments
Three detectives, +. S. Harrison Of
New York and A. c. Bailey and David
Berry of Chicago, will be arraigned in
police court for alleged bribery of
Representative George B Nye Detec-
tive Harrison names four state sena-
tors with whom he had dealings and to
whom he declares he paid money The
legislature met at p m, yesterday,
when an investigation committee was
appointed Bailey, Harrison and Berry,
the detective operatives, were later ar
raigned in police court. All were
bound over TO the grand Jury,
The men were rocked up for o short
time until new bonds for common pleas
court could be signed.
Admissions were made by the three
detectives, arrested Saturday night as
lobbyists in the general assembly, that
they had successfully manipulated a
trap for legislators suspected of partiei-
pating in bribery Five legislators
were named by the detectives, includ-
ing one representative and four sen
ators A Senate attache also was
named It is admitted by Prosecutor
Turner that device to record con-
versations WIS placed under a couch
in the hotel rooms occupied by the
detectives and that discriminating evil
deuce is in process of presentation to
grand Jury. The three arrested men
last night were employed BY the Manu-.
faeturers' association They admit
that they offered and paid brides for
evidence against assemblymen. Their
arrests were made on warrants sworn
out by DR.. George B Nye, represent
alive Of Pike County, who said they
had paid him money TO help the pass
age of bill to admit mutual IN
suranoe companies now barred from the
state. and the women's ninehour law
"We have stenographic copies Of every
word that passed between us and Rep
resentatiye Nye and the other men in
volved in this matter" said Detective
Harrison yesterday, "The evidence was
secured BY means OF a dictaphone,
which consists OF number OF sensitive
discs so constructed that the sounds
spoken in a room can be carried forty
or fifty feet by means Of wires l
met DIR Nye In this room In the
next room was a ,stenogTapher door
connected the two rooms In front OF
the door / placed s couch. The diota-
phone was under the couch, the wires
running into the next room, where the
stenographer sat with telephone re-
eeiying arrangement on his head. We
have twenty members of the legislature
caught in this scandal If | had been
here week longer | would have run
out of money, they were so eager for
| it 1t will take us a week to tell
all we have found OUT, and you mark
my words that we have the proofs
sufficient to convict the men accused"