The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-11
Restitution to Amount
Of 81, 300, 600 Made
to Pennsylvania.
CAPITOL FRAUD
CAStS SETTLED
In Consideration of Agreement
Commonwealth Agrees to Drop
All Further Criminal Action
Against Defendants Inpli-
cated-This Ends Sen
sational Prosecution.

harrisburg. Pa. january 1o.-Rcsti
tuition to the amount OF $1,000 ooo and
Inc surrender OF warrants aEgregatinc
szoo.eoo. upon which payment had been
! stopped. were made in the Dauphin
| County Court to-day by the men con-
fictcd or otherwise implicated by tho
state Of Pennsylvania in the CAPITOL
, irau's In consideration of the return
ot tGis money and the surrender of tho
warrants. the Commonwealth agreed 10
crop all further criminal action against
! inc defendants indicted. and, with the
exception OF the case of Joseph NJ.
Huston of Philadelphia who Is under
an indeterminate sentence of from six
months to two years. and who has an
appeal in the Superior Court, the Cap
it"l fraud cases arc declared to be
ended and the state satisfied. Thus
ends one of the most Important GRIM
inal prosecutions ever brought by the
state and which has stirred Pcnnsyl-
Vhnia from end TO end.
The new State Capitol a magnificent
structure. with its rich furnishings.
cost approximately sl3.00O.00l. OF this
sum the state alleged that It had been
hctrauded out of almost 100000 At
torncy-Gcneral VI. Hampton Todd. who
conducted the prosecutions in state
ment after the settlement was an
nounced. said that the total amount
received by the state today ana
through restitution heretofore made by
certain OF the defendants, was sl,595,-
d4o. UP TO date the State has expend-
cd sl01,56l in prosecuting the cases
Defendants In Settlement.
among the defendants who partici-
patcd in the settlement to-day were
the following:
Estate of John sanderson. of Phil
adelphia. contractor for the wooden
furnishing. etc, who died in New York
after he had been convicted and SEN
fenced, and was out on bail pendin g
an appeal of his case.
Estate of w. l. Mathues. of Media, a
former State treasurer, who died after
being convicted and sentenced, and
was out on ball pending an appeal.
William P. snyder. Spring City, a for
iner aucitor general. now serving two
years in the penitentiary.
John NJ. Shumatcr. Johnstown n for
mer superintendent of grounds and
buildings now serving a two years
sentence.
Joseph NJ. Huston, architect OF the
CAPITOL and designer of its furniture.
under sentence and awaiting disposi-
Frank g. Harris, of Clearfield, a for
mer State treasurer, and r. 3. Harden
hurgh, Honesdale. former auditor
general. predecessors of Mathues and
snyder, and who were only sued civilly
TO recover money.
Former Congressman II. Burd Cas-
sci. of Marietta, Pa. who was acquit-
ted of a charge of fraud in connection
with metal furniture contract
One the inf arr faotureS NJ n a
case is the fact that the amount each
party to the settlement contributed is
lawyers secret, and probably Will
never be made public.
There were two civil actions brought
hy the State. One was against the
contractor for wooden furniture, San
derson. On this the sum collected was
sl.ioo,o00. The other was against the
contractors for metal furniture. in
which Cassel was involved. On this
contract 5000, 300 was turned back into
the treasury.
The colossal Capitol fraud exposure
was one of The indirect results OF the
political upheaval in Pennsylvania in
1905