Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-05-19

] Columbus, O.,-s'Ifthey had gwen
US another week We would have run
out # money" is the language used By
/ f. ). Harrison, one Of the Burns de.
tectiyes employed BY Columbus BUSH
ness men TO run dowh alleged graflefs
in both branches Of the general ascend
~.
According to Harrison between If
teen aud twenty members will be i'm
plicated In the bribery charges brought
out by the arrest Of three detectives on
warrants sworn TO by DIR. George b.
Nye of Pike county, who alleged that
be bad been paid 500 by the detectiv-
es, who posed az lobbyists, to oppose
one and support another measure.
DISCOVER OTHER DEALS.
The detectives say that in their in
vestigatious they learned of other deals
which have been pulled off during the
present session of the Legislature; Of
bills which were passed and bilis
which were killed by the use of money.
All of this evidence they have in
shape to present to the grand jury and
20 sure are they of their ground that
they say: "Before this thing is over
they Will be falling over each other 10
ge; to the prosecuting attorneys Of
flee 10 tell him all they know, just like
they did in Pittsburg.n
The general price Of votes, it is said,
was 500, except for the ring leaders,
who passed out the money. They were
given larger sums for their Influence
and for pedding the bribe money, but
the pri"e Of the common herd was 500.
twenty-five or thirty members Of
the house had to be handled with
money, according to the Information
the detectives say they received. The
others could be whipped" into line.
ss NO IMMUNITY BATH.
There will be no legislative investi-
CATION in all probability. The laws
are such that an immunity bath may
be claimed by those who testify before
legislative com mittee, and to this the
detectives are opposed. They need no
confessions they say.
Opposition to the plan has also
grown up IN the house and senate and
nothing will be done in all probability
uDtiI the grand jury has acted, at least.
The detectives claim they will con-
wet DR.. Nye, the Pike county repre-
sentative who caused their arrest, in
spite of the move on his part. They
point out that they paid Nye his first
800 about April aud that he did not
turn any money over 10 Speaker Vir-
ing until last Thursday and then not
until he had become suspicious.
They also say that DR.. Nyne not only
was ready to accept money, but that
he was trying TO "doutle c oss" f. y.
Harrison, one of the detectives, by
splitting part of his money with De-
tective Berry
50, 900 TO GET BILL THROUGH,
This was the arrangement said
Berry. "Dr. Nye told Mr.. Harrison il
would take So 900 to get the bill through
the house. This was to be divided
amongs the different memtefs. Then
DIR. Nye was to.get an extra 81 900 for
his part of the work aside from the So
600. Nye came to me and SAID that he
would handle the bill for s., 600. That
will leave $1,000, he said, and if you
help me get it III split with YOU
"Nye said that it would he neces-
sary to buy twenty five or thirty mem
bers and that the others would be
whipped into line"
"Hcw about the speaker" Harri-
son asked Nye, ave dou't eed him, -
was the answer. 1--WE can get along
without him. | can handle him, 1t is
not necessary To go after him: he too
high priced anyway"
"I'll tell you Nye's opinion of the
governor and the house in his own
words. 'rGe governor is a joke he
said. And the house is the limit.
Why, We have better men attending
the Pike county Democratic conyen-
tons than there are in the house He
meant that they were men OF no
ability