The Detroit times., 1912-07-27

yanking the alleged boodlers from
! their homes and other places, taking
them 10 police headquarters and later
sending them TO the prosecutor
office, where Assistant Prosecutor Jas
nowski was taking their statements
Immediately after the arrest oi
! Gilman and Schreiter, Delmel was
caught in front OF the Pontchartrair
hotel. where he has sightseeing auto
mobiles stationed He was found by
Detective Thomas Lally. Deimel ex
pressed great surprise on being askeC
TO go TO police headquarters, but die
not resist. He arrived there few
minutes later, being the first alder
man 10 be registered. Then Define
was taken TO room No 400 Ford
building where Gilman and Schreitel
were held. Aid. Mason was next ar
rested. in his hardware store. No. 35i
Dix-ave., by Detectives Baker and
Seymour. He appeared at headquar
ters, smiling and dapper. denying that
he was involved In anyway in the
bribe scandal. Being searched. $40
I'm bills were found on his person.
Mason was then taken TO the Ford
building. where all four OF the alder
men were then given an opportunity
TO talk. first being told that what they
said would be used against them and
| that they did not need to say any
thing. Deimel lost his temper and
| cried:
"Tll get that crook" pointing to
| Detective Brennan. I'm going to
hook him Just as he hooked me. | got
500 in $40 bills and | took them just
as | have other money for campaign
purposes. / did not know anything
about the deal before the resolution
passed the council After 1t was all
over Gilman told me TO go up and
get some easy money"
Dave" Rosenthal. Deimers col
league in the Fifth ward. could not be
arrested last night Deimel was ask
ed where Rosenthal could be found
and replied:
The last | heard of him he was
in a sewer manhole with the lid pulled
down. He may have suffocated by this
time. The others were moved TO
laughter at Deimers attempt TO be
facetious.
The four aldermen were then taken
TO police headquarters in patrol
wagon, a crowd OF jeering men and
boys seeing them OF from the Ford
building.
Aid. Theisen was at work in his
grocery store, No. $40 Catherine-st.,
when arrested by Detectives Boersig
and Dowd Aid. Brozo was reading
the extra editions OF the newspapers
in his home, No. 74S Fort-st. west,
when arrested by Detectives McCarty
and Horrigan. He expressed surprise
TO find mis- name mixed up" in the
scandal, but accompanied the detec-
tives willingly enough. Later he said
he had accepted 800 with the under
standing that II was TO be a cam
paign contribution" He said he
could see nothing wrong II the Wa
bash railroad wanted to contribute TO
his campaign.
Aid. Ostrowski also said he had ac-
cepted the 500 and he added:
Certainly. why not? I'll take any
money any one wants to give to me. :"
AID. Walsh and Rosenthal were the
only ones who could not be found last
night.
M. D. Follln Sought.
The detectives were also unable to
pick up Maynard d. Follin, whom they
wanted on a charge OF seeking bribe
in connection with the deal. Follil :,
known about the city hall as a pro
moter" and lobbyist. He is alleged to
have offered to put the deal through
for $4,000" and to have made a SINH
lar offer to Attorney Lathrop. repre-
senting the Wabash railroad. in 1909.
Follln was seen walking swiftly on
a downtown street, Friday night. car
rying a suitcase, and it was presumed
that he had left the city. Follin was
formerly employed as a clerk in the
assessors Office.
Attorney John ID. Mackay arranged
with Estimator Barnett TO go bail for
Deimel. and Attorney Arthur E.
Schreiter sought to go bail for his
brother, but there was difficulty In
getting in touch with police justices
or recorders so the men could not be
bailed out when bonds were offered.
Gilman and Others Confess.
After the prisoners were registered
they were taken TO the Office of Prose
cutor Shepherd Mr.. Shepherd is Ill
and the inquiry was begun by Assist
ants Jasnowski, Fitzpatrick and Kelley
and the Burns detectives. In the room
where the men were taken. awaiting
TO be called individually before the
assistant prosecutors Gilman made
bold front OF the entire affair, saying
that he was guilty and advising his
colleagues TO admit their connection
with the affair. He said he was out
to "clean out graft in the council"
Brozo went before the assistant
prosecutors first, remaining closeted
with them for Is minutes. After the
star chamber sessions II was said
that four OF the aldermen confessed,
though the names OF the four were not
announced. The aldermen were treat
ed to a reproduction OF their conver-
sations in Brennan's Office in the Ford
building, when they called to nego-
tiate for their votes and the price TO
be paid therefor. Some OF the alder
men visited the Office several times
while the proceedings were under way
In the council. getting the money aft
er the resolution was passed, Tues
day, July 16. After their statements
had been taken in the prosecutors
office they were returned TO police
headquarters.
Several Aldermen Exonerated.
Aid John Garvey, OF the Sixteenth
ward; Aid. Gutman, OF the Third
ward, a candidate for county auditor
on the Republican ticket: Aid Patrick
O'Brien, OF the Tenth ward: Aid.
Maurice j. Heating. OF the Fourth
ward, and Aid. William Hindle. OF the