The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-04

big boss. already under sentence to
one year Imprisonment for crime in
office. the fifth to confess to Will
liam J. Burns late this afternoon.
First Confession Made.
Palmer went by invitation to the
Marlborough Blenheim Hotel after the
Dougherty hearing and there me.
Burns and several other men. 1t did
not take him more than two minutes
to confess that he was the man who
introduced the detective posing as
New York contractor to Councilman
Phoebus, that he was in room of the
Continental Hotel. Newark, when
Phoebus and Councilman Lane arrived
for heir $500 allotments.
He gave other information along the
same line, which means that tonight
three more Counci1men have been in
volved in this particular transaction.
The situation as 1t stands In At
lantic City is: Harry F. Dougherty
councilman from the Third ward. is
under $4,000 bail on a charge of ac-
scepting bribe of $500: Samuel S.
Phoebus. councilman of the Second
ward. has confessed that he took the
money in this case and in several 9TH
er cases. notably the ditch contract
and a paving proposition.
William Malta of the Third ward has
made similar confession. Gustave
Kessler. councilman of the Third ward
and a cousin OF Louis Kuehnle, the
boss has also confessed, as has James
w. Lane. councilman of the Fourth
ward. The names of the three other
councilmen who have been implicated
Will not be known until they are ar
rested or confess.
Bankers Behind Cleanup.
Atlantic City has been turned up
side down in this way because a band
of public spirited business men, pro-
prietors of the large hotels. bankers
and others, came to the conclusion
about two years ago that the political
ring was getting little too raw in its
work. The hotel men particularly
were being held up until they feared
for the future, while the business mer
generally that the way taxes and
other charges were going up because
of improvements would soon maks
property holding extra hazardous
Occupation. They associated them
selves together and went down into
their pockets.
Some say tonight they have spent a.
least 100000 already and will spene
more before they get through with it
fooiiit VI them started OIL dJ q jump ny
buying the Atlantic City Review fol
100000 and then putting $4,000 NOR,
| in It to fight the combination. Mex
they put Harvey Thomas. for years IL
: charge of the legislative work for thu
Newark Evening News, in charge o
the paper, and then they went out ant
hired William ]. Burns and told hin
to go ahead. Burns and dozef
/ agents have been working the cas-
, for a year. They lave tested" as h,
t has described it. the game from ever.
| lngle.
I'll How Men Were Caught.
Il They caught the councilmen a
: ipresent in trouble on a fake ordinanc
$ which was jammed through the coun
/ tcil by a vote of 13 to 4. They caugh
the excise committee of the council
: men by a saloon which they conducte,
( for month last fall. They got tn
: rate on gambling houses and othe
e privileges: they got the quotations OF
Y franchises. street openings and ever
( other thing. They got the record of
i hundred different cases of graft The
: have the testimony of hundred 81
: loon and hotel men as to holdups an
/, they threw the knot very secured
e around the thirty or forty men VIII
:. have been doing lucrative bushes
a in such things.
e 1t was last July that Burns arrange