Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-13
MAuEpIcTioNs ARE HURLED At
scHRE!TER BY ACCUSED
DETROIT ALDERMEN.
EIGHTEEN OFFICIALS
UNDER EXAMINATION
Accused Of Bribery in Connection With
Wabash Street Closing Deal-Prose-
cutor Promises Sensation in Hearing
Confession Of Clerk Was volun-
tary.

Detroit, Mich. Aug. 13.-Maledictions
mingled with threats and counter
charges were heaped upon Edward
Schreiter. deposed clerk Of common
councils committee. by the accused Of
ficials when Schreiter appeared In po-
lice court today with eighteen alder
men for q -earraignment on bribery
charges preferred in connection WIZ
the Wabash street closing deal
Schreiters confession, involving him
self and the aldermen now under arrest
was the principal taDic Of conversa-
tion around the court room.
you dirty f-dog.': !, said Alderman
Skrzycl<i, one.pf the accused, when he
noticed Schreiter in the entrance of the
court room. "How could you say that
1 ever exchanged words with you in
regard to the Wabash deal? You know
it is false When you take mans
honor away from him you may as we'll
take his life"
Schreiter made no answer but start
ed to go away.
"You dirty dog again yelled
Skrzycki. Schreiter then walked into
the ponce clerk O!llCe.
The first person he met was Alder
man O'Brien another one of the ac-
cused.
what you lack is little more hair
and then YOU would really be dog,
said O'Brien. shaking his fist in
Schreiter's face. AS other aldermen be-
San to hurl imprecations at the de-
posed clerk Prosecuting Attorney
Hugh and his assistants seized
Schreiter by the arm and directed him
into the private office Of another court
official and the door was shut in the
faces of the aldermen and the specta-
tors who had crowded about.
Doubt that the confession of Schrei-
ter was the basis for sixteen arrests
made in the aldermanic graft" casts
was removed Yesterday. Prosecuting
Attorney Shepherd told the details OF
Schreiter's confession. Schreiter was
then taken before Justice Jeffries to
assist in making out warrants against
the sixteen aldermen arrested last Fri
day and two additional members OF the
common council, making eighteen in
ALL
The defendants appeared in police
court today for examination, some on
a charge of accepting bribe and
others on a charge of promising to ac-
cept bribe.
Schreiter said his mother, aged 76,
led him to confess
Confession Is VoIuminous.
Sohrcitcr made detailed confession
of all the deals he said he had been
in" said the prosecutor. "He did this
voluntarily three days after the coun-
Gil had ousted him from his lob. He
went to hotel with me and a ste
nographer and spent five hours going
over all his transactions. He told me
he wanted to help clean up the CITY.
I figured he could help us greatly.
but promised him nothing. He did
want to know whether it was a mat
ter iof getting him or cleaning up the
city. and I assured him that I wanted
DIS statement to clean up the whole
thing.
THE confession takes up more than
100 pages. The city will be startled
when the disclosures are made public"
Gives Reason For Confsssina.
After Mr.. Shepherd explained the
situation Schrei.er talked freely of his
told my mother and wife all that
I told Shepherd" said Schreiter, "and
mother said Let the truth prevail
she was right, and I went
to Shepherds office. felt that I would
rather go down the street and hear
men say, Well, anyhow. he had man.
hood and courage enough to tell all he
knew than to hear them say He es-
capped the law OH technicality."
Schreiter who is secretary Of the
American League Of Municipalities, is
charged by employees Of Detective w.
J. Burns with being the leader in the
alleged bribery arrangements made
with the Wabash railroad for street
right in fDetroit,ewhich resulted in the
Iirst arrests. He IL at liberty on
bail