The Detroit times., 1912-07-29


Aid. Louis 6rozo, confessed.
Aid. Joseph L. Theisen, denies
charge.
Al. Louis {. Tossy, refuses to
make statement.
Aid. Andrew J. Walsh, state
ment not taken.
Aid. David Rosenthal, state.
ment not taken.
e. r. Schrelter, Jr., secretary
OF council committees, confessed.
Mason and 5rozo qualified their
statements by saying the money
was accepted with the under
standing that II was TO be consd-
cred as a Campaign contribution.
Torn from their positions of re-
spect and esteem in IA night, the ~
city officials named above. charged
with boodling. appeared in police
court, Saturday morning, and were
remanded for hearing next Tuesday
morning The oficials were due for
arraignment at III o'clock, Saturday
morning, but the warrants were not
ready for them and Justice Jeffres
accordingly remanded them to the
release they were then required to
give new bonds which was accom-
,plished by all OF them after a delay
OF two hours. Justice Jeffries first
remanded them for arraignment Mon
day, but after consultation with AS
sistant Prosecutor Fitzpatrick, the ar
raignment was set for Tuesday, ow-
ing to the press OF business that or
aeil mn Mnn 1oU rhat
will be arraigned before Justice
Stein. The amount of the bond Is
$4,000 In each case.
The warrants will accuse each al
derman OF having accepted a bribe
In his capacity OF a public officer TO
influence his act as a public officer"
while the warrant against Schreiter
will accuse him of having solicited d
bribe.
Seven OF the aldermen obtained
bonds at 2 o'clock Saturday morning
after having spent the night up 10
that hour In the corridor OF the cell
block at police headquarters. Andrew
j. Walsh and David Rosenthal sur
rendered themselves to the police by
showing up at police court, Saturday
morning, at o'clock with their col.
byist. who is wanted by the police
and detectives, on a charge of solicit.
ing a bribe, had not been apprehend-
ed up TO noon, Saturday. The prose
cutor's office says he has left the
city.
schreiter Gets Liberty.
Schreiter, who was refused bond at
2 O'Clock. Saturday morning, was ad-
mitted to bail later in the day John
Breitmeyer. father.in-law of Schrei-
ters bruther, A. F.. Schrelter. signed
the bond for $4,000 and Schreiter was
released. The new bonds of the
others were signed by the following:
Herman Darmstaetter, for Gilman;
John Hook, for Deimel and Mason
Jocob M. Marshall, for Ostrowski;
James j. Collins, for Rosenthal;
4. Julius Berman, for Tossy and Brozo
and Anthony Bodde for Theisen and
Walsh. Darmstaetter is brewer
Marshall keeps a saloon and grocery
store; PeIman is a real estate deal
sr anu Bodde is a saloonkeeper.
The bonds on which the seven al
dermen were released at 2 a. m. Sat
urday were signed by the following:
David Oppenheim No 10l Watson
,st., for Gilman; Mason, Tossy and
Ostrowski; Anthony Bodde, for
Theisen, John Hook, for Deimel and
Brozo.
Estimator Eddie" Barnett got Op
renheim to go on Glinnan's bond
when he heard that Glinnan's wife
was dying of the shock she sustained
when she learned of her husbands
disgrace Gilman went home inn
mediately and when he returned later
In the morning said his wife's condi
tion was improved. His usual hall
1; and hearty manner had left him and
he was morose and downcast. The
blow seemed to have struck him with
more force than 1t did the others, ow-
ing to the commanding position he
held for years in the council.
No More Arrests Right Away.
There will be no more arrests
Immediately" said Fitzpatrick to The
Times. II can't say how soon we will
know about the others" meaning a
half dozen other aldermen who. the
Burns detectives allege solicited
hribes, but were scared off when the
trap was sprung prematurely, owing
to the publicity that Andrew II.
Green, Jr., is said to have given the
investigation.
[, The corridor OF the police court
swarmed with aldermen and politi-
clans. They herded with other pris-
oners. In one office, Attorney John
ID. MacKay was making out bail
bonds for the aldermen, Brozo. Thei-
sen, Mason and several others lean
ing over the desk. The aldermen APP
peared too dazed to realize what was
necessary TO comply with the prelim-
mary legal formalities incidental to
their temporary release, and MacKay
had to urge them several times to
telephone to their friends or those
whom they expected to sign bonds.
Several of the aldermen did not know
the men who finally signed their
bonds until introduced TO them on
the spot. a young Italian matron,
with a babe clinging TO her breast,
2 both weeping, pushed forward into
the crowd. seeking information about
man who had been locked The
usual riff-raff of the streets was on
hand and they pushed into the cor