New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
DETROIT ALDERMEN
CROWDED C|TY'S JAIL
Sixteen Officials Arrested
Charged with Conspiracy TO
Defraud the Taxpayers.
MORE WARRANTS MONDAY
Official Transactions of Accused
Men for Several Years VIII
Be Laid Bare Were
Already Under Bond.

Detroit. Aug a-Thp arrests to-day %
sixteen aldermen and the announcements
that the prosecutor viii request eighteen
warrants on Monday. charging the six
teen arrested today and two additional
aldermen with conspiracy 70 dcfraud tn
city. ny bribery and other means. added
a new sensation 20 those that have a.
eompsnIed recent Investigations into al
legged graft in coun-tmanic circles
Seven OF the nine aldermen now under
bonds 20 appear FOR hearing on charge
Of bribery in tho Watssh Railroad street
closing case werc among the sixteen Pr
rested today. All of tie officials ar
rested have been released from custody on
bail
], Is understood thar the now warrants
will IN no way conflict with the charges
preferred IN the Wahssh case. but that
tnev will 60 into the official business
transactions Of the aldermen for several
years back The rev arrests are said L"
10 TIE result - the personal iuvestiC'-
ton Of Prosecutor Hugh Shepherd Vh0
was seriously iN when the first alder
manic arrests we're made upon evidence
secured nv Detective William j. Burns.
one Of tho TWO officials for whom q
warrant viii be- asked IN connection with
'o-dsv's Developments is oUt Of the city.
The other appeared personally before the
prosecutor. with rordsm"n. and ne Was
released without tire formality Of being
registered an Police headquarters
The aldermen arrested to-day. eight Of
whom also face tire original bribery
charges. are
Andrew ! Walsh. Louis Brozo. Louis r.
Tossy. Frank !. Mason. Thomas 2. Glin-
nan. Martin ). Ostrowski. David ROsen-
tnal and one who was not registered. The
new arrests We're William H. G. Hindie,
William Koenig. who is candidate for
Mayor George r. Ellis Thomas Lynch.
Richard Watson. Stephen J. SchrZyo INF.
Patrick O'Brien. Joseph Merritt and Will
tam Zoeller.
Several Of the officials were released on
bonds soon after their arrests. The new
~ arrested were required to furnish 1."3
bonds and those formerly taken into GUS
tCQl were TrirdStQ upon , az 444clll4IS SUI ~
10 the amount OF 500
The prosecutor stated to-day that he
has struck many new instances Of graft,
but he refused To say whether the evil
dence wss obtained. IS ii has been ru-
mored. from confessions made by alder
men previously arrested. lie declared
that several Of the aldermen would be
arrested on more than Two Charges
The Superintendent OF Police sent out
nearly every detective on the force TO
arrest the aldermen and the prisoners
we're Immediately locked I'm cells at Police
Headquarters.
They're coming in % fast I'm afraid
Wen have 70 put three IN each cell pretty
soon, said the doorInan as the accused
officials were brought I'm.
Linked with the arrest Of the members
81 the Council are rumors OF "confes-
sions by one OF more persons alleged to
have been implicated in the so-called
graft ring As 20 this and the further
report that the alleged confessions were
made 10 him Prosecutor Shepherd mas
been silent