Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-15
Detroit Aldermen Vent III Feel
ing upon Schreiter.
LATTER HAS TOLD WHOLE STORY
Induced to Confess by Plea Of Aged
Mother, He Feels Better Than
as II He Had Escaped
on TechnicaIity.

Detroit, Mich. Aug. 14.-Maledic-
tons mingled with threats and coun-
ter-charges were heaped upon Edward
Schreiter, deposed clerk of common
councils committees by the accused
officials, when Schreiter appeared in
police court with eighteen aldermen
for rearraignment on bribery charges
preferred in connection with the Wa
bash street closing deal.
Schreiters confession involving
himself and the aldermen now under
arrest was the principal topic of con.
versation around the courtroom.
Declare Schreiter's Confession False.
Each of the eighteen aldermen de
clared that Schreiter's confession was
false.
The nine aldermen arrested Friday
were ordered to appear Aug 20. The
nine rearrested aldermen were dis
missed from the second charges, but
they are already scheduled to appear
for hearing on Aug. 20. The cases of
all the eighteen accused officials are
therefore set for the same date.
until Aug. 90
All the aldermen are charged with
having been implicated in a plot to
force the Wabash railroad to pay them
various sums for their influence in
putting through the council a resolu-
ton closing city street for the bene-
fit of the railroad company.
1t is alleged that nine of the al
dermen actually received brides, not,
however, from a railroad official, but
from detective, who posed as such
The nine others, 1t Is charged. agreed
to accept certain sums. but failed to
collect" at an appointed time. Prose
cutting Attorney Shepherd and the de-
tective claim that marked bills were
found on several of the aldermen.
Nine Held on New Charge.
The nine aldermen arrested most re-
Gently on warrants charging promise
to accept a bride are:
William Koenig, Third ward.
William H. c. Hindle and Stephen
Skarzycki, Seventh ward
Patrick OBrien, Tenth ward.
Richard M. Watson, Twelfth ward.
Thomas Lynch and George II. Ellis,
Fifteenth ward.
Joseph F. Merritt, Sixteenth ward
William F. Zoeller, Eighteenth ward.
The complaints were sworn to by
Schreiter.
Mothers Plea Prevails.
Schreiter talked freely of his con-
fession. He said it was his mother,
seventy-six years old, who finally in
duced him to tell all he knew.
II told my mother and wife all that
I told Shepherd" said Schreiter, land
mother said: Let the truth prevail
I believe that she was right and went
to Shepherds office. felt that
would rather go down the street and
hear men say. Well, anyhow, he HAD
manhood and courage enough to tell
all he knew than to hear them say,
He escaped the law on technicality.
I would have told when the first ar
rests occurred, but was not normal;
you know how that is when a thing
comes suddenly on you. So I waited
to think things over"
Schreiter, who Is secretary of the
American League of municipalities. Is
charged by the operatives of Detective
William j. Burns with being the lead
er in the alleged bribery arrangements
made with the Wabash railroad for
street rights In the city of Detroit
which resulted in the first aldermanic
arrests several days ago. Schreiter
! was arrested at the time and is now
at liberty on bail.