The Detroit times., 1912-08-09
aldermen Herded In
cen Block Lfke Sheeb

Iney were moving the ordinary
prisoners In the central station cell
block, Friday morning, and packing
them four or Ave in cell to make
room for the city afthers. being herd
ed into the station like sheep, on
sudden order by Prosecutor Shepherd.
Within the hour between $3.50 and
$50 o'clock. 10 aldermen, including
four not previously mentioned In con-
nection with the graft cases, had
been registered and thrust into cells,
two to cell, with the vague charge
OF Suspicious person" against their
names on the blotter.
The new" saldermen--those not al
ready arraigned and released on
bonds on graft charges--were debon-
nair and easy In their bearing, but
some OF the others, who had been
through the MILL" looked anything
but pleased over their sudden rear
rest and confinement. All declared
that they have no idea what the
new move Is all about, except that
the same old questions about graft
and the Wabash deal were asked by
Prosecutor Sheppard. In person"
All declared that the interviews oc-
cupied only q few seconds each.
Brozo First Man Arrested.
At $3.50, Aid. Louis Brozo was
brought into central station by De-
tective Emory Brooks, and was
promptly registered and assigned to
a cell. Five minutes later. Aid. An
drew ]. Walsh was brought in by De
tective William Black. and given the
same treatment.
Next came Aid. Louis Tossy, Will
lam H. c. Hindle. Frank J. Mason,
William Koenig, and George H. FL
lis. in order, arrested, respectively, by
Detectives wilkinson. Donovan, Fox,
Clare and Seymour.
Just then the doorman emerged
from the cell block with startled
look on his face and announced that
he had only IA cells, and couldn't
properly accommodate the city faith
ers.
"Move the other prisoners up, and
nut the aldermen two In cell. or
three in a cell II necessary" said
Lieut.. John Higgins, at the desk.
Aid. Hindle, the first Of the new
batch" OF aldermen, said that he
didn't know why he was being locked
up.
hoeUt1 WaNco Wah'
Aid. Koenig, another one arrested.
declared with a smile: I'm as In
|nocent as any man In the world.
don't know anything about this busi-
ness. I was on my way to market
when the officer told me was wanted
at the prosecutors Office. and l came
with him. Prosecutor Shepherd asked
me n I knew anything about graft In
the council, and then asked me IL /
knew anything about the Wabash
deal I told him I didn't, and then
be ordered me locked up, and was
brought over here"
Aid. George II. Ellis, brought In
shortly after Koenig. made an almost
exactly similar statement, declaring
that he was in the dark as TO his ar
rest. but adding: "All the questions
that were asked. indicated that IL was
the same old wabash deal that caus-
ed the trouble for the aldermen be-
fore"
Aid. Rosenthal and Ostrowski were
brought into the central station at 10
O'Clock.
After Ellis came Aid. Thomas z.
Gilman. arrested by Detective Eli
Baker. Next came Aid. Thomas Lynch
with Detective Amos Kunkel.
Aid. Pat O'Brien was brought in
BY Detective Good.
Aid. David Rosenthal. brought IN by
Detective Steinhebei, at TO O'Clock,
was very peeyish over his rearrest.
refusing to say anything about wiz
happened In the prosecutors ONCE.
and losing his temper and trying TO
get into a brawi In the station with
q newspaper man who asked him a
few civil questions.
Don't keep botherin' me while I'm
talkin' to the lieutenant" said Rosen-
thai "or I'll bust you right In the
nose. ''
They kept coming in. one by one,
under the escort Of detective until
all whom Il Is intended TO arrest, had
been registered and showed into .