Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-01

et"heu III lne motel, and that the evs-
gins to the confessed grafterss2
ihe Atlantic city councilmen who
came TO Newark were adverse TO having
tie money paid in the shore city. They
ueclded that Newark would be the an feat
place. The following day Ave other conn
eiithen were TO come to this city To pes
'neir graft money but at the last no
ineht decided TO change their plans. They
sent word TO the detectives here vim
were posing as contractors that they
Mouid accept the money and put the deal
'hroueh II Atlantic city was made The
place of payment.
notel room In the resort was en-.
gagged Detectives there Installed die
,asraph and the conversation during the
transaction was recorded.
y. {. Mitchell. clerk at the Continental
holei In this city doubts the story that
d uictagraph was installed. Ii liz known
'hat an OF the Atlantic City men WIN
came 10 this city registered at the Con.
Hhental Hotel under assumed names.
From what can be learned. on March
ID last man called at the contlnensa,
Hotel and asked particularly for ron.
Meeting rooms. Mr., Mitchell saws ira
the man acted strangely. The folow.
ing day another man. who repla,erea
from Chicago. called at the botel y.
too, asked for connecting rooms ara
| was given Nos. 60 and 81. The man m,
nrst asked for rooms left the hotel rbo
following day the management reeaivea
a note asking that the coat and hand-
Dag OF the man be Forwarded ~ b,r,
out stating that he would retain the
suite -
ne iie uld not return TO the hotel. how
p"' 'he second man to engage
rooms took cure of his trunk. wbera
was shipped is not known. 1t could
not ne learned Mt the hotel II anv ~ ~.
nion received callers in their rooms while
.ne' put tne snpposltion is that at least
one Of them did
W. >. Palmer, real estate agent. is tbe
iatest man TO confess his complicitv i,
.ne concrete boardwalk" graft story
winch has involved members of risr
aouucil III exposure made by William !
nurhs' who has also given out the nan,e.
OF alderman George W. Carmany. nre Il.
aeht OF the council, and Harry Muloct
ana John Donnelly, in addition to tho AZ.
Implicated yesterday.
Palmer, 1t appears, acted aa .
tween members of council and the p,r,,.
operatives, posing as contractore !, -
said his confession throws furtbar 1ir,,t
on the operations of the alleged graftars
Burns Is TO reveal the alleged nrota.t,an
given gamblers in every section ~ ~.
city by the city government and exra.a
Just how much money was weekly dolad
out by the sharpers to politicians ~.
protection. Graft In the Roord ~ II
censes 10 saloon men is also exnacted =.
be brought out. To get this latter evi.
dence the operatives were forced to Inv
part interest in cnfe, It is said
Electlon debauehery at the last general
election Is also on the program to come
under the searchlight The detectives de-
clare they have evidence of repeated vote
buying and general thuggery on the pui.t
of members of the Kuhnle machine.
Councilman Phoebus will be the star
witness when the cases come up FL.
win tell just how he traced things with
money given him by the Burns men-i,lst
how much each man got out of the award
of the $2000,000 drainage canal contract
and the annual distribution for award
ing other similar contracts will feature
| his testimony.
! are expected today in the case. Fol4
lo-ing the confession of four council
men and the holding of a fifth under
| 5000 bail for the grand jury on tha
charge that he accepted a bribe for $500
for voting in favor of an ordinance pros
! viding for a S1,oO0,00o concrete promenade
to take the place of the boardwalk.
! three other members of the council will
/ D..
or being arrested.
In addition to these couneilInen
thirty-elght Atlantic city oniceholders
are said to be involved in the graft
exposure, making total of forty.
seven men who may face charges The
men under suspicion are in a state OF
terror today 1t IL known that detec-
tives, under the direction Of William
j. Burns, have been investigating con-
ditions here for more than a year. and,
| guided by information furnished hy
leaders among the reformers, have
delved deep into the secrets of official
graft
The councilman who has been held
for the grand ury is Harry Il. Dough-
erty. who is a candidate for commis-
sioner under Atlantic City's new com
mission form of government Whom
| Dougherty was arrested the town was
filled with placards bearing the an.
nouncement that Dougherty was Dock,
the peoples friend"
The four eouncllmen who have con-
fessed are:
| s. s. Phoebus, councilman from the
Second ward. and until recently the mil-
/ lionaire owner of the Hotel Windsor
James w. Lane, of Chelsea. represent.
| ing the Fourth ward. Lane is head of
the Lane Paving Company. whose nd