Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-12
PAY over $4,000
FOR PROSECUTION
OF CRAFT CASES
Board of Supervisors Allow
Special Prosecutor Wood
$4,000 for Services.
$50 DAY FOR CHICAGO MAN
Thomas Marshall Spends Nearly :
Month Drawing Indictments Used
Here-Fiaht Over Bills.

Bills totaIing over $4,000 for the in
vestigatioa Of alleged graft on the part
Of former county officials were ordered
paid yesterday afternoon by the board
OF supervisors after the warmest kind
of a discussion.
Among the claims presented were
those OF Thomas Marshall. Chicago
attorney. who asked $50 a day for %
days service in preparing indictments
and OF George W. Wood. special states
attorney. who was generous enough to
demand but S25 day. his bill totaling
$4,000
of course. the end is not yet. Ac-
cording 20 Attorney Wood the prosecu-
ton has Just started. The bills pre-
sented cover expenses incurred up 10
the present time. There are a score
of indictments pending and the special
prosecutor recently stated that he ex-
pected 20 push them all. as soon as he
could get Judge TO hear the cases.
The report of the fees and salary
committee recommending payment.
although il came among the very last
things taken up by the board while
the members we're anxious 10 end the
session and leave for their homes. did
not receive hasty action, but on the
other hand fight was put up prin-
cipally by the democratic members OF
the board, led by Supervisor H. c.
Hinrichs.
Claims Bills Excessive.
Mr. Hinrich's arguments were that
the bills should be rejected because
they were excessive, and he made
long talk against payment of the same.
An argument followed in which mem
bers Of the fees and salaries commit
tee joined. contending that the bills
should be paid. even if the investiga-
ton did not accomplish anything"
Supervisor Burgoyne said that he
did not regret the action OF the fees
and salaries committee and that even
though there had been nothing &C
complished in the investigation that
the bills should be paid since the board
had unanimously ordered the investi-
CATION. giving Prosecutor Wood full
power 10 act and proceed with the in
vestigation.
Mr.. Hinrichs arose and moved that
the bills be rejected on the grounds
that they We're excessive. II was sec
onded- Another argument followed
along the same lines as the former one
and a roll call on the motion to reject
the bills was asked.
Supervisor Burgoyne made a substi-
tute motion that the bills be allowed.
but since the roll call had been asked
the substitution motion could not be
put. The roll call was taken and the
motion TO reject was lost 20 TO 10.
Those voting in favor of rejecting the
bills were: Supervisors Hinrichs. FL
lot. McDole. Miller. Ohlweiler. Peter
son. Reuben. Schroeder. Titterington
and Weckel.
Motion TO Pay Carries.
Immediately following a motion was
made TO pay the bills and II carried. .
Had the motion TO reject been adopted /
II is likely that the prosecution Of the .
remaining cases would have been held |
up for awhile. but the allowance OF 4
the claims will not in any way deter /
the trial OF remaining cases.
The following were the items in the |
bill:
George Wood. s3.O49.5O: Thomas
s1,25O.OO; Searle and Mar
shall. s1.O42.Oo; ]. L. Haas. $4,000; J.