Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-02

Association events il we could get
such an association started. | showed
them where there would be thousands
in it for those whom | let in on the
ground floor.
Greedy After Money.
Just send this bill through for
me and you will all be rich told
the ones that l was after. They We're
so greedy after the money that the
slice | promised them as partners
with me in the racing association was
not enough. They must have some
thing in advance they said. to buy
up votes of doubtful members and
insure their own allegiance.
81 engaged a S40-a day suite of
rooms in the Chateau Frontenac
When it became noised around that
a multi millionaire was in their midst
all of the legislators Immediately
pricked UP their ears A man wdo
gave away 81 1000 bills for souvenirs
was worth cultivating. In few das 5
they we're camping around my room
BY the second week | was afraid
they would break my door in. /
wanted it to appear, however. mat ]
was an extremely busy man and /
would tell my negro valet "a negro
operative in the New York Office
to inform the clamOring visitors that
was engaged and would be unable
10 see them until the next day. As
a matter Of fact, | most likely would
be lying on the bed reading a paper
Those before me who had tried
to trap the grafters had failed be-
cause they let the go-between law
yers play their own game and in Their
own offices
Sickness as a Ruse.
But after | had been there long
enough to get notorious lawyer in
terested, I was taken suddenly ILL., A
doctor was in attendance and nurses
lowered around the sick room. The
lawyer grew anxious. told him that
he would have to come to my room
He came. He was entirely unsus-
pecting There was the odor OF many
medicines floating about and he COM
miserated with me in my illness.
- am very. very sorry over this
attack. he sympathized. Then we got
down to business and we talked 1t
pretty straight Meanwhile an equip
ment of detecta phones was carrying
every word of the converse ton to
operatives in other rooms
1T was not long before 7 had re-
covered. Then | began serving ban
quets to the lawyers and legislators
Some evening there were from sixty
to seventy bottles of champagne on
ice for the little parties. Two ne
groes had the burden of serving the
dinners. They were operatives from
the New York office Always there
was talk of the deal that / was put
ting over and always the detectd-
phones were at work.
DrincinaIS in the Case
Il was put in touch with the right
men through the crooked lawyer.
Three Of the principal men were ]. O..
Moussea chairman of the private
bills committee in the Lower House.
Berard, of the Upper House, and
AChille Bergevin. Mousseau gave the
names of others who should be APP
preached. Thousands of dollars were
spent Members of tn Legislature
received I.early $4,000 II cash. They
We're promised IS much more, which
they never collected.
when it came time to put the bill
on its passage, delegation OF the
grafters came to my room and tried
TO hold me up for $4,000 to get the
bill through This was just what |
wanted
"'Do YOU mean to tell me that il =
going TO take $4,000 to get that bill
through" | shouted angrily a I them.
speaking loudly for the benefit OF the
leteCtaphone.
They reckoned that it would. Then
/ called them several kinds Of rob-
hers and grafters, and told them that
I would spend s250,o0O before /
would let them put anything like that
over on me | threatened to expose
the whole deal to the newspapers.
Clear Record Of Bribery.
This took them back considera
bly,. and for the next few minutes
they were engaged in calming me
down and giving me assurance that
they would try their best to put the
bill through on the amount that 7 AL
r, adv had given or promised them.
BY the time the conversation was FIN
ished there was about as clear rec
ord of accepted bribery as one could
wish
After getting all Of the detecta