The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-24
PETTICOkT GRAFT

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for Mrs NJ E. Mivelaz. Mayor Thomp-
sons sister-in-law.
You've got to come across Mrs.
Rowe told me, when L received my
second pay check.
Do you mean it?' l asked. and
she replied Yes, the mayor knows it
Maize says we've got to come
across.
Maize is Mrs. William Hale
Thompson.
SAB to Mrs. Rowe.
Mrs. Eaton then related how she
consulted her attorney, went TO
LINK cashed a currency check for SAB
and in the presence of Alderman
! Rodriguez, put the money in blue
envelope identified with letter
and in the presence of the alderman
gave the envelope unopened to Mrs
Rowe as her first payment.
A second alleged payment under
similar circumstances in the presence
| of Fulton Gardner was also described
| by Mrs. Eaton. Mrs. Eaton said that
she objected in Ausust to continuing
the payments and that Mrs. Rowe told
| her they must continue.
why did you not report it to the
mayor" asked Alderman Depriest.
Il tried to see him, but / could not,
Mrs. Eaton replied. ANY way, I had
debts. I thought that removal might
follow a talk with the mayor"
Mrs. Eaton repeated her charge that
when Julie E. Keller stenographer
| in the public welfare department. was
| given leave of absence Mrs Rowe pro-
posed that Miss Keller's salary of $50
monthly be split between herself and
| the witness and that they get some one
to sign for the wages.
Question of Stripes.
eff ever I wear stripes they will
run up and down and not around
told her.
do you think the mayor knew of
this splitting of salaries p" asked De-
priest.
'All I know is what Mrs. Rowe told
me-" replied the witness. 81 don't
! know of my own knowledge
Mrs. Margaret E. Mivelaz, sister-in-
law of Mayor Thompson, who, Mrs.
Eaton charged, was to be the bene-
ficiary of her divided salary payments,
is the widow of John NIivelaz, who
was a well to do restaurant keeper
in Louisville. KY. Dispatches from
Louisville today said that Mivelaz left
an estate valued at $4,000. Mrs.
Mivelaz has denied that she was in
financial need.
Seek to Indict Aldermen.
While these Investigations of this
ramification of city hall graft charges
are being pressed, States Attorney
Hoyne is expected to take up another
The civil service commission has
formally asked for the indictment of
Alderman Robert NJ. Buck on the
charge that he acted as press agent
for tho vice trust on salary and that
he collected a percentage of the reve-
nues from the vice headquarters. The
commission also asks for a grand Jury
investigation of Alderman Charles E.
Merriam and the activities of the Mer-
rtam crime investigation Is months
ago.
In Vice Trust.
With the request for the indictment
of Alderman Buck, the commission
sent to States Attorney Hoyne affida-
Wits from Mike DePike'' Heitler and
Thomas Costello, declaring that Buck
b was a member of their vice trust and
: that he profited to the extent of thou
sands of dollars. These affidavits are
supposed to be what Mayor Thomp-
son had in mind when he said he
would give out some news that would
, blow Alderman Buck out of the
water"
In reply to the charges, Mr.. Buck
denOunces the mayor as having
Matched plot against him, declares
the allegations are false and periured
and charges "a deliberate attempt tc
wreck a man by manufacturing lies
against him" He declares that he
will prosecute all those concerned in
the allegations made against charac-
ter.
Find Campaign Debt
Meanwhile, the opposition to the
mayor in the ''petticoat graft scan
dal have discovered what they claim tC
be the reason for the alleged assess
ments on city employees salaries in
the form of a $4,000 note given by