The Nevada County picayune., 1917-03-01
JUDGE LEA CONFINES OFFICIAL SESSION AT LITTLE ROCK TO
 INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
SENATE BILLS ARE KISSING
Measures Relating To Trading Stamp and Coupons, Basis Of Charges, Are Not in Possession of the Sec
 retary of State.
Little Rock

IIitle Rt'k= Circuit Judge Robert J. Lea coaVen- d the Pulaski County grand jury l9 ppcial session 10 investigate charges f bribery lodged against Senators Burgess and Sims. The jury was sum- moned in court before taking Up tho sases fled with them and instructed 0y Judge Lea to make thorough i4- vestigation of all charges filed WisA .he jury alleging corruption in tine legislature
 II has been known for some nA9 hat two of the best known detectives. members of the Burns Detective Agea- cy of New York. were in Little Roef quietly Investigating certain bii'5 pending in the Legislature. Senator Sims and Burgess. were released from custody on S10,000 bonds
 The grand jury conducting the IA ,eStigation is composed of C. ?. Pef- rie. vice president of the Union Frusf Company, as foreman; C. J. Lincoln. ]. K. Tunnah. A Brizzolari, (. ! Ggtf- ffh, Y. NJ Pixley. O. l.. Enloo. l.. l. Baer. Mark Valentine. Sam Tender son. Thomas Steele. Ike KemDnef. ja- ;eph Jung. NJ. ]. Ringlehaup;, Kralaar Darragh and John T. Ginnocc2jo Police say they saw tine t"0 na- ors accept packages containing Sl,G0O aach when the arrest was mada in 2 lark alley in the downtown business district of Little Rock The moneF was given, the police charge, To aa- cure support against bill introduced Il the Senate by Senator Burgess which would place d tax of $100 year 1 on firms using trading stamps O. co T. l DOnS.
 The two Senate bills relating :o rading stamps and coupons. which Ire declared by the police To be i,a- !olyed in the bribery charge again t Senator Burgess and Senators Sims Ire not in possession of the secretary )f the Senate. Ira C. Langley.
 oo.e secretary. who is required to .,1 1H'vv- hills in hia poa-ess,on, eis" tore pivaf-'s showing tc whom theN t~, searched for Senate bill U | N5' .o nn52 and Senate bill No. 302, boh 1v Senator Burgess and both relating trading stamps Neither could be l '.und
 There is no record of what became If Senate bill No. 252 No receipt ia 1 possession of the secretary and ta" ill could not be found in his files. The other bill. declared by the DO ice to he the one for which the al osed bribery was attempted when the Wo senators were arrested, was gis-
 Y to Senator Sims a few minutes he- '1ae i o'clock Friday afternoon. ae-
 7rding 10 receipt held by Sec"e-
 " Langley. of the Senate. Senator Sims is chairman of tho 'ammittee on Public Service CorTo- nfiors. to which both the trading
 mp bin which referred for recon
 'andation as to whether they should 5ass.
 On February 20, Senator Sims, act
 -e for the Committee on Public Ser 'ca SorpOrauOns. returned Senate
 Fl No 252 prohibiting the use in Ar
 essas of any kind of coupons O" trad ,2 stamps with recommendation net the bill do not pass"
 Qn February g Friday al 20
 cock Senator Sims, acting for the
 'emmijtee on Public Service corpH- tt.ons. returned Senate Bjll No 30e.
 fb recommendation that il do
 at pass"
 s-natcr Burgess introduced his .-t bill. prohibiting use of trading
 amps and coupons in the state. on .roatuary 8. The bill was read twice sud referred to the Public Service l Corporation Committee. On February % inc committee returned an unfav- ordhla report.
 pn February 16 Senator Burgess in- troauced Senate Bill No 302, fixing a tax of sl00 on every merchant using trading stamps or coupons, This bill was read twice and referred the same laF to the Committee on Public Se. vice Corporations. Senators Sims, as i elaa man. returned the Coml1ittee re- 1 3osi Friday afternoon.