Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-19
ALL KINDS OF MONEY
At NEWBERRY TRIAL
New Hundred Dollar Bill and
Smaller Notes Trailcd From
Senator's Barrel.

Grand Rapids Mich, Feb. Ie..a poo
game in the. clnbroom OF the Masonic
Temple at Bay City, union labor, iour-
mile drive to Detroit saloon, seven
visits to railroad men by A. n Moore and
grand jury testimony all hgureu ~ tne
Nowberry elections conspiracy 'riai mere
Yesterday. ~ -,
William c. Wilmer and G. G. Boh-
ne, were the pool players, and they testi-
fed that Frank q. Gilbert, lecturer for
the Masonic Grand Lodge of Michigan,
ioined them. took crisp new one hun
irrd dollar bill' from his pocket and
told them it was 'sNewberry money. .
piven TO him in Grand Rapids. On cross
examination both men were positive that
no other statement was made concern
ing the money.
Simon Vandermulen, in 1918 presi-
dent of the Tanners Union at Grand
Haven. told the jury that Claude G. VAN
derveen, a defendant from that town,
not previously mentioned directly IN the
testimony. offered him $40 or S25 to "he
known MS q Ncwberry man." Wander
mullen said he give Nanderveen only
evasive answers. explaining on the stand
that he had in mind the fact that he had
run for Office on tho Democratic ticket and
1T wouldn't look well' il he came out for
a Republican.
Another union labor official, r. T.. Allen,
Of Battle Creek, chairman of the legis-
letiyc board of the locomotive engineers,
corId not remember definitely how much
money was given him. He fixed the figure
AZ either $3.50 or $3.50, and said he paid
out S25 Of this TO others.
He said he was brought into the cam
palgn when a business talk with Mark
t. Mckee at Detroit switched TO politics,
and he said he would be for Newberry
If convinced of that candidates sound
ness on the labor question. Mckee re-
ferred him to the formers law partner,
Paul King. chairman of the Newberry
campaign, and after that talk he en-
listed with the Newberry forces. He
said he lost 17l6 days from his railroad
work because Of his efforts, but was
not allowed to testify to his railroad
pav beyond the fact that il was at the
rate Of $3.50 hundred miles.
The other railroad men who testified
TODAY, with one exception, received from
So TO S25 from Allen *. Moore, for getting
signatures to Newberrv nominating peti-
tions. The exception was John +. Lambrlth
of Battle Greek. He told the jury that he
refused to circulate the petitions, but
agreed TO mail to Grand Rapids such sign
ed ones as switchmen turned into him.
Later Moore came 90 him, learned the
petitions had been mailed and pressed
two I0-dollar bills into Lambrith's hand,
telling him to buy cigar.
The grand jury testimony served TO
bring out versions of campaign work
related by Emory Mills, of Dundee, and
William Nj. Connolly, State Senator
from Spring Lake. Dundee witnesses
Yesterday could not remember much
Il La MIL ha1- ea.l
the campaign Claire Higbee, clerk of
the grand jury, swore today that Mills
had told that body he received $3.50.
kept Sl00, and turned IN a report limited
to the $50 he had paid out.
Connoiiy's story was rehearsed by
William Ernst, a resident of the Sena-
tors district. He said he remembered
that Connolly told of receiving $1,000.
about evenly divided between salary
and expenses, but, at request of Charles
Floyd, head of the Grand Rapids New
berry headquarters, reported only $500.
Ernst remembered that Connolly said
that he knew this was not right and
would never do IL again. and then on
cross-examination rccolected further
that Connolly was taking about only
one of the two counties IN has district.
Cross-examinations were at discount
and rs result the tri'n mCNcu sWHJlv
Thirteen witnesses were on the stand.
The defense showed little inclination TO
question the witnesses who were called
to corroborate Moore's own story on
the stand a week aEo and several were
asked no questions by the defense.
When Frank Bethart, an employe
with SeaIlie Clago. at Detroit, IN the |
office of Milton Oakman, county clerk, |
told of receiving $40 for driving Clago |
10 a saloon four miles from Newberrys |
headquarters. Attorney James O. Muir |
I'm took a hand In the proceedings He |
could not get the witness to remember |
that he had also driven Clago 10 two /
evening political meetings that day.
The signed statement made by De
fendant Guy l.. Ingalls,, City Treasurer
of Detroit, to Edward Ridley. Depart
rnent of Justice investigator, was read
st the afternoon session by Prosecutor
Daley.
The statement was dated November
3. 1919 B. Frank Emery and Ingalls,
agreed that the latter get out a set of
envelopes addressed to voters, the price
being So thousand. Later Ingalls, hired |
literature circulators, and the total cost
of all these activities was 50, 700. This
included Ingalls, own remuneration snd
what he paid enyelope addressers.