Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-02-13
SOWS MONEY To
HELP NE WBERRY
First of indicted Michigan Men
Called to Stand.
A. K. MOORE TELLS OF DEALS
Gets Salary of SIS Week to Scatter
Funds Over State-WorIs Among
Railway Men and Factory Op-
eratives, He Testifies.


len X. Moore, first of the Indicted m,eI
TO testify, was called to ~3he stand l)y
the government when thu Newberry
elections conspiracy triaA was ne
sumed in federal district lcourt here
Moore pleaded guilty at frst to foul
OF the six counts and not yguilty as tt
the others. He changed this to md,
contendere' on January Is Moore;
home is in Grand Rapids. Moore teilt
of a trip to Detroit with ID. Floyd. a
which time Paul King aKked him t,
visit the upper peninsula and sSoun'
out certain individuals q the New
berry candidacy. Moore say a B. Fra
Emory, at Kings orders, (nuR
500 for expenses and he
check for that amount. NJ
he made daily reports by mail
second meeting with King, Mooi
he agreed with the Newberry
paign manager on a salary %
week.
Meets King in Man
Moore said he joined
quette about April %. in
latter was accompanied D.
Sibben. his secretary and and q 3.
PENDANT.
Moore testified his salary wal III,
to him in Detroit in cash by ler
Emery or Harry o. Turner. TIL )u,sf
DR.. w. II. Smith, Jr., MooIe SAID he
met George r. Murray, head Of lila
railroad mems relief association iaiid
publisher of the organizations mega
zine. He arranged with Murray for
letters of Introduction TO many rail
road men and Doctor Smith took a(trip
with him.
Were you given anything besides
letters to take to these men?" asked
Frank G. Daley, assistant attorney
general.
Yes said Moore, "Floyd said these
men couldn't be expected TO work for
nothing in distributing literature and
he gave me $500 in cash to pay them"
Moore said he gave Jack Murray of
Detroit $3.50 in connection with visits
to railroad men and factory workers.
Jack Murray, he said, was brother
Of George Murray. At Port Huron
he gave $40 or $50 to Alex Murray.
another brother. At Saginaw main
named Hickey" was given $25.
George Copeland a baggageman at
Saginaw, received $50 in several pay
ments. Moore said Doctor Smith was
fright there" when he gave out this
money.
Scatters Cash Broadcast.
Another trip described by Moore
took in Cadillac, Grayling, Boyne City
and East Jordan He got more money
from Floyd and gave Yardmaster
Murphy, at Grayling, $50. A foreman,
one Mason, at Grayling, received $40 to
500 Moore said and he named Earl
Farmer, an engineer at East Jordan,
as getting $50. Fred Curtiss at Boyne
City got half that amount. AT Battle
Creek a man named Mandel got $40
and Joseph Lardner. machinist at
Manistique, was given $40. according
to the witness.
On various trips to Flint Moore said
he gave Myers, a freight agent, $50 !;
A. r. Cole, yardmaster. So, and Ray
Larrabee of the interurban line $40.
"a man named Allen, an engineer"
of Battle Creek was mentioned as re-
ceiving $40, and Secretary Lloyd of
the Jackson branch of the relief asso-
citation $40. Moore said this money
was given him by Floyd at Grand
Rapids and Emery or Turner at De-
troit.
Moore then described trip he took
with George Murray, arranging for the
immediate meeting of the relief asso-
citation.
''Who paid the expenses?" asked
Daley.
'I did" said Moore.
"Out of what?"
"Out of my Newberry expense
money"