Show EFFRT TO t SAVE iUAY Attempts to Bribe Iembers at the I Pennsylvania Legislature t LegislaFre VOTES FOR JURY BILL + uRY MERS OFFERED FOM 500 T lOOO EACH EAC f Akeq t Vote For Mea Intended t Assist Quay I Packing iJu Mmber Were Promised Something Some-thing God O Oter il a ton etiony t Harrisburg Pa March 7A meeting oC the committee to Inquire Into the charge of briber in connect n with the passge 9f the 1lcCarel jury bill in the house was held this evening and develOped some senstona testimony Jho frt wItess called was Colonel George Xox McCain staff correspond eat at Harrisburg of the Philadelphia Press 1Icain sad that Peter J Cris te representative from Northumber loi f + 1i 1l + 1 hn Q on P h d bY da d i d preached by an individual and told I that it would be worth 1000 to him to I vote for the reconsideration of the bill I Subsequently he amited to the witness wit-ness that i was exRepresentatve Thomas Moyles oC Wieesbare who sad he wanted the bill to become a law as i would help him out in a case of Luzerne county in which he was a defendant John P Dwyer also of the Press testified tes-tified that Representative John Engler of L cominl county told him that hemet he-met Michael J Costello a former resident resi-dent of Wiiamsport and escorted him to the Bolton house Harrisburg where they met oxSenator John J Coyle of T m il I Sehuylklll county Mr Coyle told Eng I I IeI that he understood he was a Roman I Catholic und asked him th Iota for the bill because Archbishop Ran wanted it to become a law Witness said Coyle told EngI i he would pay him 500 to vot for the bill and put his had in his pOtket and sad he give him 200 at once Coyle said he used to do this when he was a member of the legislature legisla-ture and that if Engler woula go along on this bill he would put him 1n on several other bills and that he could make more on the outside than his saaD a a member of the house Mr Engler refused to accept the money and left Coyle 11 Engler testified that Costello met I him at tie Bolon house nail took him to a room at the Lchlel hotel and introduced I in-troduced him to exSenator Coyle Coyle said he used to be il the legisla tur and hat he tool everything that clme his Way Engler corroborated Dw ers testimony as to Coyles alleged offer of 200 to vote for the bill and to pay the balanc when the witness voted and that if Engler would go along on this bill he would tae him in on five or six other bills 111 Crlst said he knew 1Ioyles and was a member of the house with hIm in HOt lroyl s told witnss that there were three in it i he would vote for the bill royles saw the witness subsequently sub-sequently and asked hIm to vote for the reconsideration of the bill Moyles wag under Indictment In Luzere count coun-t for conspiracy and said he was anxious anx-ious tu have the hill passed About this time eSenator Coyle came In and sid I to wines You vote for the lcaTrel bill and leave the rest to meAn r me-An hour later M01leJ roiled Ciiste out into the hallway and urged him to move for the reconsideration of the IcCar rel bill Moylea told Criste what to say when he made the motion and pomiscd if he would make the motion there would be 1000 in it for the wit nl Criste told Moylea to write out what he wanted him to say when he made the motion and wjie hewas do tog so the bill came up and Crista went 110 the house and voted to adJourn to prevent a rcconsdeaton c the bill 1Ir Criste said that after adjournment Coylecumo to him and told him he mad a mistake in not voting for the bill al fellow over there p ting to insurgents thc witnesa said wee being taken care of This remark create geeral laughter laugh-ter Mr Vcorhees of the committee askel that fessr Coyle Costello and Moylea be cled that the be given a clance to testy in their betlf Chhibnan Few saicLtheC men could not testify before the committee and that they be change If the matter would given a i mater was talenlntq the courts The com mite adjOurned until tomorrow t S |