Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-09-14 | Page 8 | Bribery and Perjury

BRIBERY AND PERJURY j Additional Information Is Tiled Against the St Louis Boodlo I GangS St Louis Sept 13Tho developments develop-ments today In the boofllo Investigation Investiga-tion were without special Interest Two sessions of the grand Jury iVorc hofd the witnesses examined being the same who had been before that b9dy during the past few days While no additional addi-tional bench warrants have been issued I is-sued nlnce Tuesday Circuit Attorney Folk feels satisfied with the progress made thus far The work before the grand Jury today to-day was put back somewhat by the preparations of the Circuit Attorneys office for the habeas corpus proceedings proceed-ings before the Supreme court next Monday To prevent the possible release I re-lease on a writ of habeas corpus of the five prisoners now under arrest on the charge of bribery and perjury in connection with the city llghtlngdcal Circuit Attorney Folk tonight filed In I formatlonK against all the defendants charging bribery and perjury I It has been expected all day that Delegate Charles F Kclley would surrender sur-render hlmcelf to the Circuit Attorney but he failed to appear and none of the Sheriffs deputies or the police were able to find him The refusal pC Adolph Wallncr who had promised togo to-go on lila bond to become surety finally fin-ally for Kelly was perhaps tho reason for his nonappearance Circuit Attorney Folk in an Interview Inter-view tonight said of a certain phase of the Investigation In which ho is engaged en-gaged I hope when I have finIshed this crusade that the directors of wealthy corporations who devote largo sums of money to buy legislation will reallre they have committed a penal offense I have several of thin class under Indictment In-dictment now and a few of them In stripes will be a most beneficial example exam-ple to the many respectable gentlemen gentle-men who sit on boards of directors and deliberately vote to furnish money to debauch public ofllclftls for corporate gain at the peoples expense