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Show III RUSH TRIAL OF ALLEGED GRAFTERS 1 Diggers Into Pittsburg Scandal Have No Intention of Wast-; Wast-; ing Valuable -Time... PITTSBURG. Doc. 2S. Attorneys for tho prosecution in the alleged corrupt practices of Pittsburg councllmen and two former bankers under arrest declare the trials will be urged to a speedy conclusion. District Attorney Blakeley todny said he would try to have tho cases disposed of beforo tho municipal election In February, at which the councllmen arrested ar-rested are candidates for re-eloction. Attorneys At-torneys for the defendants say that they will be ready to meet the charges at uny time. In connection with tho nllogcd bribing of councllmen by bankers to secure deposits, de-posits, of city funds, It In eald the plan I followed was to have the banks' Now York correspondents forward tho amount of tho alleged corruption fund to another Pittsburg bank, to tho credit of the councilman coun-cilman negotiating the bribery deal, he to make distribution to the othor council-men. council-men. Some of the most wary councllmen councll-men operated through safety doposlt boxes, but others wrote chocks against the fund. It is said a number of these checks will be presented as evidence. This feature. fea-ture. It Is said, has been receiving tho attention of the fedoral agents. President Roosevelt, It Is believed, has been instrumental in-strumental in prosslng the federal Investigations In-vestigations since the first suggestion of Irregularities by national bankers reached the department of Justlco. |