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Show SAY !T WAS EASY TO ' BRIBE UliClM Uncovering of Graft in Pitts-burg Pitts-burg Furnishes New Sensations Sensa-tions for itfuckrakcrs. PITTSBURG, Dec. 2r, As was intimated yesterday the municipal corruption of Pittsburg has developed into one- of the most gigantic, sensational scandals In the history of" city governments In America. The seven councllmen nnd two bankers bank-ers arrested here Monday night for conspiracy con-spiracy and bribery were given a hearing hear-ing today before a police magistrate. Following Fol-lowing the introduction of startling testimony, testi-mony, which Implicated many councllmen at present unknown, all the defendants were held for court today. According to the testimony, it was an easy thing to brlbo a majority of tho council body of Pittsburg by the payment of sums ranging from ?100 to 5500. Tho charges wcro made that William Kran and John Klein, councllmen, had each accepted ac-cepted ?500 for the passago of an ordi nance. h Hustle Bail. " It was also testified, that six council-men council-men had divided 515,000 graft monoy recently re-cently in connection with the filtration 1,1 With the exception of Councllmen Klein and Wasson all tho defendants novo been released on ball, amounting In each case from $14,000 to ?30,000. ' "Other arrests aro likely to be made shortly." naid District Attorney Blakely tonight. Mr. Blakely took charge of the cos5 against the accused councllmen and lmukirs Immediately after the close of tho preliminary hearing before Police Magistrate K. J. Brady. "Every effort will be made by .this office of-fice to finish the work started by tho Voters' league," said Mr. Blakely. "Tho Voters' leoguo will probably continue Informations In-formations and cause arrest." of others connected with the scandal, but Independent, Independ-ent, of Mich action tho district attorney's offico will cause any arreMs which tho evidence we securo Justifies." Work for Grand Jury. A grand jury will bo empaneled January Janu-ary A, and It Is Htated tho cases against thy councllmen and former bankers will j be among tho first considered, Since tho hearing It has boon charged by thofie back of the inquiry that It has been necessary to pay to sucuru tln pa -ssugo of practically every measure recently bforo the council, and that the system i-ven reached prospective members of tho council, candidates bMng obliged to pledge themselves to "go along with tho crowd" or suffer defeat. It is nlso slated that a very smull number got tho bulk or th corruption funds, tho votes of others being be-ing secured for comparatively small sums, although the would-be briber was frfc-iuently frfc-iuently furnished a long lls.t of members who had to be "fixed." John F. Casey of West, Watur t Casey, who have contracts for ten of the filter beds in the city's nw water system, tonight to-night Issued a sworn statement denying all of tho accusations made against himself, him-self, his partners or his firm in tho hearing.". |