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Show INDICTMENTS HAIL ALLEGED GRAFTERS Men Alleged to' Have Stolen $30,000,000 From City of Chicago Chi-cago Must Face Trial. By Leased Wiro lo The Tribune. CHICAGO, Feb. 5. Fourteen indict-monts indict-monts wero returned todny by tho January Jan-uary grand jury in tho two big graft scandals arising out of tho construction construc-tion of tho Lawrence avenue intercepting intercept-ing sewer, ono small corner of the carnival car-nival of crimo and thievery in tho city hall, in which tho appalling sum of $30,-OOOjOOO $30,-OOOjOOO has been stolen from the people during the last two years. The following is the full list: "Shale rock". graft, John 3D. Fricson. city engineer, who helped expose graft in tho city hall. Michael .II. McGovern, president of M. II. McGovern & Co., contractors. Paul Redioske, until reccutlv assistant assis-tant commissioner of public works, who resigned under fire. Ralph Bonncll, ousted from his position posi-tion as assistant city engineer by tho civil service bonrd aftor "theft" of his note books on tho" "shale rock" excavations. exca-vations. Concrete graft: Michael McGovern, Paul Rodiesko, Ralph Bonnoll, J. C. Parks, assistant city engineer, who supervised su-pervised part of sower construction work; Otto NiehofX. secretary of M. II McGovern & Co.; Max Lnnguth, foreman fore-man for McGovern & Co.; George Moore, same'; Richard Burko, city inspector. in-spector. All of these men have been indicted before oxcept Ericson, who it was reported re-ported from a high source, was indicted only to make cortain his testimony on behalf of the state against the real grafters. Engineer Frtcson is loud in his denunciations de-nunciations of the grafters and it is tho goncral impression that hio resignation resig-nation has been askod for hoping lo shut him up, but ho defies the mayor and says he is a civil servico man ana will not resign. |