Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-04-08 | Page 4 | Returns to Take Chances in Court

RETURNS TD TAKE CHANCES II COURT Indicted SU Louis Millionaire Comes Home After Ten Years of Exile. ST. LOUIS, April 7. Ellis Wainwrlght. a millionaire brewer, who was In Europe when he was Indicted In 1001 on a chargo of bribery m connection with a street railway franchise, surrendered today to tho sheriff. Ho was released on $20,000 bond. Wainwrlght wan abroad when former Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folic, who later been mo governor, began probing the bribery scandals in St'. Louis. Ho was one of (ho directors of the St. Louis & Suburban Railroad company, whoso name. It Ik alleged, was signed to a note for SloS.OOO to secure the passage of a franchise fran-chise bill. Wainwrlght continued to resido In Paris. Efforts were in a do by Folic to extradite him, but wero unsuccessful, and Walnwrlght's friends havo tried to get Hie indictment nolle prosscd. The Indictment was returned on the testimony before the grnnd Jury of Charles 11. Turner, former president of the suburban railway, now dead. The transcript of the testimony has been kept In a sate deposit vault. Former Governor Folk, who as circuit attorney obtained tio Indictment,, was retained a year ago a.s special prosecutor In case Wainwrlght should return.