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Show DETECTIVE ABBESTED j .ON SEBIOTJS CHABX3E. INDIANAPOLIS, May 23. Charged with trying to bribe Commissioner Edward Ed-ward Lougdon of the Board of Public Works, a man giving his name as Smith of St. Louis, who claims to be a detective in the employ of the Citizens' league,. of this city to run down the recent scandals that are under Investigation Investi-gation by the City Council, is under arrest. ar-rest. The charge against Smith Is that he offered Mr. Lougdon $1500 for permission per-mission to place 150 slot machines in the-city. It la asserted that he first approached ap-proached Lougdon Saturday and that he carried with him a telegram purporting purport-ing to come from a manufacturer of slot machines. ' |