Show GRAfTERS M MIKE HOLY nOlY W WEEK 4 J i 7 45 r TIM by Former Mem Mem- ter ler Puts Councilmen on the Anxious Seat I I 1 H H Ht t 4 PITTSBURG Pa March Marth 21 4 01 J 1 Greater Pittsburg is again in ia 4 j of 1 the tho midst of a 4 I r graft scandal Capt Johnny 4 i i. r Klein about to be taken to the tho 4 1 I v western penitentiary under sentence sen- sen I 4 4 tence tenet for receiving money in in 4 4 1908 his vote in in the selection 1 of a city depository has made 4 I good his threat to pull down j I. 4 the props and let the sky fall 4 4 District Attorney Blakely Blakel told I 1 4 v the whole story to Judges 4 I 4 v and Cohen in criminal courts tov to- to 4 0 v day I. I H H HI I PITTSBURG Pa March 21 Holy Holy I week has begun as a confessional season season sea sea- i son among men who sit or have ave sit sat in inthe inthe inthe i the legislative councils of P Pittsburg I and it is to experience says District Attorney William am A A. A Blakely an exposure exposure ex ex- I of municipal graft so malodorous malodor ous th that t citizens will gasp The ball which which little Captain Capt i John K Klein set r rolling by c cOnfession confes confession cOnfes- cOnfes sion of his bribe taking and of f the alleged al implication of sixty or mo more cou councilmen councilmen coun- coun of his bis' bis day has already drawn with it up to d d data an n admission of guilt in one degree or another from froma a dozen of his associates About graft tainted dollars it is alleged were involved in the effort effort ef ef- ef fort of SIX BIX banks in Pittsburg to buy votes in 1908 in favor of an ordinance making the banks depositories depositories de de- de- de for the city city's s money noney Klein convicted as 1111 a principal in the bribe taking would have gone ono to lo the penitentiary today for a three and a half year term but at the elev eleventh nth hour he turned back in wrath nath at his friends whom he be charged with desertion desertion desertion deser deser- tion and told all Family Really in Want A wife and twins Klein was to leave behind with a mere for sustenance sustenance sustenance nance during his prison term he said and aud when none of his bis partners in guilt would pass the hat hat to provide for his family he thought it time to tell Now Klein is in fair prospects it is said of getting an early earTy pardon or escaping punishment altogether er for his exposures An extraordinary session cession of the grand jury Was called caned today to hear Kleins Klein's story but the tho probe is to go farther ai said the district attorney today today to to- day and a n variety of petty grafts aro to be brought to light Evidence is at hand band he said to the effect that Councilmen councilmen coun- coun oilmen have collected money on liquor sold to disorderly houses and on Jewelry jewelry jew Jew- elry dry furniture and clothing purchased by the inmates The privilege of gambling gambling gam gam- bling it is said was also sold Bold by bI councilmen and the tIre varied from to 1000 a week The white slave trade says an official of the tho Voters Voters' league is also to receive re to- attention Detectives it is d de declared de- de elated have been at work on all alla Varieties varieties va Va- of wrongdoing for several months and the result promises to have the most purging effect that Pittsburg has haa ever known |