Show MORE CRAfT I IN Story of SmoKy City Graft Graf Is Growing Worse r and Worse PITTSBURG Pa March 25 Twenty five e former and present members memo mem bers bern of the city councils of this city were indicted by the grand jury to to- day day Immediately upon handing banding down the first twenty five twenty indictments the tle grand jury jury reported six six additional true pills bis bills against former councilmen making making mak male indictments ing a total of thirty one The Tho grand grana jury presentment in part follows Our investigation covered the passage by councils of resolutions and ordinances providing for the tho tl designation designation tion ton as depositories of Pittsburg Pitsburg for forthe forthe forthe the four years beginning February 1 1909 of the tho following banks The Farmers' Farmers Deposit National bank banle the Columbia National bank the Second National bank the German National Na National bank of Pittsburg Pitsburg and the tho German Ger German man National bank of Alleghany We find that William Brandt Charles Charle Stewart John Klein Joseph Wasson Watson and Hugh Ferguson members of the city councils conspired the so solicit s so solicit licit and receive the tho sum of each of the banks paying except except ex except the Workingmen's Savings Sayings and Trust company which paid We Vc further futher find these five men men assigned as as- signed sinned the handling and soliciting of ot bribes from banks to certain individuals usIa all al but one of whom were members mom memo bers of the clique Stewart was assigned assigned as as- signed to collect this money Stewart we find met an n. named man in a New York hotel in in May 1908 Stewart and the tho unnamed man man exchanged duplicate cards and the unnamed man left a bundle bunde containing con con- taming on the bed of tew tew- art arts art's room The Tho report further tells tes in in detail of the handling of the bank bribe money The directors of the banks named as city eity depositories are aro called caled upon to investigate who paid for each of the banks set forth in the presentment andreport andreport and andreport report the tho same to the grand jury not later than next Monday Three indictments were ordered reported reported re reo re- re ported a against William Wilam Brand Charles Stewart and Hugh Ferguson Fergson all al former members of or councils and all al of whom have already been indicted The grand jury made formal demands to be returned next Monday upon the directors of six city depositories for information information in in- in formation as to what they had done and andare andare andar ar are doing toward ferret ferreting ng out the extent extent extent ex ex- ex- ex tent of bribery operations carried on in investigations in connection with the graft graf cases cas s. s The grand jury also demanded whatever knowledge they have of implications in their respective respective re re- institutions and orders the return return re re- re- re turn tur of city deposits The presentment states that the investigation is IS not complete com corn riete anti and all every effort efort will wi be he made to bring out the whole chole hole truth The calling of bank directors into court is believed t to promise one of tho the bi biggest st m Ints in the expose Accompanying the returned true bills bis the grand jury handed down a twenty page typewritten statement covering the whole graft exposure This statement Itis it itIs i Is said contains the names of or every ever one so far connected with the graft anti graft ant crusade crusade crusade cru cru- sade and lays bare the entire entre council council- counci- counci manic frauds for the past three years ears It I is possible the court will wi order furher further further fur fur- ther her Indictments on the strength of the jurys jury's presentment Names mentioned men men- mentioned toned in the presentment have for the greater part been heard before in the present exposure The startling phase of the presentment is the large sums of money which accordIng accord accord- acord- acord Ing log to the grand jury have ha-e been passed in the various bribe giving and taking processes Immediately after returning the three Indictments the grand gand ury jury resumed its is sessions The men indicted today have ha been on the grill gri for three days Yesterday the district attorney committed Brand to the penitentiary According to the district distrct attorney Brand Stewart and Ferguson Fergson had arranged with their attorneys to tell tel stories stores to the authorities collectively sayIng saying saying say say- ing that each Each only knew a part of the stor story and it would not be bE complete unless each told his story In the presence of the other |