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Show MORE .ROTTENNESS EXPOSED. Another Sensation Sprung In the San Francisco Graft Cases. San Francisco. Five men wero arrested ar-rested Saturday afternoon and locked In sepnrato colls In the city prison, nc-cused nc-cused or conspiring to secure confidential confi-dential records and transcripts of evidence evi-dence or valuo to tho deronso In tho graft cases from tho private ofllcos of tho district attorney. They are: Heed N. Hamlin, confidential em-ployo em-ployo of District Attorney Lnngdon, nnd for two years private secretary to Dotcctlve William J. Burns; Al Mc-Klnloy, Mc-Klnloy, William Corbln. E. A. Piatt und Joseph Van Wormer. After his arrest Hnmlfn broko dowm and mndo a confession of his part In, tho nftalr. Ho was tho only man lii the district attorney's office who possessed pos-sessed n key to Burns' desk, nnd nlso tho combination to tho safe. It Is al-legod al-legod that Hamlin, ror a consideration or $200 a month, has been in tho practice prac-tice or transcribing records and documents docu-ments ho thought would bo or Importance Impor-tance to tho graft defenso and turning thorn over to McKInloy, wro Is declared de-clared to havo acted as a go-between. |