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Show ALDERMEN ARRESTED Sensational Charges Against Detroit Officials-Accepted Bribes Detroit, July 27. Eight aldermen and the secretary of the common council committees were placed under arrest yesterday evening on charges of accepting bribes' and conspiracy to accept a bribe for their votes and influence in-fluence in the passage of a measure affecting city property recently transferred trans-ferred to the Wabash railroad. At least six other1 arrests of aldermen alder-men are expected7 and it is alleged chat $3,700 passed hands In sums of from $100 to 1,000. The bribery was consummated and he arrests accomplished accom-plished under the personal supervision of Detective William J. Burns. The officials arrested are: Thomas Gllnnan, president of tho council, who is alleged to have received re-ceived 1,000; E. R. Schreiter, Jr , secretary sec-retary of council committees and also secretary of the American League of Municipalities, who is charged with conspiracy to bribe and agreeing to accept 500; -Alderman Jos. K Thol-son, Thol-son, said to have accepted 500, Alderman Al-derman Martin J. Ostrowski, alleged to have received 200; Alderman Louis Tossy, said to have received 200; Alberman FYank J. Mason, Alderman Al-derman Lous Brown and Alderman Delmel, the last three being charged with accepting 5100 each "Honest Tom"' Confesses. Alderman Gllnnan has long been known In city politics as "Honest Tom." When arrested this afternoon it is said he turned over $1,000 and made a complete confession Schreiter. Schreit-er. who It Is claimed by the authorities, authori-ties, engineered the, affair, was arrested ar-rested In his office. He had not received re-ceived any money, 'but the officers claim he went to the offices of the detectives who were acting under the guise of Wabash officials to get his money and discovered the officers, who had just arrested Glinnan. The detectives claim they have caught their men not,' only with marked mark-ed money, but by telephoneic testimony testi-mony and photographic records The Investigation which culminated In the arrests today ha3 been going on since Foburary ,vhen rumors of graft began to assume serious proportions. Mayor Thompson sought the services of detectives de-tectives and Andrew A. Green, a prominent manufacturer, agreed to finance the investigation. Caught In Trap. Soon after It was begun the Wabash railroad applied for the closing of a Detroit street on the grounds that it wuntod to increase Its shipping facilities. facili-ties. The application was held up in tho council for a time. Then suddenly the couricil granted the application by the vote of several members ho had previously opposed the measure. Meanwhile tho Burns operatives, who represented himself to bo a land agent for tho Wabash, had been at work. He had. according to the charge, entered into negotiations Tith the secretary of the common council committee. Eventually it was decided, it is alleged, al-leged, that several who had been opposing op-posing the street measure would withdraw their opposition for one hundred dollars each. Some of the aldermen, however, are said to have held out for more. It was then agreed that different amounts would, if necessary, nec-essary, bo allowable, and yesterdaj the aldermen began to draw their money. The last person to receive his share, it is declared, was Gllnnan. The arrest of Tom Glinnan tho council leader, Is most commented upon. It Is said he already has filed his petition for nomination for mayor In the fall election. |