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Show ARRESTED 1 FOR CRIME Five Members of West Virginia Legislature Accept Bribe Charleston. W. Va . Feb. 11 Fiv? 'member of the Went Virginia legislature legis-lature were ;trresied today on wer-Irant8 wer-Irant8 issued at the instance of tho prosecuting attorney The men arrested ar-rested are Senator B. A Smith of tb-- Fourth district; Delegates S. U G ; Rhodes of M'ngo county. Dr T. J. siv.ir. Putnam county; Dnvid E I Hill, Mason county; Ralph Duff, Jack- son connty. The five are charged with having 1 accepted $20,000 for voting for Wil-hlam Wil-hlam Seymour Bdwardi for United ; States senator Rhodes ia alleged to have received $15,000, Duff. $20n& and1 the other three $1000 each After It j lis filleted, they were given the money I they were taken Into anotl r room at the hotel, where they were arrested j I by Sheriff Bonner HIU and Proseeut- j Ing Attorney Town send |