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Show Joseph Ralph Burton, aenlor United States Honntor from Kansaa and a political leader of wide Influence throughout the West, waa aiuvlctod by a Jury In the United Htutes District Dis-trict Court at Ht. Louis March : of accepting compensation to protect the Inlcreeta of tha Rlalto drain Y Hxcur-Itles Hxcur-Itles Oompary, a ao-called "get-rlrb-qulck concern," before tho l'uatofflee Department at Washington. The Senator was found guilty on Big of tha seven couiita In tho Indict, ment On tho other count, tho third ona, a verdict of not guilty waa returned. re-turned. Thla third count la aliutlar In charge to thnt of counts one and two, and for thla reason tho government govern-ment announced at the beginning of tha trial thai It did not desire any cou-vletlon. cou-vletlon. Tha court ruled that tho Ronalnr'a bond of Srt.000 be continued, and that the defendant report from tlmo to time pending argumnnta on the motion for arrest of Judgment and other legal le-gal stepa taken prior to the appeal to tha United State Court of Appeals. The case establlshea tha procedent of a prosecution under aectlon 1782 of the revised statute of tho United State, which prohibit members of Congress from accepting compensation compensa-tion for their services In any cuso which Involve tho Interest of the federal fed-eral government. 8enatnr llurtun'a recourse la an appeal ap-peal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeala, which body Is the final arbiter ar-biter of hla case. Pending tha final action of that tribunal be may give bond and obtain temporary freedom. In the course of the trial It developed develop-ed that during hla term of office Senator Sen-ator Uurfn had total Income from hla law practice at Wasnlnnton amounting to nearly 1.5,000 a year. The evidence adduovd against Senator Sena-tor Ilurton may ba summarised as follows: First In November. 1001, he accepted accept-ed a proKisltlon to become general counsel of the Hla'tn Oruln at Securities Securi-ties ComH;:y. p concern whose operations opera-tions at the time wore under tha scrutiny scrut-iny of poatotnee officials. Second Ilurton demarded 5.Sn0 for hla services, but ha waa aatlsflej to be paid In monthly Installments of ir.OO each. Third Soon after his employment It developed that the federal grand Jury waa Investigating the llrooka Brokerage Broker-age Company, with which Major llii-th C. Dennis, pre-ddont of the Rialto Company, has been associated. Kourth In December, 11102, Dennis was Indicted; appealed to Burton for help. Fifth Numerous letters written by Murton showed that the Senator was using hla Influence to prevent the In-auance In-auance of a fraud order aKalnat the Rlalto Grain A Beeurltlo Company. Sixth Ilurton eubmltted regular report re-port to tho Rlalto people tolling them how mattera were progressing at Washington, advlalng them of reports filed at lha rostofTlce Department and closing l" th" "urneo thai "If yon look afior thing at your end of Uie line I wl" "'nd to manors here." Senator Burton waa Indicted In Jan-nary Jan-nary laat. Although, aa a member of Congreaa ho could not he arrcated until un-til afler that body adjourned, he vol- untnrlly aurrerdcred himself to th prosecuting suthor Ilea. lie was elected lo th Senate January Janu-ary 4. 1901. ao that he atill haa two yoare to serve. |