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Show GRAND JURY AFTER BRIBING BANKERS Pltterwirg. April 12. All further probloc of councllnifinlc bribery wis temporarily sunpended by the adjourn, rot-nt of the special Jury until Monday. Mon-day. Jn tho meantime u is expected Frank N. Hoffntot, president of the Pressed S'eel Car company and of the Second National bank, sow under In-dictraent In-dictraent in connection with bribery or cfluncilften, would bo brought from New York to anwor indictments al-resdj- found Extradl'ton papers were ruad? out today and tonlzht an asetstant district dis-trict attorney loft for HarrUburc. where Governor Stuart Is ejjiected tn itn tbeni tomorrow. The.ipper will tben be prcf.entod to Governor Hughes at Albany, probably on Thursday. Upon Governor Hughes' signing the papers HolTptot .contrary to the usual procedure, will not be placed in the custody of an officer, but -will be expected ex-pected o appear before the Allegheny county courts when his presence Is demanded. This concession was made because of the standing of his counsel, Fonaer C4ty Solicitor Y. B. Rodgers who promised to produce his, client when extradition was granted. Refusing to strike down the entire array of talesmen serving in the graft grand Jury because iTarrson Neblt, tho former national bank examiner, was alleged to be incompetent to serve, as he is not a qualified elector, under the act of 1RC7, Judge Robert S. Fraser today administered another blow at the bulwarks of the defense. Tho question waa raised by Attorney W. T Brennan, counsl for peveral In. dieted councllmen. Judge Fraser look the ground that (he provisions of the act of 1867 are only directory, and that If through nn i oversight p man who was not competent compe-tent was choson to act and does act. his acts wcrn valid. "To hold otherwise, especially after Indictments hie been found by a grand Jury, would be to open th door to endless confusion and cause unnec- I essary delay In the administration of rjustlce," said the Judge. Emll Winter, president of the Work- ingmen's Savings & Trust company, who pleaded nolle contendere to tho charge of bribing Morris Einstein, a former select councilman, was attain before the grand Jury today. Former Director of Public Works A. R Shepherd. Shep-herd. V". A. Chamberlain, auditor of the Pressed Steel Car company: Cashier George G. Schmidt of the German Ger-man Natonal bank of Allegheny, and Arthur E. Raun. confidential agent of the fame bank, wore among others questioned by the grand Jury. |