Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1906 — GREEN BAY IN LINE [ARTICLE]

GREEN BAY IN LINE

She Has a Great Sensation in Which There Are Twenty-Six Bribery Cases. Green Bay, Wis., March 23.—District Attorney Samuel H. Cady lias exploded one of the greatest sensations of recent years in this city. He appeared before the county board and applied for the appointment of a special assistant to work with him in prosecuting a total'of twenty-six alleged felonies whiyh he says he has uncovered, being municipal grafting" cases not touched by the grand jury Investigation of severe. years ago. First on the list was the arrest of Charles M. Carpenter, of Chicago, tho Barber Asphalt company’s Wisconsin agent, for alleged payment of a S4OO bribe to Alderiiian Henry Forth in 1901. Briberies Involving amounts from SIOO upwards, with only two for less than sr>o, are alleged In the forthcoming prosecutions.