Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — UPHEAVAL HITS THEM [ARTICLE]

UPHEAVAL HITS THEM

Eighteen Best Citizens of Pennsylvania, Including a Congressman. Arrested. * THEY AKE ACCUSED OF “GRAFT Result of the Republican Revolt in the Quaker City. Culprits Will Have a Chance Now to Explain Those Bills for the ~ New State Capital Building. Harrisburg, Pa.. Sept 19. The long-expected arrests of those held to be responsible for the frauds committed in the furnishing and decorating of Pennsylvania’s $13,000,000 capitol have been made, the attorney general causing warrants to be issued for fourteen of the eighteen persons and firms named by the capitol investigation commission as being Involved in the scandal. Those for whorh warrants were Issued are: Joseph M. Huston, architect; Stanford Is. LeWts, Huston's assistant; John H. Sanderson, chief contractor for furnishings; Representative H. Burd Cassel, head of the firm contracting for steel filing cases; Jas. H. Shumaker, superintendent of public grounds and buildings; George F. Payne and his partner, Charles G. Wetter, builders of the capitol; William P. Snyder, audlto/ general; William L. Mathues, Media, Pa., ex-state treasurer; Charles F. Kinsman, Wallis Boileuu. John G. Neiderer and George K. Storm, stockholders in the Pennsylvania Bronze company; Frank Irvine, auditor in the auditor general’s office. Accused Were looking for Trouble. Nearly all the defendants, who had been informed by the attorney general of the action be had taken, appeared during the flay, waived a hearing and entered ball for their appearance. Several were unable to appear because of illness and wllLmftk® their appearance