People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1895 — BRIBERY IN THE AIR. [ARTICLE]

BRIBERY IN THE AIR.

Money Said to Have Been Tiled Among Indiana Lawmakers. Indianapolis, Ind., March 7.—During these closing days of^ the legislature more charges of bribery have been made than can be recalled at any former session of the Indiana general assembly. All the proposed legislation against the railroads, including the anti-pass, two cent fare, and Pullman and similar measures, which were urged early in the sesssion, have been stifled, and it is said the railroad lobby has poured out money like water. There is also talk of the use of money in the fee and salary and the building loan bills. At the investigation of the Roby bill theft Clerk Agnew declared that A. F. Knott, an attorney at Hammond.had offered him $5,000 to lose the bill. Other witnesses said it was understood Knott was the attorney for Roby. As a climax to the promiscuous bribery charges Gov. Matthews yesterday received a communication on the Roby question charging that $2,500 had been sent to him. The governor made no comment on the letter, and the impression prevails that it is a mass of misstatements. An investigation may be held to determine the truth or falsity of these wholesale charges of corruption.