THE 'FRISCO "GRAFTERS"

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9305, 22 March 1907, Page 8

THE 'FRISCO "GRAFTERS"

CONFESSION OF CORRUPTION.

[PRESS ABSOOIATIOK.I (Received March 22, 10 a.m.)

LONDON, Maffdh 21.

The Times' correspondent also reports that members of the Board of Supervisors in San Framcisoo, in order to save itibemselves, nave confessed that each received tram t>be tmiibed railroads £8000 sterling. Schmitz and Ruef jointly received" £80,000 for securing to companies the privilege of substituting an overhead trolley system for cable lines. The Supervisors confessed that other extensive bribes -were aooepted. The game of tihe "grafters,", the coxrespondemb adds, is now "up."