“GRAFT” SCANDALS
PRISONER “SQUEALS” 150 LEGISLATORS IMPLICATED. By Totarrapfc—Press Association—Copyright (Sydney "Son” Special Cable.) (Received July 15, 6.55 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 15. It is reported that Stephen J, St fl-u-ell, a prisoner in Sing Sing prison, has revealed to Mr Charles B. Whitman, the District Attorney, “graft” scandals implicating one hundred and fifty Senators and Congress non. Stflwell asks for pardon as a reward for “squealing.” [Stephen J. Stflwell is an ex-New York State Senator. He was sentenced on May 28th last to four years’ imprisonment on a charge of having demanded 3500 dollars from a bank president to defeat a certain Bill m the State Legislature.]
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8481, 16 July 1913, Page 7
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