The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-07

might nave some influence Ill BetiiliS lLS b1aii :"
pO lie asked me who 1t was. said an old friend
of mine, MI. Ed b. Reed the County recorder
OF San Francisco. ] have letter here resnect-
Ing il, and told nm would at the proTer time
assist his friend in getting man upon the force.
Mr.. Lawrence then left me- itlt certain lhen
that there an attempt being lnaue ny MIN "
bring me inlO some lll-repute.
/ Teturned To Sacramento on Sunday night. On
Monday morning Mt Belau approached me IN
the Sergeant-al-Arms' room aud asked me u
would recommend man Tor place upon the
polCe force in San Francisco; that there was
money ia II. l said: " mol l viii not" and
came TlEht INTO me Assembly hohi MN d. 'H"V
lime. -
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHNSTON.
He came 10 friend of mine who Is connected
with the State Library. page came to my desk
saving tina. couple OF gentlemen wanted 10 see
me outside l went out and found there MIR.
johnston, the Stale Printer, aud Mr.. GoVan,
member Of the City Central Committee.
Mr.. Johnston Is the Chairman OF The CITY Cen
trail Committee and Mr.. Johnston stated: I'VE
are going 10 run short OF funds with which TO pay
The table men and the expense OF printing the
tickets"
Ii e said, " You will help us out win your l
said, Yes, l Will" Win mat ! started down
and at that moment Mr.. Leake came TO me and
thanked me for what / had done aud saiG;
- Come into the library, want to talk with you
AT that moment my brother came along ana we
all went into tie library. call OF the House, IL
seems, was ordered Willie was there, and some
body informed me that The doors were Closed.
care TO be brought into The House under arrest.
aud as Gid not believe anybody knew wheIe 1
was, stayed there few minutes.
Mr.. Goyan and Mr.. Johnston were Sltt!ng Ut
the table talking about tile political nght 10 come
OF next Tuesday. My brother was sitting In the
room somewhere and Mr.. Leake somewhere else
wien | said ] would go ana see what lney
wanted in the House. / came I'D anu Iounu tue
road law SIN under discussion aud went BACK,
aud as went back MI. Belan approaches ne
ana told ME to come into the Library. SAID,
IAN right" lie said Il want 10 int Uduce you
10 Nj. Jones"
THE TRANSACTION WITH JONES.
did not EXPECT the plot would thicken so
quick. went Immediately TO him ane Mr.. BE,
Tau stepped away. / called him back because
desired Witnesses to the transaction. lApplause.l
Mir. Jones made proposition the first time
thai / ever saw him. | said. IAN right, what
Kind OF Il letter do you want?" ana | wrote u.
Ii was miSdated, because II should have Oeeu
March Sd, Instead OF February Sd.
Now" he said, we have got 10 nave SioO
ont OF this for three" naming Mr.. Belau aud
himself, but moi naming the lhlrd party.
l SAID An light" aud took out what money
! had, and II lacked $50 OF being $3.50. walked
III the library room and closed The door Oehind
me, and SAID to Il gentleman, Il have the -
49," and held The check up IN my hand
THE BORROWED COIN.
went to Mr.. Leahe and l said, i want you
TO let NE have some money" tAprlauseI l
said TO Mr.. Leake, 81 want some money"
How much do you want" he SAID.
Il want SSO,' ana l said, II can deposit the
chez, with you until morning"
Mi. leake was a member OF The opposite pO-
litical party and did mol choose 10 tell him any
OF lie facts with regard 10 II.
He stepped out for a moment and then came
back. Those gentiem n, however, didn't go on
ana ask NE about Il because they did not know
or any Of the others know what l Was doing. MI.
Leake came back ana said | could not get the
money outside. He said, Il have some money
in The safe and YOU can have that" | handed
him the check and he said, III Is for S4OO' l
saiG, Yes, you can cash II IN the morning"
Aud / want TO call your attention TO this fact:
Tie eason l desired This check caShed was that
| might be able not only 10 Trace The man VINO
DuI W tile job, but 10 trace The man who forged
the signature upon The check.
On Tie next morning Nj. Leake went early 10
the bank, and notified me that lie had cashed the
check. / went IN and paid him the balance due,
aud took $3.50 IN my hand and walked directly
nom The State Library TO the Office OF the State
PIlntrr ana placed The $3.50 IN his hand, told
him 10 mark il as coming tom NE and would
luHy acqU1Int HIM with HE matter hereafter.
Applause and cheers.
AN ATTORNEY STEAKS.
These ale facts that can prove by reputable
men. ! make this statement at this time TO let
You gentlemen know that was acting III good
faith and knew what | was doing all the llmei
and l knew that thiS man Lawrence was black
mailer ana attempting 10 backmdll me upon Tie
floor OF this Assembly.
APPLAUSE FOR DRUNER.
long and enthusiastic outburst of applause,
brOoeu only by cheers, followed Burners speech.
A LAWYERS STATEMENT UNDER OATH.
He arose again wien tile applause had sub
sided ana asked permission TO have one witness,
then present, testify IN his behalf. The witness
was Franklin Bull, lawyer, who has an 0flce
on Pine street, san Francisco aud Is here TO ad-
vOc#te lie passage OF the Connolly Claim BIZ.
BupS statements given under oath, were TO the
effect that Law erce. the Examiner correspond
ent, was bidCkmaiier, who had tried o obtain
$4,000 from him as 4 reward for saving nothing
against the claim. 81 am here advocating tie
Justice OF Inc Connolly Claiu, Sald MI. bulli
land there are few members with whom l have
not cOnYeTsed on tie subject. There Is not
member TO whom have offered one cent ioI his
vote on The bill.
ION Monday preceding the 14th of January D.
NJ. Delmas came to my office aud asked me 10
lake charge OF The bill. lie gave me letter OF
mtIOduC Ion to MIS-. Zimmerman, whose hus-
baud advanced $50, 600 10 Peter Connolly while
lie vas doing the work upon the street IN 1869,
and who il, Of course interested In tile Passage
Of this bill She employed me TO lOOk after tie
bill, telling me Thar Lawrence. whose wife IS
old acquaintance of hers, had solicited from her
tie privilege OF looking after the claim. she de-
ciined 10 employ hun. but before Lawrence went
TO Sacramento lie had told her son-ln-law 1heo-
dOre Nan, that lie would look AFTER the bill and
would wire him with regard 10 its progress.
Mau wanted 10 know what lie should do in The
premises, and was advised TO leave the matter
with me. made my contract with Mrs. Him
meImau on Saturday, and Oh Sunday Lawrence
came 10 my Office ana said he understood l had
taken The contract 10 look after the pill and
asked me what was going TO 90 with him.
WANTED a BIG SACK.
90 told him | would see Mrs. Zimmerman
about II. Subsequently | met linn IN Sacra-
mento, when he demanded $4,000 of me,
threatening that II did not give him The money
he would burn me up in the Examiner and would
feat the bill. | saw Mrs. Zimmerman aud advised
her TO give Lawrence something to keep him
from defeating tile bill. She offered In the
~ eSeuce OF Witnesses to give HIM $1,000. lie
refused to accept The money saying that he would
have The $4,000 from me Or lie would burn Inc
up. ! tod him TO 90 ahead and burn me up. He
said, The bill is all tight, but must have the
money to settle with The newspaper boys l re-
fused 10 give him anything"
Mr.. Bulls statement contained no other matter
OF Importance.
DENOUNCED AS A BLACKMAILER.
Bruner denounced Lawrence as all mpudent
miScreant and scouIdrel and demanded that
BULBS statement should be as widely disseminated
as the charge made by the Examiner against him
had been disseminated.
On motion of MI. BledsOe the Speaker ap-
pointed the fOllOwing-named committee, VINO
Will meet tomorrow night TO investigate the
charges made against Mr. Bruner; Assembly
men Bedsoe. Harnard, GalbraitL Mccall Gould,
h.athews aud Arms. The last three are Demo
erals.
LAwRENCE's DENIAL.
Correspondent Lawrence denies the truth of
Lawyer Bulls slOly and says Bull offered him
$4,000 with which 10 bride The representatives
called by the Examiner tonight.
Grove l.. John sou Will represent the Examiner
In the investigation TO be made tO-mOr ow night,
aud VIII probably represent II In suit TO recover
The $500 obtained by Bruner, which your cor
respondent is Informed on good authority has
been brought against the Assem6yman. One
Of The meu who 1t is alleged assisted the Exam
iuer ia emit apping Bruner was assaulted by
one OF Burners friends last night.
Tie Police Commission Of San Francisco tele.
graphed the House to make The investigation.
The dispatch was as follows:
san Francisco, March 5, 1891.
Hon. Frank i. COOH6s, Speaker of the assembly,
Sacramento toL: AT a special meeting OF the Board
of Police Commissioners held Thursday, March 9Th.
the undersigned directed to telegraph TO the
the legislative House over which he presides to
make thorough ingest igatiOn into the scandal
caused by the charge published in this mornings
Examiner against Assemblyman Brunor in connec-
ton with the sale of police appointments In San
Francisco. X. Z. HANMoSD,
President Police Commissioners, San Francisco.
THE BATTLE BEGUN.
The great battle OF the session-the battle be-
tween the tools Of the bosses aud the representa-
lives OF lie peOple-waS Openrd in the Assembly
THIS evening. The clerk read the ballot law in
Gfoduced at the request Of the State Grange and
the Federated Trades as IL WAS amended and
passed the Senate. He read IL in drawing
monotone That permitted tile sOlODs 10 attend 10
other matters undisturbed. Ex-Judge Mcguire
conveTsed for a few moments with Mr.. Dibble,
who attends the session with great regularity,
aud joined the representatives of the Trades
Council and Grange who were waiting patiently
for the onslaught. Dlb6le, when The clerk had
finished reading tbe bill, asked whether there
were any amendments 10 The bill, and he looked
nv m liSau n Lad u I'M vy4la In