The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26

box Then l went back to court, and Dick
skip anc game to the door ana S Sahns TO me
oy4f, went 10 Llvernash's office ana ne SAID
nats the matter with your friend, John
SON. l replied, az don't know. He never
squeaied, because he is man that never
squealed In crooked business" Livernash told
me 70 go and see Johnson and report. went
20 Ine Bosrd of Trade and said to Johnson
Heiio, OLD man, how are you holding them z?
are going to do to US. Somebody gave the thing
away"
Hurley then told of going up to the new
City Hall, and how he was arrested on his
way home. Then he spoke of his lawyer,
were men trying to railroad him to States
prison. He said:
Forbes and Rooney came to me a week ago
last saturday with reporter and wanted me
70 make confession. That daZed me and
went out OF my head knowing that they had
soIo me. For three weeks they have been get
tlng Dlts OF information out OF me and brought
written confession for me to sign when I was
at the Receiving Hospital after l went out OF
my head.
They told me that my wife would get 800 if
would sign it, Last night made full state
ment 10 them and reporter, but 1T was not
pup.isneu thls morning. 30 to-day IN court
got up and told the court that my lawyer had
sold me.
AS to his corrupt actions on juries before,
and particularly in the Curtis case, he said i:
The first time was ever summoned on jury
It was In Judge Hebbard's court, and then
larry Larry Plper the deputy clerk III. in Wallace's
court, asked me If l would not like to go on q
Jury IN Murphy's court. He said that DR.. Halls
case was coming up, and there was money in
lt5probaoly $1,000 l said that was willing,
ana served in that court two or three weeks. I
was one OF the first twelve called in the Hall
case, but was excused
Alter that the Curtis case came up, and
Piper met me one day and asked me if I
wanted to make $4,000. He said: ~ am going
TO summon you in the Curtis case. There is
10000 In 1T for you" The time came and a
deputy sheriff was brought by Piper to sum-
mon me. Twas called and accented, and the
result is well known. Porter and stood out
during the trial Piper and met regularly
every night on Pine street. in lonesome place
between Pierce and Steiner. After the trial
was over didn't get bean. Piper said that
they didn't give him any. Mrs. Curtis came to
my mouse and offered me land in Berkeley,
which l went over to see, but didn't get it.
Mr.. Livernash, who was present in court
while Hurley was giving his testimony,
said last evening:
In the first place, Hurley's testimony to the
effect that he first approached me for the pur-
pose OF being employed in legitimate way in
getting up evidence, is disproved outside of
he called on Judge Darwin and laid before
him proposal of iury.bribing months
before his arrest and this is proved by the
bribing proposition had been made to him by
8 person whose name he withheld, but whom
Darwin now admits was Hurley. Beyond that
made no secret of the elements of Hurleys
offers TO me. informed my stenographer who
was present at the time Of Hurleys first visit.
Not that apprehended any trouble, but on ac-
count OF his open and unblushlng manner,
which made me doubt his mental balance.
Similar propositions have been made me in
this case by others, but they were not crazy
men, but people who meant business and
dropped the matter when they saw they could
do nothing with me. Hurley says that he was
engaged prior TO the Friday night, while the
jury was being empaneled, for several months
in doing legitimate business for me. He
couldn't name single person with whom he
acted in our behalf.
His statements as to the Friday night before
the Monday on which he was arrested as to me
are In the main true, as lar as the general
effect goes. On that night l did say to him
that ne would be paid if he could convince me
that he could secure jurymen; but this was
done solely for the purpose of exposing him.
For Immediately laid the trap, with the as
s1Stance OF others, that caused his arrest on the
following Monday
When he called on me he said az have Juror
already sworn in that case. His name is Nc
earthly. Had two, but you spoiled things by
peremptor1Iy challenging one OF them" He
said that could take or leave him, as / wished,
but that if did not agree to his terms could
expect no favors at the hands OF his juror. He
brought in on the Monday following he would
have the naming of ten by virtue of pull with
the Sheriffs Office. Then asked how was to
know that he really had this power
He responded that he didn't expect me to
pay for goods until satisfactory delivery had
been made and said that could arrange any
code OF signals by which his men on the jury
might prove that they were what he repre-
sented them to be, and after such proofs we
could arrange the money proposition. After
agreeing to his proposition Immediately saw
the parties who assisted in making the expos
ure, gave them all the facts and names.
1t was this, as Mr.. Livernash states, that
led to the arrest of Hurley on the follow
ing Monday.
Richard Mcdonald when seen at the Jail
last night fatty contradicted the whole of
Hurley's story as to himself, and also &C
cused Hurley of having tried to blackmail
him in the jail lately. He said:
regard Mr.. Hurley as either a lunatic or a
liar. Once, and only once, as l remember, did
ever meet him during the trial and that was
one evening when was walking from the court
room with Mr. Rock, Deputy Sheriff, to catch a
car. he met my detective and stopped to talk
went with him into saloon. While talking
to the detective some one whom had never
seen before, another stranger to me, came up
and began talking to me. What he said was:
Where is your father2 Is he going to help
you? Why don't he send you some money!"
He then went away cursing my father. That
was all that was said. The detective said to
me: "That is very dangerous man. You had
better be on the lookout for him.
We continued our conversation and left the
saloon with Mr.. Rock to catch the Car. Not
until saw Hurley pointed out TO me in court
by the detective as the man who spoke to me in
the saloon did know who he was. Before
that and after that have never had one word
directly or indirectly with him, and never have
spoken to him about jury bribery.
People here in the jail have told Hurley that
he ought to come to me and get money to keep
quiet and he has sent to me on two different
occasions. The first time he asked me to take
care of his family and the second time he
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