The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
CAMPBELL WAS SHOCKED,
The StraW-Bond Business Car
ried Into the Grand
Jury Rooms.
A Bold Attempt at DecelVing His
Honor Tried With Poor
Success.

The Grand Jury had busy night of it
with the case of the straw bonds in Police
Judge Campbell's court, and an investiga-
ton into the charges against II. 81. Davis
who is said to have been connected with
Attorney Millspaugh, late of the Southern
Pacific claims department.
The waiting-room was filled with wit
nesses, some of whom appeared to be
greatly worried and anxious. Among
them was T. f. Barry, bondsman; Judge
Campbell, Davis and his friends.
Nearly the whole evening was taken
up with the investigation of straw
bond business in the case of
W. S. Pierce, alias Cohen, who was arrested
recently for swindling countryman out of
$1,000. Cohen got T. f. Barry who lives
on Clara street, and Tom Linahan, Barry's
neighbor, to go ON his bonds for $1,000
Judge Low refused to accept the bond,
which was subsequently taken by Judge
Campbell. When the time for Cohen's
trial arrived he was gone, but Barry had
homesteaded his property and Linahan
could not be found by the police.
A policeman caught Barry yesterday in
a saloon on Fifth street and served a sub
pena upon him, but Linahan lodged the
officer and consequently did not appear
before the Grand Jury last night when his
name was called.
Barry was asked if he had signed the
bond, and he replied in the affirmative,
which ended his examination. The other
witnesses called were Policeman Graham,
who arrested Cohen and had charge of the
case, Judge Campbell and Attorney Jones,
who is employed by the city to collect the
bond. Their testimony was in accordance
CALL.
While Judge Campbell was waiting to be
called he undertook TO approve bail bond
in the witness-room. He had met the
persons interested downstairs.
Come up" said he, "to the Grand Jury
witness-room with me. l have to be there
right away, and there's ink and pens up
there. III fix up the bond for you"
The two willing bondsmen wanted to get
Terry McCabe, charged with assault with
deadly weapon, out of Jail. McGabe is the
man who attacked and beat Policeman
Minehan in a saloon brawl few days ago
in a most vicious manner. His bail was
set at 5000. One of his would-be bonds
men gave the name of M. A. Walsh, and
said he lived at 421 Turk street.
land what property do you own? '' asked
Campbell in the witness-room last night
Lots as and AZ, near the Ingleside, re-
piled Walsh.
"Give me something more definite-the
subdivision, or block, or street." the Judge
demanded.
81 don't know; I think they are on ]
and H streets. Lot 46 is on the corner of
j and II streets"
But ] and ID streets run parallel to
each other" remarked Attorney Jones,
who was listening.
''Oh, well, am not sure. I forgot the
streets. think the block is block in
Sunnyside or Lakeviaw."
Campbell told him to go downstairs to
the Assessors Office to find out the exact
location of the lots. Walsh said ne would,
but he did not come back. Neither did his
partner, who said he lived at 231 Perry
street and owned the property there. After
waiting until near II o'clock, Judge Camp
bell threw the haif-written bond in the
fire.
'Now, that's what call downright gall >"
he exclaimed, "for fakir to come right
up here into the Grand Jury rooms to get
me on straw bond. I'll tell the Grand
Jury about it."
The case of III. II. Davis was continued,
only one witness, S. NJ Ewing of the rail-
road claims Office, being asked to testify re-
garding matters of record in his de-
partment.
George 7. Gaden appeared with a bottle
OF Lake MERGED water in his pocket, but
there was not time enough to hear his
statement "In the last three days" he
said, thousands of eggs of tapeworms
that had come from hog ranches in the
Lake MERGED watershed were found in
water taken from the lake."