The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED ,
Merchant L. w. MCGlauflin
Says That He Will Fight
to Finish.
YOUNG BREssE STILL AWAY
Exporting of the Books Furnishes
Further Evidence of a Sig
nificant Character.

81 have very little to say concerning
| Bresse, the Fair trustees or any one else
| Just at present" said L. w. McGIauf1in
yesterday, ''as 1 do not care to give NV
enemies any advantage, h?' Winding mn
his sentence with that little trick he has Of
| giving an interrogative infection to his
utterances, whether they be direct. en-
| phatic or tentative.
HAS Mr.. Bresse been found?''
mo, sir; and 1 don't think he will for
the present. eh?"
| And Smiths vanishment is as com.
| plete as ever?'
Exactly, and I think he will stay van
ished for while, eh? ?"
| Mr.. McGlaufin volunteered no asser-
| tions relative to the case, except to say
that he YVES pleased with the way in
which the CALL had treated him. Il am
| free to express myself as deeply gratified
with the manner in which the CALL has
| handled the whole affair from beginning
| to end. l have every reason to remember
that the paper was the first to give the
story to the public and from its initial in
| formation on the proposition up to the
present time it has been fair, authentic
and interesting. Beyond that | am not
talking. Therefore, | shall have to ask YOU
to excuse me-"
The assertion that Mr.. McGlaufin has
not changed his original opinion regard
| ing his former partner and other matters
discussed by him within the last few days
means: First, that the exporting of the
| books has confirmed the suspicious origi-
nally entertained concerning Dresses mu-
! tilation thereof, and second, that he ham
! died them in such a way as to keen his
partner considerably IN ignorance of the
| firms transactions in detail, and that
| Bresse had more to do with Smith, The
missing bookkeeper, than any other man
| in the Office.
Mr.. McGlauhin has allowed it to be
| plainly inferred that he was suspicious of
| Bresse some time before Smiths mysteri-
Gus disappearance, and since then it is
| obvious he kept his weather eye" on the
| young broker Mr.. Collins, the receiver.
| is satisfied that the man who mutilated the
books OF the firm was not as familiar with
| them as would naturally have been the
man who worked on them daily and was
in the habit of turning to the pages of the
! individual accounts without referring to
the index.
THAT is shown" said Mr. Collins, "by
| the way in which the work was done. 1t
| was whole hog or none with him, and he
| cut wide swath with the valuable folios.''
Mr.. Collins declined to commit himself
! in the matter of detective surveillance at
! the California Bank, but ii was asserted
/ by two responsible brokers on Change
/ yesterday that two or three detectives were
/ employed in the case. One of the secret
service men is devoting his time tracing
/ young Bresse; while the others are keeping
a close watch at the bank in the hope of
| bouncing on one of Bresse's checks.
prominent broker whose office is not
far from that of McGlau1in & Co.. said
yesterday: ''If you will promise not 70
drag my name into this affair | will give
you an expression of opinion" He con-
! tinued:
| I thought the thing would have come ont be-
1 fore, but see now that day or two will be re-
quired to develop the lead for the public graft
| fication. 1t will turn things upside down when
! it comes, and it will be surprise, if not
| shock, to many who are on Change. / cannot
go further than TO say that when it comes it
! will be q sensation.
There is something rotten at the bottom of
! the whole thing, and in day or two will be
able to let yen use my name and the informa-
ton 10 which refer.
Mr.. McGlaufiin has been operating with
his usual nerve on Change during the last
few days, and those who thought he in
| tended TO give up prior to the final settle
ment OF the partnerships affairs were
disappointed. Two days ago Mr.. Nc
Glaufiin bought several thousand tons,
and Friday he turned up as smiling as
usual and was one of the central figures OH.
the floor. -.
Louis C. Breese, the late Senator Fair5
private secretary and brother of the miss :
ing young broker, said yesterday: 81 have
not concerned myself with what the papers
have said in the premises have not seen
my brother and have no idea where he is;
neither do l suffer any worry about him.
| have not read the papers to-day, having
been so busy with other affairs not con-
nected with the notorious wheat deal"
There Is just at present that ominous
silence which broods over contending
forces on the eve of great battle. 1t is
the silence of expectancy, and the devel-
opments are awaited with deep and unfiag-
ging interest. Mr.. McGlauflin means fight,
and those who know him say he is
fighter.