The San Francisco call., 1895-11-06

tigatiou before the United States Grand
Jury yesterday afternoon. In addition tc
the criminal features connected with them
are circumstances that make the matter oi
extraordinary intesest.
H. S. Mackaye is alleged to have been
guilty of subornation OF perjury, bribery
and criminal conspiracy, and Warren P.
Freeman has been charged with the crimes
of subornation of perjury, bribery, Grim
inal conspiracy and intimidation of wit
nesses. Each of these crimes carries severe
penalties in the shape OF Imprisonment
and fines.
H. S. Mackaye is a New York attorney,
who is now in this City representing the
Westinghouse Electric Company of Pi it's
burg, which is a defendant in a patent in
terference case in which Walter K. Free
man is plaintiff. Dispositions in the case
on behalf of the defendant have been
taken before U nited State9 Commissioner
Heac ock for the past ten day, and the pro-
ceedings have been prolific OF exciting in
cidents and sensational testimony, the
main features of which have already been
published in THE CALL. Attorney Mackaye
is son of Steele Mackaye, the author oi
Hazel Kirke," and who built the Lyceum
and Madison-square Theaters. His father
was also the originator of the double stage,
which was first used in the Madison square
Theater, and the protector of the "Specta-
toriuln, in which it was proposed to give
theatrical performances during the Chi
cago Worlds Fair on scale never before
attempted, but the scheme came to naught
owing to a lack of means, after the i'm
mense building which was to house the
plays was constructed.
Warren p. Freeman is a brother of the
plaintiff in the patent case, but is allied
with Mackaye, and the charges now before
the Grand Jury allege that he and Mac
kaye have by bribery induced Wallace E.
Freeman to commit perjury, and by the
same means have endeavored to induce
Marvin l.. and Alexander II. Freeman to
perjur themselves. The last three Free
mans are also brothers of the plaintiff,
Walter K. Freeman.
1t is charged further that Wallace E.
Freeman, whose deposition is now being
taken before Commissioner Heacock in the
patent case, has in the course of his testi-
mony here perjured himself by contradict
ing his former testimony given at Brook
Iyn and which was in favor of Walter K.
Freeman, and that he was induced to do
so by bribery.
In the case of Marvin L., it is claimed
that bribes have at various times, both
here and at Salt Lake, been offered him to
change his testimony as given at Chicago
and which was in favor of his brother.
And in reference to Alexander I'll. Free
man, who testified at Los Angeles in be-
half of and favorably to his brother, it is
charged that not only have brlbes been IN
effectually offered him, but his very lite
has been threatened if he did not consent
to periure himself in the interest of the
Westinghouse Electric Company. Alexan-
der is now lying i'll at 72s Bush street,
having been removed there from the LICK
House about three days ago, on the advice
of his attorney, John L. Boone, in order to
relieve HIM from too close association with
Mackaye and Walter P. Freeman, who
were and are still stopping at the Lick
House.
;, 1t was first supposed that Alexander 5
illness was the result of the street encoun-
ter he had with Warren p. in front of the
Palace Hotel on the night of October %,
when he was kicked in the groin, but it is