The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-07

be bought; that money could not affect
him at all; that he was probably going to
dismiss the whole matter from his mind,
as he thought it would be unfair to the
Westinghouse people to find an indict-
ment against anybody as it would be sure
to affect the ultimate decision in the pat
ent issue.
He is further reported as saying that
the Grand Jury could not afford, at the
rate OF 81 day, to get into this contro-
versy, in which millions of dollars are in
volved. Freeman was then asked if it
was not fact that there was large guam
tity of money out here to make the case
go one way or the other. and whether
Freeman did not know that ATTORNEY
Mackaye had authority to draw upon the
Westinghouse Company for all the money
he needed to win success. Freeman was
then Intercepted, it is charged, with refer
ence to the financial standing of the Fort
Wayne Company, and whether he had ia
cllities for getting ready money.
Summerhayes is said to have then
claimed to have great influence with
United States Assistant District Attorney
Schlesinger, to have designated the other
members of the Grand Jury as ''chumps,"
who would act as he indicated.
The liking OF the grand jurors then be-
came his theme, and he is reported as say
ing that they were frequently fixed and
that 1t was only matter of arrangement.
According to the same informant he is
credited with asserting that he was salts
lied from talks he had with Mackaye and
Horace Platt, who is Mackaye's associate
counsel that the Westinghouse Company
will spend any amount of money to beat
Freeman. He is said to have added:
freeman. you know how those things
are done. You can beat the devil out of
hell if you have money enough. Why
don't you do as the Westinghouse Com
pany does? Jurymen are, unfortunately,
being a Svengali. Jurors only get 81 a
day. If you take the proper steps you
can influence the Grand Jury here as yon
did Wallace in Brooklyn"
He even went SO far, it is claimed, as to
relate particular cases in which ne had sat
as grand juror or criminal court juror,
and as foreman induced the jury to bring
in verdicts just as he indicated.
1t was near midnight, according to a
number of eye witnesses of this confer
ence, before Summerhayes departed from
the Palace Hotel billiard-room for his
home. On leaving he said he would see
Freeman again before he did anything in
the matter.
When the details as here given were re-
cited to Messrs. Freeman and Church they
acknowledged that thew were true, but
they refused to say anything further re-
garding the matter.
Grand Juror Summerhayes was visited
and the charges laid before him, when he
Indignantly denied that he had made any
statements or intimations that might be
construed as asking for bid for his infiu-
ence with the Federal Grand Jury.
He admitted he had had a conversation
with Church and Freeman al the Palace
Tuesday night; that he had asked for GER
tain information relative to the matter
under investigation before the Grand Jury
that he might the more intelligentlv con-
slider it; and also that he intended to take
a course of special instruction in the tech
nical branch of electrical science from Mr..
Teslar.
He also admitted having 'joshed"
Church about the jurors getting such
small pay and being required to investi-
gate and act in a matter involving such
vast interests. "Why." he continued, "for
two years out of the four just passed I
served as juror and have never had my
honesty and integrity even questioned.
will end the whole matter by simply max
ing my excuses to morrow and refusing to
sit IN this case any longer"