The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
The GRAND JURY DELAYED
Barclay Henley Fails to Appear
Before the InveSti-
gators.
PURIF1cATIoN OF LAKE MERGED
The Assailants Of Gus Moonev In
dicted for Fear of Police
Court Action.

The Grand Jury did not have yerv long
meeting yesterday on account of the failure
OF the Civic Federation to produce evil
: dence to sustain its charges against the
Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors.
1t was stated that Barclay Henley, who
represents the Civic Federation as its
attorney, will surely appear before the
Grand Jury tomorrow, and that he will
lay before the jurors lot of valuable in
formation. After that is done few other
witnesses will be heard, and then the
: Supervisors will be called before the jury
one at time and closely questioned in
regard to the points in evidence which
concern them.
The next two or three meetings of the
jury. are expected to be somewhat enter
tanning.
Behrend Joost of the San Francisco and
San Mateo electric road gave his evidence
in regard to his attempt to obtain fran
chise for a branch road from the main line
to the new racetrack now being built near
the County line. He testified as follows:
81 went to- Supervisor Morgenstern and
stated my proposition to him, and asked
. what my chances were for getting fran
chise. +MorgenStern told me that he sup
poseditwould be all right, but that must
3 go to see General John H. Dickinson, his
attorney. =: -
:-.:@'.I thought l knew what he meant. -
added Mr.. Joost with smile, which re-
ceiyed similar response from members OF
:. the Jury, "but thought would consult
my attorney, Mr.. Campbell, first He told
me not to go to General Dickinson, and /
did not"
:: :. This was about all Mr.. Joost could tell,
and while it left an impression on. the
minds OF the jurors they did not consider
1T evidence of much strength on which to
find an Indictment.
The jurors had a desultory talk on the
principal points which will be embraced
In the forthcoming report of the jury.
:. The jurors received with pleasure the
news that Charles Webb Howard of the
Spring Valley Water Works had already
begun to take action in regard to Lake
MERGED, as he recently pledged himself to
do. The Spring Valley Water Works has
commenced to build wall around Lake
MERGED so as to purify the water therein.
work. The plan is to wall up the sides of
Lake MERGED so that all the water from the
little tributary creeks which pollute the
waters of the lake will be diverted so that
1t will flow around the lake and out to the
ocean.
The contract is for about $50, 900, SO the
Spring Valley Water Works claim. It is
said that subterranean streams are suffi-
cient to keep the lake we'll supplied with
pure water. Mr.. Howard has assured the
Grand Jury that the water of the lake will
not be used until it is decla red pure.
The Grand Jury found two indictments
yesterday. The Police Department feared
that there would be an attempt to juggle
the cases of Harry Wheatley and Stephen
Smith in Judge Joachimsen's court, so the
matter was quickly settled by the Grand
jury. Wheatley and Smith are charged
with an attempt to rob and kill Gus
Mooney.
At 2:30 o'clock on the morning of Nav 2
Mooney was stopped at the corner of
Mason and O'Farren streets by two men.
As one ordered him to hold up his hands
Mooney struck the fellow sharp blow with
his list. The other footpad shot at Mooney
and the. two ran down Mason street to
Ellis and down Ellis. Mooney followed
them, shouting at the top of his voice
Officer FL: J: Wright and Mooney ran the
two men into a saloon at 121 Ellis street
and there captured them