The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
Registrar Hinton Has Not Pro-
duced the Desired
Proof.
INDICTMENT FOR FORGERY.
Arthur Arlington Tried to Palm
Bogus Checks on Rosa
Kormarony.

and Theodore Payne that Mr.. Cornwall
knew something of the peculiar methods
adopted by seven of the Supervisors. Ac-
Cornwall, but when Detective Robert
Hogan went to serve it he was informed
that the desired witness had gone to the
Puget Sound country on a business trip.
In. due time Mr.. Cornwall came back to
town and signified willingness, without
expressing a desire. to go before the jury.
Yesterday afternoon he was engaged
thirty-fve minutes in telling what he
knew of the subject under inquiry. He
was followed by w. r. SUNNI erhayes,
manager of the Mutual Electric Light
Company.
Whether the jury got as much valuable
information as was expected cannot be
definitely ascertained at this time. but
facts of sufficient Importance were brought
to light to induce the members of the
Grand Jury to pursue the investigation
still further. Another session will be held
next Friday and the same line OF inquiry
followed.
1t transpires that Mr.. Cornwall could
not tell the Grand Jury of any specific
transaction in which u onev had been cor
ruptly paid to the Supervisors, but he mar
rated some of the facts brought before the
Wallace Grand Jury when he was con-
nected with the Edison Light and Power
Com pany. The revelations in this respect
were so pertinent that the Grand Jury yes.
terday resolved to examine the books and
accounts of that corporation to ascertain
if the old methods of buying Supervisors
have not been again introduced. The
Grand Jury has ample power to make this
examination, and it was decided that Hor-
ace d. Dunn was the right man to look
into the books.
Actions were cited to show that the
solid seven did not extend favors without
compensation. The favor shown to the
gas com pany in reducing the assessment
OF its franchise, and the prompt and easy
gong manner in which tho contract for
lighting public streets and buildings was
renewed, creates the impression that seven
of the Supervisors are on the payroll of
the corporation. Payments may be con-
ceaied now, and the disbursements in
volved in mystery, yet, members of the
Grand Jury are still confident that a clew
will be found to trace the payments.
Should Mr.. Dunn require assistance in the
examin alton OF the books, another expert
will be engaged to help him.
Another hitch occurred yesterday in the
consideration of the illegal registration
cases. lC was lnleTleu lDdI IHe lalluTe TO
bring forward these cases at the session of
the jury last week was due to pressure of
work in other directions, which claimed
so much OF the District Attorneys time
that he could not put the evidence in
proper form. Yesterday District Attorney
Barnes informed the jury that he was
ready to take up the cases, but that Regis
trar Hinton had not produced the desired
data. AS large increase in the numb
1 e ho0 n
examination of the lists may be made to
ascertain If fraud cuts any figure in the
large enrolment,
Arthur Arlington, alias Liewelyn Miller
alias Charles Holmans, was indicted by
the Grand Jury Yesterday. According to
various accounts of undoubted veracity
Arlington is an article quite as SIN Doth as
salad OIL, but he made great blunder in
trying to palm off on Rosa kormarony
three checks, respectively, of $40, $50 and
$4,000, drawn on the Donohoe- Kelly Bank
ing Company. of which James A. Thomp-
son is manager. The checks were dated
April 20, 1896, and bore the signature OF J.
M. Carsons. One reason that the checks
were not honored was because j. M. Car
sons was not known at the bank, and
another reason was that he had no money
on deposit there Either circumstance
would have caused Manager Thompson 10
view the checks with suspicion, and the
con junction of both convinced him that
some one was seeking to perpetrate fraud.
Mr.. Thompson was witness at the Grand
Jury yesterday, and in his devotion to
public duty probably missed the San Ra-
tael boat
Arthur Arlington, alias Llewelyn
Miller, alias Charles Holmans, regards the
fair sex as fair game in his confidence
operations. The fact that he has been
convicted twice OF grand larceny and is
now in iail for several other offenses did
not help his cause before the Grand Jury
yesterday.
When he sought to fleece Rosa Koruna
rony he proposed marriage. AT 8 O'Clock
p. M. April 20. 1896, he first saw Rosa at
1867 Harrison street. At 1920 F. NJ. he
PROPOSED marriage. The twenty minutes
DELAY is explained by Rosa's companion,
Mrs. Teresa Hankazy. Arlington could
not speak German or understand it. Un-
fortunately Rosa could not speak or un-
derstand English, so Teresa, who speaks
and understands both English and Ger
man. required twenty minutes time to
translate what the wooer said to the
wooed, and what the wooed said to the
wooer. Whether Rosa accepted when
Arlington proposed is lot divuged. That
is Grand Jury secret faithfully guarded.
Edward Neuman1l, official Interpreter,
interpreted to the Grand Jury what Rosa
Kormarony had to say for herself. She
testified that Arlington tried to take some
money from her pocketbook, but she de-
tected him in the act and caused him to
desist. Arlington went 10 her place os-
tensiblv to engage room, so he said, for
a girl aged 1S, who needed special care
and attention for certain period.
Detective Anthony told the Grand Jury
somet hing about Arlington,'s record as
swindler and his peculiar knack of de-
frauding women.
When the roll was called in Judge
SlacK's court the following members of
the Grand Jury responded: Frank
Maskey, Frank P. McLennan. Alpheus
Bull Jr., E. E. Cheever, John F. Cline,
c. L. Haskell, II. H. Hencke, c. 8. Lau-
meister, Edward Malley, Jacob Marten-
stein, p. MEG. Bean, G. OConnor and
T. T. Payne.
On motion OF Walter Hinkle OF the Dis
trict Attorneys staff Arlington's bail was
fixed at $4,000. The indictment was not
placed on the secret file.