The San Francisco call., 1897-04-30
sheehan was incompetent. and SO re-

Sheehan was incompetent, and SO re-
ported.
Then followed a storm of objections on
the ground that it had no relation to
Judge Hebbard. nor that Judge Hebbard
had any knowledge of the matter, nor
that he had acquiesced therein.
In this Judge Daingerfied held that the
counsel for the prosecution ought to be
sustained, and the question was ruled out
Mr.. ShortridCe asked the court il he
might recall Witnesses Watt and Will
liams 10 question EN- about certain con-
versations with Judge Hebbard. To this
e court replied that ne might DO so if
Judge Hebbard was first questioned
touching those matters and either affirmed
or denied the alleged conversations with
Witnesses Watt and Williams.
On cross-examinaton by Mr. Kahn the
witness said he could not remem Der
whether or not Judge Hebbard said be
thought the depositors ought to have a
ma ajority on the board. He recalled that
Judge Hebbard said he wanted to help
the depositors.
A letter from Mr. Williams to Judge
Hebbard was offered in evidence, IN
which the writer said he was willing to act
mem ber OF the board OF directors, and
in accordance herewith he was chosen to
that position.
Questions were then propounded to test
vie knONlGuRe VI the NllHGSS as 10 " uO
paid for printing and circulating the docu-
ment known as "hn Appeal to Voters"
in which Judge Hebbard was referred to
as an unfit person to be reelected, and as
an enemy of the widows and orphans who
had lost their deposits through the failure
OF the People's Home Savings Bank.
Mr.. Shortridge said he considered the
witness TO be under the protection of the
court and that he ought to be instructed
that he had right TO decline to answer.
Mr.. Kahn insisted on knowing why he
declined to answer, and the witness was
allowed until Monday morning to con-
suit counsel before deciding whether to
answer or decline TO answer the questions.
After Mr.. Williams right in that regard
have been presented to the court An order
will be made by the court deciding the
disputed matter.
T. II. Mccarthy was recalled and testi-
fed that he was one of the com mitteesthat
attempted TO protect the property OF the
depositors. He found that S. K. Thorn
tor. George Stone and J. F. Sheehan were
active in thwarting the efforts of the de-
positors TO save their money. lie also
knew that Judge H bbard was informed
of the acts Of Mr.. Sheehan and Attorney
Watt. The statements were made in
open court.
Hebbard at the time those statements
were made" asked Mr.. Shortr;dse.
This was objected to and MIR. Shortridge
withdrew tn question.
This witness was also asked if he knew
who paid for the printing, publishing and
circulating of the document purporting to
be signed by the depositors com mittee.
and known as IAN Appeal to Voters"
AS in the case of the former witness, Mr.
Mccarthy was allowed until Monday to
consult an attorney touching his rights in
this regard.
Isaac E. Pike, member of the deposi-
tors committee, testified that he called TO
see John +. Sheehan at the Peoples Home
Savings Bank. Mr.. Sneehan was very
courteous until he found out be would be
likely to lose his position as receiver or
manager of the bank If the deposiiors got
in their men as members of the board of
directors. He said the depositors only
wanted honest men who would prevent
the banks funds from being wasted. He
and the other memters of the com mittee
made an Investigation and found out that
the assets OF the bank would pay 80 cents
on the dollar if properly handled.
Mr. Sheehan soon cooled in his cor
diality and actually barred the depositors
and their committeeman from the bank
premises. refused to consider their claims
and would have nothing to do with them.
All this was brought out against the
most urgent objections of the attorneys
for the prosecution. But thunder bolt
that they were unprepared for struck
their fraii craft at this point AS usual
they were repeating that Judge Hebbard
knew nothing of what Mr.. Sheehan was
doing, and so Mr.. Shortridge asked:
"Did Judge Hebbard know of the illegal
acts of Mr.. Sheehan, the man he had ap-
pointed aa his representative in and about
the bank?
"He must have known, for / sent him q
written statement of Mr.. Sheehan's acts
through the mall said Mr.. Pike. al he
didn't read it that was not my fault. b.
sides we discussed ose matters fully at
our open meetings and our exposes OF Mr..
Sheehan's acts were reported in detail in
the daily papers. There was no secret
abe Ut the matter. 1t wa. a matter of
common knowledge and Judge Hebbsrd
must have known how Mr.. Sheehan was
acting"
Thus the testimony was carried along,
each witness confirming the fact that
Judge Hebbard had free knowledge of the
doings of Mr.. .Sheehan and that no order
of court was made stopping Mr. Sheehan
in the course that led to such heavy losses
for the depositors, VIII o ght have got so
cents on the dollar ii they had been al.
lowed to protect their property in their
own way.
Further hearing OF the case was con-
tinued until next Monday afternoon at
half-past O'Clock.
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