The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
HEARD ALL TIE
 EVIDENCE, BUT
 THAT VAS ALL No Indictments for the School Board. INVESTIGATION A FARCE THE GRAND JURY WILL DIS BAND NEXT WEEK. Stanton Turns the Tables on Ragan With a Warrant of Arrest
 for Soliciting a
 Bribe.
THE GRAND JURY WILL DIS
 BAND NEXT WEEK.

Nothing more than failure has emerged from the cloud of dust kicked up by the Grand Jury in it's investigation into the
 alleged crookedness of the Board of Education. The multitudinous charges
 brought against the School Directors have been either disproved or have fallen of themselves for the want of testimony that was more than morally convincing. The blow that finally put the jury out was the failure to find any evidence cor roboratfve of that which was laid before 1t on Monday afternoon by ex-Teacher E. D. Stanton of the Business Evening School.
 Stanton's assault was directed mainly against Director Ragan, whom he ac- cused of having solicited bribe, but his evidence uncorroborated carried little weight for the reason that he has already furnished to the public two affidavits and a confession, each of which contradicted the other Finding no more solid founda- ton for the charges made, the Grand Jury adjourned yesterday until next week, when it will present it's report and ask Judge Belchers permission to ad-
 journ.
 Yesterdays proceedings held the jury at the District ttorneys office until
 late hour last evening. There were only
 seven witnesses examined,' although tlf- teen had been Subpenaed. .Dr. Ragan himself was the principal witness of the day. He came before the jury loaded down with papers, attidavits and newspaper
 clippings, which dealt in no favorable
 manner with Stantons record in different
 sections of the State. Director Ragan was on the carpet for nearly an hour,
 and during that time denied that he mad
 ever solicited $309 or any sum from l Stanton as the price of a position in the
 Business Evening School. He also de, | nied that he or any agent of his had l given Stanton $60 with which to flee | to British Columbia. He declared Stan
 ton a liar, and brought to bear as proof
 number of telegrams and letters Tn
 which he claimed the ex-teacher had
 sought to induce him to forward him money. Stanton was not recalled by the | jury nor was Professor Fitzpatrick. | Among other witnesses who were called | was Sol Campi, a money broker, and | Teachers r: G. Huskey, Mrs. Mulven
 Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs Williams. Miss Lan Franchi was not summoned, as the l jury considered none of her charges tan-
 After Dr. Ragan had finished his testi- mony the witnesses who still renamed tC be heard were dismissed and the Jury ad- | journed without finding indictments m any of the matters that have come berore l it since the counts found against Peter l. McCIade and as soon as Stanton hearC l of it he sought out Judge LOW and sWore | to a complaint charging Ragan with SO l liciting a bribe. Stanton himself appeared | charges of eXtortion upon which he mad | been arrested on Monday evening at the 1 instance of Ragan, and succeeded in get | ting a postponement of the case until to- | day.
 self to the police. He was at once released on his own recognizance by order of l Judge MOgan.