The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
McGLADE IS
 A MYSTERY ID
 HIS FRIENDS Can't Understand His Strange Conduct. WHY DOES HE STAY IN JAIL? RUMoRS THAT OTHER CHARGES
 AWAIT HIM. He Was Warned to Square" the Brokers, but Concluded to
 Flee-Refuses to Talk
 of His Troubles.
WHY DOES HE STAY IN JAIL?
RUMoRS THAT OTHER CHARGES
 AWAIT HIM.

Peter w McGlade. the defaulting book keeper in the Street Superintendent of- flee, was arraigned in Judge Joachimsen court yesterday morning on the charge Of forgery. He listened with apparent indlf- ference to Clerk Hayes as he read the warrant, and on the advice of his attor- ney, Thomas Keough, declined to plead At the request of Keough the case was continued for a week.
 Notwithstanding the strenuous efforts or his friends McGlade has been unable to obtain. four men to go on his bond for $l0 900. Three have been willing to quail fly for several days, but the fourth is not yet forthcoming.
 A committee from the Grand Jury wait ed upon Mayor Phelan yesterday after noon and after discussing the numerous charges to which McGlade is amenable decided to lay his case before the Grand Jury at a meeting to be called next Iues-
 Judge BeIcher who on Thursday even ing charged the jury to consider none other than school matters Tor the rest od the term, was called upon, and gave the necessary permission.
 McGiade is a mystery to his most in timate friends, by reason of his peculiar cCnduct They can understand why he refuses to talk for publication, but they are unable to conceive why he remains mute when those who desire to assist him offer their services and ask for an ex- planation of his connection with the case. To all he gives the reply that his at torneys have told him to say nothing. lie implicitly obeyS instructions and rapidly grows thinner.
 That which particularly puzzles those who know his extensive acquaintance, IS the fact that he still remains in prison. His friends assert that there is something more serious in the situation that now appears, and that he remains behind the bars by reason of the alleged fact that should he go out on bail he would be inn medately rearrested and thrown into the tanks on another charge. What this ad- ditional accusation is has not been stated, tinues to be a guest of the city.
 When asked yesterday why he was not at liberty, he stated that he had plenty of bondSmen but that they were not ac- ceptable to the court and the police.
 Among those who have been most close ly connected with the eX-bookkeeper 1t is stated that McGlade in maintaining silence is protecting some one at the cost of his own reputation and that 1t is among the probabilities that should the prosecution succeed in placing him in really dangerous position he will tell what he knows of the operations by which the city has been swindled.
 There does not seem to be much desire on the part of the responsible officials to carefully investigate the books that can be made to disclose the extent of the steal and this fact also Is causing much adverse comment. However, the Grand Jury will doubtless undertake the work in an energetic manner and get to the bot tom facts. It is known that McGlade was given due warning by the warrant shay CTS that there was something wrong with his accounts with them. Instead of rais- ing the required money and thereby squarfng the matter he waited several days and then skipped" The theory is that there was too much behind this phase of the case to enable him to cover up his tracks, and that he consequently adopted the desperate alternative of try ing to escape.
 Among those who are supposed to be wise 1t is predicted that there will be some important development in this pe- culiar case within a few days.