The San Francisco call., 1898-12-20
STANTON TELLS
 HIS STORY ID
 GRAND JURYMEN Arrested on Dr. Ra- gan's Warrant. CHARGED WITH EXT0RTION THE DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF SOLICITING A BRIBE. Ancient School Board History Is Thrashed Over Before the Grand
 Jury-Investigation Re-
 stunned To-Night.
CHARGED WITH EXT0RTION
THE DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF
 SOLICITING A BRIBE.

The much looked for eX-teacher of the Business Evening School, D. E. Stanton, materialized at the City Hall yesterday afternoon, and for an hour was on the carpet before the Grand Jury telling again his story of the alleged bribe taking of School Director Ragan. Stan ton left Los Angeles, where he has been teaching for some months past, on Satur- day and arrived in this city on Sunday evening, but he did not make his presence known until yesterday when he appeared voluntarily before the Grand Jury to assist with the knowledge which he claims to have in the investigation which the Jury is making into School Board affairs
 He was not allowed to remain long in peace. The particular object of his attack before the Grand Jury was Dr. Ragan. He came all the way from the southern city to tell again how Dr. Ragan had demanded $500 of him as the price of the position he sought in the Business Even ing School, and of the $60 he alleges was given him by Jack O'Brien with which to lee from the wrath that was to come out Of the expose of School Board crook edhess last February. But Dr. Ragan had little score of his own to settle with the versatile Mr. Stanton and as soon as he heard of his arrival in town ne appeared before Justice of the Peace Barry, now acting for Police Judge Con- ian, and swore to a complaint charging the pedagogue with a felony to wit at- tempt to extort money
 The resultant warrant was served upon stanton as he emerged into the corridor after having given to the Grand Jury the weight Of his testimony and he accom- panied the police officer who made rhe service without resistance or complaint At the City Prison he was booked upon the cnarge Tn the complaint and was given q chalr instead of cell in which to awalt the arrival of Judge Belcher. who had announced on the previous day that he would would release him upon his own recogni- Zance. It was fully an hour before the Judge was notified and another before he arrived and sent the prisoner out info the open air.
 Dr. Ragan denies that his complaint is made for any frivolous reason or to pre- vent stanton from presenting any knoWI- edge he may have to the Grand Jury. lie says, on the contrary, that he has let ters and telegrams to prove his charges and will prosecute them. One of the tele grams upon which he places most reli- @ anSe IS dated at Vancouver. Washington, and Is Worded as follows: Two forty or San Quentin; see relatives immediately. or l return. We'll backed witnesses sixty dollars transaction" It means that after stanton fled to Vancouver he found him self in need of money and threatened to use his alleged knowledge of Dr. Ragan' s career unless he gave up enough to make life easier.
 After the jury had adjourned to this evening it was learned that Stanton $ story differed in no wise from the aInda- wits he made when the case was nrst opened, all of which have been thoroughly aired in the newspapersA His story is by no means so connected as at that time on the witness-stand The only other witness examined was his nephew Charles Freedeman, who accompanied him to this city from Los Angeles. was suspended from the Evening School and the evidence he gave yesterday was corroborative of Stanton's. Both Stanton and Fitzpatrick will appear before the jury again when it meets this evening