The San Francisco call., 1898-12-26
PETER McGLADE
 WILL PLEAD
 NOT GUILTY !" Belief That Others Are Implicated. MAY SHIELD A FRIEND MORE SKELETONS IN THE WAR RANT FORGERY CASES. The Street Department Deputy's Alt torney Says the Accused
 Will Soon Be Ac-
 quilted.
MAY SHIELD A FRIEND
MORE SKELETONS IN THE WAR RANT FORGERY CASES.

Is Peter W. McGlade, ex-Deputy Super
 intendent of Streets. and under indictment
 Tor forgery, trying to shield some one else
 equally or even more guilty?
 This question has been asked frequent
 " or late by many persons to whom the
 accused's affairs are well known. There is
 growing inclination to the belief that
 there is more in the Street Department
 forgery cases than has made its ap-
 pearance before the courts so far There
 Is no disposition to hold McGlade guilt
 less, the impression being that to say
 the least he is an accessory after the fact
 Most of the surmises are based upon the
 actions of the accused and his attorneys,
 who are supposed to be in full possession
 Of the inside facts and that the represen-
 tatives of the law are not anxious to
 duplicate any one else, if they can ac-
 complish the acquittal of their client by
 other means. However one thing has
 been decided upon, and that is they will
 not have their client sacrificed to save
 any one, no matter what his social or
 political position may be.
 As straws show which way the wind
 blows, so do the actions of McGlade and others indicate that there is more back
 of the forgery cases than has yet been made public; so argue the suspicious ones. In the first place they say Superin- tendent Ambroses confidential deputy was well out of harms way and might have eluded the officers of the law for an indefinite time, and may be forever, but he willingly came back to face the charges made against him. Was he prom ised protection? Some believe he was
 From the time of his return to the present he has maintained a strict silence, not even contiding to his most intimate friends a hint as to how he would meet the charges. McGlade's refusal to plead to the Grand Jury indictment before Su- Trf6e 11C S1r dow {S lOnlr a6 upon as peculiar. His demand for time to plead, as allowed him by the law, is regarded as the first steps in a fight that may last indefinitely. Not a few believe that the eX-deputy will escape from very serious consequences, and their belief Is to a great extent based upon something that happened after the court had ad- journed.
 McGlade's attorneys are the firm of Reddy, Campbell x Nelson MT Reddy asked the court for continuance to give the defendant time to plead, and five days were allowed. The next was the an- nouncement that at the proper time a motion would be made for q reduction of the ball from S10 000 on each of the two charges of forgery to $5000 on each. Good grounds for the request were promised, but what these good grounds are were not stated and so far they remain a secret. However. the attorneys lost no time in hunting for bondsmen, and they were sue cessful. for a time. Mir Nelson. one of McGIade's attorneys, said he would go on one of the bonds, high as it was. When comment was made at the attorney talk ing such a risk he said: ''I have no fear whatever. McGlade will be acquitted be- fore his case goes to the jury. l know what l am doing"
 This confident expression on the part of careful lawyer lent additional weight to the belief already expressed. McGlade would have been out on Saturday evening on 20,000 bail but for the intervention of Superintendent of Streets Ambrose. Jo seph Kelly, the capitalist and politician, was about to qualify on the bond with MT. Nelson, but Ambrose pulled him down." 1t is said upon the argument that even if McGlade did get out he would be rearrested upon some other charges. Hence all further moves in the matter of getting bonds that night were called on until tomorrow, when a substitute for Kelly will be found. Somewhat to his an noyance McGlade spent his Christmas in the County Jail. He did not suffer for good things in the eating line, for when the meal time came his wife visited him and sent in as fine dinner as one could wish to eat.
 McGlade's confinement in the Broadway hotel does not seem to have had a very depressing effect upon him. for according to his own statements he is five pounds | heavier than when he came back from his | unannounced vacation in Deming. N Mex. | He declares that with the exception of a i very little worry, that might be expected, i he Is in the best of health and spirits | Of the subject of his case McGlade has | not a word to say, beyond that in keep | ing silent he Is acting under the advice | of his attorneys. One of the latter, Patrick Reddy, said yesterday that there was nothing out of the common practice | in his asking for time for his client to ] plead.
 ''The law allows if and we should have a chance to learn the nature of the indict- 1 ment." said he. Ut is true we were told 1 that the charge would be forgery, but we want time to look into the indictment be- l fore our client pleads The indictment may be faulty and we may think it best 10 move to have 1t set aside upon statu- i tory grounds. or we may put in a de- there is the slightest grounds for such course. When the time comes for Me | Glade to plead he will plead not guilty We are ready to go on with the trial at any time and meet the issue presented i I cannot say what our defense will be, for as I told you we have not had time to i look into the indictment and we do not |