The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18
WRIGHT'S ACCEPT ANCE OF MONEY CLEARLY PROVEN.

g, o-"Do you know y, Mr.. Leake. who was
! Ayes, sir; l know him. 1 met him
since | came to Sacramento
Q-'Do you remember of having met
Mr.. Leake in the Del Paso saloon In this
city few days ago."
Al was in there with him one even
ing. Yes, sir
Q.-"Do you remember the substance of
him?' . '' -''N '''e'e WIN
;. A.N"well; I would not undertake to give
You remember a part of it?"
Q.-"Wili you kindly state what was the
was there said between You and MIR.
A.M''weIl. I don't know. didn't charge
recollect 1t was that-I think we were dis
cussing Mr.. Wright and his attitude
on the Senatorial! question. The fact that
he had voted for Mr.. Bulla in the first and
! second ballots and afterward changed to
Colonel Burns"
22.-S %pe little louder. please lea wr,.,.
and the action he took in voting"
Q,-"Now. what was said by you and by
| him on that occasion. You have only
stated st,tea the subject matter of your CONVEX
A.-"WelI. Mr.. Leake used some very
harsh terms regarding Mr.. Wright"
Q.-"Can you state those terms?"
Al wouldn't undertake to say now
what they were; but they were opprobri-
GUS epithets. And l think stated to him
IN IN ! substance hosn that Mr. Wright originally
afterwards by his vote had shown a
change of heart, in voting for Mr.. Bulla
a a..1, subsequently changing from Mr.;
MIN a political harlot And Mr.. Leake
wanted to know If Mr.. Wright had ever
pledged himself to Mr.. Grant. and [ said
no; but that he had expressed friendly
Ieellng for Mr.. Grant upon various occa-
slons-not only TO me, but to other peo-
ple-to mutual friends l think l went on
ABOUT year ago and knew that he was
candidate for Senator, and that he went
70 lunch with him at the Palace Hotel, at
understood that Mr.. Wright had ex-
pressed, himself on the Oakland boat as
being charmed with Mr.. Grant and that
would give him a good deal of pleasure
to toy vote for for M Grant ! told Mr. Lea axe
dating back to the Senatorial campaign
of two years ago when he was interested
in Senator Perkins campaign, and that l
him; that his record in the Assembly
two years ago was a creditable one, and
that he was man of pleasing address
and that | understood he expected to go
back. to the Assembly and was to be
Speaker. AT about that time the primary
election was held in Alameda County, at
which the delegates were elected to the
ate the full county ticket that there was
quite strife in the city of Oakland be-
tween various aspirants on the county
ticket; that there was in some of the
wards one or more candidates, and COM
binations were formed between the vari-
Gus candidates in different wards in diff
! went on to tell Mr. Leake that had
been very friendly to Mr.. Wright, and
knowing that he had expressed himself
as friendly to Mr.. Grant in his aspira-
hot I hnd
friendly to him. and l had met some peo-
pie who We're interested in the primary
election with Mr.. Wright and l had said
that / was willing to make contribution
to the cause.
Q.-"That is, Mr. Wrights cause?"
Ayes, Mr.. Wright's cause.-the nomi-
ed-and that I did so. But that Mr..
Wright had never at any time asked me
to do so, and that l had never asked Mr..
Wright to vote for Mr. Grant at any time
in my life and that there had been no
promises on Mr. Wright's part that he
would vote for Mr.. Grant. / think also
told him about ee2I loan ! had made lie Mr.;
circumstances. which are as follows;
| cannot remember the exact date.
nn9+ed II was before Mr. Wrlg { was as
mail one day letter written from the
Suffer Club in Sacramento, signed by Mr..
Wright. stating that he was on his way to
Grants Pass, Oregon. to close up i'm
portant real estate transaction involving
about $S5 900, and out of which he expect
ed to make a profit of $1,000; that he was
owing an obligation to a party in Berke-
ley which would not fall due until No
vember, but the party had written him a
hurried note, stating that it would be
great accommodation If he could meet
that obligation at that time. And my
recollection is that the letter stated that
ne had received the word at Sacramento
after he had left home, and he asked me
as a favor If l could not send my check
TO this party, or. better still, to telephone
for the gentleman and have him come to
my office and pay him the money and he
would refund 1t to me from his share of
the profits OF this transaction"
Q-'You say this letter contained that
information"
Ayes; this letter. have
not seen the letter since the
day it was received, but | am
pretty certain l am giving the
substance Of it. | did send for
the party, telephoned for him.
He gave me the mans name
and the number Of the tele
phone. And the gentleman
came over. He was a man |
never had seen before and
never have seen him since, and
| gave him the $3.50 and took
his receipt for it on account
Of Mr.. Wright, and have that
letter and that receipt"
Q.-"Are they present with your"
A.-"No, sir; they are In San Fran
CISCO"
Q.-"You were served with a subpoena
to bring all matters of that kind here [
presume you have not had the opportu-
nifty to do SOP"
A.-"No, sir, none at ALL
Q.-"You have not been out of this
city?"
A-"No, sir. The subpoena was served
on me this afternoon about half-past L."
Q.-"Had you any other conversation
with Mr.. Leake relative to any money
transaction between you and Mr..
Wright"
A.e"Nothing. except what I have
stated"
Q.-'Did you tell Mr.. Leake anything to
the effect that the assistance that you had
given to Mr.. Wright from the primaries
on to his election was with the under
standing that he should vote for Mr.
Grant for United States Senator?"
A-"Emphatically not. l never told him
anything of the sort or anything from
which he could draw that inference"
MIR Mellick-"You told Mr.. Leake at
~ time that il was over $1,000 that ba