The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-19

ence to me. I would just as soon as not.
The chairman am requested 10 ask
godd ME- tMrght II at 5h Mr. t Ieake ON no
Friday evening, whether you ola not re-
quest Mr. Colver to go and ask Tor that
interview for you?
may have My remembrance is-my rec
objection isl asked Mr. Burke.
The chairman-The gentleman may
Mr.. Col9er~Did you not meet me on
Friday evening last in the Golden Eagle
Hotel barroom, about $50 O'CLOCK, ana re-
quest me to step across the roau anu ASK
Mr.. Leake to come over and see you' that
YOU wanted to see him upon very I'M
portant business?
The witness-I don't remember. 1 re-
member asking Mr.. Burke to ask Mr.
Ieake to come over, but l don't remem-
Der asking Mr.. Colver. l may have done
so. l don't say | did not, but don't re-
member having done 1t. :.
Mr. Colver-You then requested an in
terview from at least one OF the attaches
Of The Call that you remember ol-Mr.
Burke?
a Yes.
Q. You sought the interview?
A Yes; ! think so.
Q. Mr. Leake did not seek you?
A. 1 don't recollect. You are not the
one.
Mr.. Burnett understand 1t has been
decided somewhere that whatever oues-
tions are to be asked. be asked by some
member of the committee. Is that cor
The chairman-No, not quite, because
we permit the lawyers TO ask them L
don't think 1t would do TO go into II gen
orally by any other than the committee.
But | permitted him because thought 1t
would save time.
Mr.. Burnett do not think there
should be any preference shown. Any
questions to be asked should be handed
to the chairman and asked by him.
The chairman-Mr. Wright, how much
money did you eXpend IN your Assembly
contest after the primaries, up TO the
time Of the election?
A 1 think the amount is S4, although
l am not positive.
The witness-I think that is so.
The chairman-Did you tell Mr.. Leake
Green was in return for your promise to
support the Senatorial candidacy Of U. s..
A. Most emphatically, no.
Q. And that the money you received
from Mr.. Green was put in your own
campaign, in order to insure your cleo
ton to the Assembly?
A. No, sir; did not.
@. Did you tell him that you were go
ing to continue to work and vote for d.
NJ. Burns?
Q. Did you tell him that you intended
to ease your conscience by making resti-
tuition TO Mr.. Grant?
a. l did not.
Q. Did you tell him that you would pay
back 10 Mr.. Grant the money that Mr..
Green had given you?
A. l did not
O. Did YOU say to him that you were
fOrced-did you say to him in a CONVEX
sation at the Golden Eagle Hotel in this
city that you were forced TO admit the
truth of the statement that you had re-
ceived money from Grant, or rather from
Mr.. Green, his political manager, with
the understanding that you should sup
port Mr.. Grants Senatorial candidacy
A. Most emphatically no.
q. Did you tell him that prior to the
meeting of your district convention that
you told Mr.. Green that you needed mon
ey to buy off a man named Pringle?
Q. Did You tell him anything about
Pringle?
A. Who? Mr.. Leake?
q. Mr.. Leake.
a. No, sir. Never mentioned Pringle S
name TO him at all.
Q. Did you, as a matter of fact, use any
of the money that Mr.. Green gave you to
buy off Mr.. Pringle, so that he should
not be a candidate TOR the Assembly?
A. did not. Mr.. Pringle was not
bought off by me or any one else.
@. Do you know the reason why Mr..
Pringle withdrew from the Assembly
race?
A. Because he felt that the candidacy of
his friend, Mr.. Jordan, was in danger by
Q. Was that the only consideration for
which he withdrew that you know of?
A. That was the only consideration.
O. Did you tell Mr.. Leake that you had
told Mr.. Green that you would have to
have $500 right away to buy of Mr.. Prin-
gle?
O. Did YOU tell him that Mr.. Green gave
you that money, 500, and afterward gave
you $500 more?
O. Did YOU tell him you were in a bad
way financially?
A Told Mr.. Leake?
q. Mr.. Leake.
A. / did not.
Q. Did you tell him that you had writ
ten to Mr.. Green from the Suffer Club
telling him that you needed a certain
amount of money TO meet a pressing debt?
Q. And YOU told him, did you, that Mr..
Green paid the debt for you?
A. 1 did. That was in answer to Mr..
Leakes own proposition, advanced by
o. Did you tell Mr.. Leake that you had
received in all from Mr.. Green the sum
of 1850?
A. 1 did not.
Q. Did you tell him that you felt you
owed it to Mr.. Grant and yourself to pay
back the money that was given you prior
to your election?
a. did not.
Q. And that you intended to do SO with
in a few days?
A I did not 1 told Mr.. Leake that the
debt of $3.50 was-as expressed in the let
ter which l supposed he had in his hand,
and which, if Mr.. Green's testimony is
to be believed, has never been outside his
safe-was an Indebtedness which called
for repayment and certainly would be re-
paid.
@. Did you tell Mr.. Leake?
A And Mr. Leake said: II wouldn't
repay It if l were you, Howard" l said:
THAT would be dishonorable." oh" he
said, get all you can; pull his leg, why
don't you?"
Q. Did you tell Mr.. Leake at any time
that you intended to go to Mr.. w. F.
Herrin of the Southern Pacific Company
for money?
A. did not.
Q. And that you were advised not to do
so by Guy c. Earl?
A. did not.
O. Did you tell him that 1t was not
true that you had asked Mr.. Herrin for
1920?
A. did tell him it was untrue.
@. And it was untrue?
A. 1t was untrue.
@. Did you tell him that 5000 of that
proposed $1,000 was for the purpose of in
ducing Pringle to withdraw from the con-
test for the nomination in your district
A. 1 did not.
Q. Did you receive $500 from Mr.. Her
A. Not eight cents No; I received
nothing from Mr.. Herrin.
O Did YOU tell Mr. Iealke that Won had