The San Francisco call., 1905-02-10
Bail Is Fixed al
$4,000 Each
bu Judge.

turned, with Senators French and
Bunkers in custody. They were permit
ted the freedom of the outer Office until
their friends should procure bondsmen
for them. French was arrested in the
corridor of the Capitol. Bunkers ap-
peared in buoyant spirits, but French
seemed to regard the proceeding less
in the light of joke, and sat nervously
smoking cigar and apparently oblivi-
Gus to the presence Of a crowd and its
chatter.
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms Edward
Short soon appeared and consulted
with Judge Hart with reference to the
approval of bonds Short left the court
house. saying he would soon return
with the sureties.
The indictments OF the Grand Jury
were brought under section s6 of the
Penal Code. which defines the soliciting
and acceptance of bribe by a legis-
lator as a felony and fixes the penalty
on conviction at not less than one nor
more than fourteen years and provid-
ing that the person so convicted shall
forfeit his office, be disfranchised and
forever forbidden from holding office
again
The next step in the cases will be
the bringing of the accused Senator's
into court and their arraignment. They
will be tried by jury. the prosecution
to be conducted by the District Attor-
ney and the expense of the trial to be
borne by Sacramento County. The con-
stitutiOn protects members of the Leg
islature from service in civil process
and from arrest for breach of the
peace while the Legislature Is in ses-
sion, but this provision does not save
them from criminal process and will
not interfere with the regular course
of the present proceedings against
them.
ENdNfONs is ARRESTED.
Senator Emmons was arrested In his
room at the State House Hotel. He
evidently had heard of the indictment
and expected arrest, as he showed no
surprise when Deputy Sheriff Conran
entered and served the warrant on him
Sherfff Reese and Deputy Witten-
brock spent several hours searching for
Wright. Bunkers, French and Emmons
were released on bonds In the sum Of
5000 each. which Judge Hart approved
Bunkers' sureties were j. d. MofKatt
of Alameda County and J. M. Kelley,
Supervisor of Alameda County.
French was liberated on bonds fur
geanf at arms of the Senate. and J. L.
Woods Of Sacramento County. En-
mons. furnished bondsmen In the per-
sons Of III. J.. Sflvius and Frank Ruh-
sfaller Jr- Of Sacramento
District Attorney Seymour said to-
night: 1T has been stated that the
Sacramento Grand Jury has been un-
reasonable In reaching a decision with
respect to these cases. AS a matter
| Of fact there has been no delay. On
Tuesday. January 81. went to San
Francisco to ascertain some necessary
facts and got home on Tuesday night
/ conferred with Foreman b. u. Stein
man the next morning and ii was de-
cided to call the Grand Jury together
az the earliest possible hour. AS many
( Of the members reside in remote por-
tions of the county and others were
outside the county it was deemed i'm
practicable to get the body together
before Tuesday of this week. The
Grand Jury ever since has gone on
with the inquiry.
II wish to say that I shall treat
these cases the same rs / would any
other cases that come TO me in the
course of my ofIlcial duties. I shall
conduct them fairly and dispassion-
ately, with the view to getting at all
. the truth and making the strongest
pcssible presentation. at the same time
treating the defendants with absolute
fairness.
At 1850 o'clock Senator Wright had
not. been located and Judge Hart left
for his home for the night.