The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07

examination OF the character witnesses
had been completed tonight the inves-
ugating committee created some sur
prise by calling In President of the
Senate Anderson and Senators Cog
gins. Bauer and Rambo, the remaining
and untarnished members Of the Com
mlttee on Commissions and Retrench-
menI President Anderson denied that
any OF the accused Senators. except
wright, requested appointment on this
committee, and said that no one bad
influenced him to appoint the commit
tee. The three Senators named caused
a sensation by testifying to the meth
ods Of French, Wright, Bunkers and
Enmons in the committee. They said
hhey We're aware Of a great deal that
was going on in that body and that
they attended but few meetings.
The four accused men We're always
present when any Of the other members
were there. The solid four prevented
the doors being opened while the inves-
ugatlons were on. so ii was testified
Emmons had expressed himself as de-
sirous that the doors should be open
whenever crooked concern was being
investigated 1t was obvious, though,
that the character of the institutions
investigated could only be decided after
the testimony had been taken
Attorney Gator announced that he
would put the four accused Senators
on the stand tomorrow night, and
hoped to close his case in about two
hours at that time The committee ex-
pressed q desire to have William Cor
bin before il again tomorrow night.
A remarkable state of affairs was
presented tonight when the defense
sought TO discredit the testimony of
Detectives TichenOr and Hartling. a
few-of the witnesses being actually
nel6 int h. g.
had been parties to a shooting scrape
on section 26. near Bakersfield, and
that IichenOr had traced them down
end caused their arrest for participant
Ing IN the crime. A large majority of
the witnesses for the defense had moth
Ing more to say against these men.
WEIGH ON STAND.
II was then announced that Senator
r. J. Welch of San Francisco wished to
make a statement. Senator WEIGH in
formed the committee that he desired
TO call TO it's attention an untrue state
ment in q. San Francisco paper, to the
eject that he had been seen with Mar
tln Kelly and one or two of the ac-
cused Senators on X street a few min
utes prior TO the time it is alleged En-
mons was paid by Jordan
He said he met Joseph S Jordan
and Senator Emmons on X street, near
Tenth, and they hailed him and asked
where he was going. He said he was
going to dinner at a club of which he
is member, the club being located at
1lO9 Eighth street Jordan asked SEN
ator Emmons if he did not want to
take look through the club, and En-
mons asserting they walked UP K
street TO Eighth, turned down and en-
tered the club. Emmons and Jordan
looked around few minutes and then
Welch escorted them 10 the door and
they left, walking toward K street
Melch then enjoyed his supper and
thought no more Of the incident until
it was testified by the detectives that
after leaving the club Jordan and
French walked to X street turned
down and when they had passed the
corner about forty feet they stopped
and Jordan handed Emmons a roll of
greenbacks.
Senator Welch said he had no apology
10 make for his meeting with these
men, as il was only an incident that
occurs numberless~ times each day in
the life of every busy man.
JORDAN Is EXCUSED.
At the request of Attorney c. I.
Jones Of Sacramento Joseph Jordan
was excused as witness until to-mor-
row night.
H. p. Dooer was the first witness in
troduced by the defense TO impeach
the character of the witnesses that
have entered for the prosecution. Dooer
declared that he would not believe
Henry Hartling, the detective employed
by the prosecution, under oath
Charles P. Fox of Bakersfield also
gave Hartling a bad character B. l.
Brundage, Assessor of Bakersfield
said that he would not believe Hart
ling under oath.
Attorney McNab for the prosecution
brought out the fact that the three
witnesses had only known Hartling
as a detective for Haggin & Tevis in
the Bakersfield swamp land cases.
II was further brought out that
Hartling had posed as a settler when
IL later developed that he was detec-
tive for the land owners.
F. H Fogarty, a business man of
Bakersfield, was next called TO the
stand. He gave Hartling and George
VI. Tichenor bad regulations for truth
and veracity. He said he had heard
that Hartling had posed as swamp
land settler when, according to the
witness, he was a spy" Fogarty
said he based his opinion on public
sentiment.
Another witness who gave Detective
Hartling a bad reputation was Myron
Holmes. who has been a resident of
Bakersfield for the last fourteen years.
Attorney McNab brought out the fact
that all Holmes had known of Hart
ling was based on the Bakersfield
swamp land cases.
j. w. Jameson, a manufacturer of
Tehachapi, sprang a sensation when
he admitted he had known Detective
richenor. but that the latter had
found him to be a man who had
shot at two men during trouble over
an oil claim
S. ]. Dunlap, a railroad conductor
Of Bakersfield, said Tichenor's repu-
tation was very bad" The witness
admitted that he had participated in
the shooting during the oil land trou-
bic. The fact was brought forth that
the shooting was done. in April, 1901.
Dunlap had heard that Tichenor had
been a Pullman conductor and that he
had been discharged by the railroad.
Dunlap admitted that he had been
placed under bonds after the shooting
during the oil land trouble.
Hartling and Tichenor were also
given a bad reputation by Policeman
NJ. Tibbefts of Bakersfield.
McNab again connected Hartling and