The San Francisco call., 1905-02-10

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Did he mention any newspaper"
was asked
EXAMINER WATCHFUL
Well" he said, the Examiner is
watching every move and we will
have to be careful with what we do
Did he mention any other prices
on the schedule? p"
only for the three companies that
have been spoken Of"
Was there anything said to the ef-
fleet that in case the companies did
not yield measures would be used To
cause their charters to be forfeited %
Bunkers said to me that some OF
the building and loan associations
would better be careful or they would
lose their charters, as there was a big
kick against them"
The witness said he thought he
knew what was meant by being care
full" There was nothing definite said,
though; merely suggestions.
The witness said he had never had
any talk with any of the accused men
until that night on the boat. He had
never heard Dodge's name mentioned.
Sergeant at Arms Martin was
sworn and produced the subpenas is
sued by the committee of which the
accused men were part. They were
admitted in evidence. There were
seven Of them and they cited the fol-
lowing named to appear:
Richard Chase. Oakland; Emil Gun
zenberger. San Francisco; c. ID. Stew
art of the Continental Building and
Loan; F. c.. Havens. Realty Syndicate,
Oakland; Bardwell, San Francisco; A
b. Harrison, American Realty and
Bond Company. 915 Market street,
San Francisco, and William Corbin,
secretary of the Continental Building
and Loan.
VAUGHN TESTIFIES.
Charles Vaughn. who is reporting the
hearing, but who was clerk for the
Committee on Commissions and Re-
trenchment, was sworn as a witness
and asked about the meetings of the
committee. He said he could Femem-
ber none of the conversations that took
place there. He had kept some notes
of motions and was allowed to go after
these records.
The witness further testified that the
committee met the second time on
Wednesday, January "a, at s %. m On
this occasion Gunzenberger was ex-
am1ned. The witness was told not To
transcribe Gunzenberger' notes. On
January rs the witness testified the
committee again met. On that occa-
sion Corbin was telephoned to ascer-
tain whether or not he intended to
come up to Sacramento. The testi-
mony of John Stratman was heard that
evening and the notes Transcribed.
In conclusion the witness testified
that the meetings Of the committee.
with the exception of one. were execu-
tive. The witnesses were kept wait
ing in a side room and the press and
public were rigidly excluded
When Vaughn had completed his tes-
timony, Al Murphy. Frederick Myrtle
and Edward III. Hamilton OF the Ex-
aminer were called to the stand to tes-
tify as to whether they had Influenced
in any. way the appointment of the
now disgraced committeeman They
denied that they had done so.
GATOR PROTESTS.
Attorney Gator. representing the de-
fense, was next called upon by the
committee and asked If he had any
thing further to present on behalf Of
his clients
My clients" he said. "are being cru
Gifted In a fight between two news
papers and a powerful corporation. The
powerful machinery of the law has
been set in motion, my clients have
been arrested and / have even been de-
prived of their association Without
their assistance have no way of pro-
ceeding. and / can do nothing but ar
que the case on their behalf. This
find is situation of necessity, Of COM
pulsion. II Is my wish to argue that
the prosecution here has not estab-
lished a case and under oath deny they
are guilty, have made such denial on
the floor of the Senate. and / have no
doubt that after a careful ANALYSIS
of the testimony introduced here that I
will be able to satisfy any reasonable
and / presume that you con-
stitute such, that the same does not
Justify the expulsion of these men from
the Senate"
While we refuse 20 admit that we
occupy the status Of prosecutors In this
case" said McNab, 1--WE wish to do our
full duty. We do not desire to argue
this case. feeling that 1t might place
us in a false position. A legal argu-
ment from our side we feel would be in
bad taste. and since we are called upon
to argue the matter we would rather be
excused
Senator Simpson said that so far as
he was concerned he wanted to give the
defense every opportunity, and Sem
ator Belshaw, expressing the view OF
the entire committee, said that counsel
would be granted a sitting that he
might present his case as he saw fit. It
was then agreed that as clients of Mr..
McNab are directly interested in the
outcome OF the investigation there
would be no improperly in his arguing
the case. Monday evening was set for
the argument, and on that date the
case will be concluded and submitted
for the decision of the committee.