Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-16

"Mr. Losee asked me to estimate
what change i'm the pilings from
cylindrical to square would amount to
and ! estimated IL at $1,000 difference.
We'll ] want that money he said, and
so | made the difference I'm the specif-
cations, and as the difference was $1,000
/ took $500 in paper money IN an
envelope to j. II. Losee, city trustee of
Long Beach, and gave It to him"
Such was a portion of the testimony
given yesterday i'm Justice Young's
court by Charles w. Corbaley during
the examination of i. n. Losee, charged
with having accepted a brlbe
Ever since the arrest of Mayor Emo
and Trustee Loseo OF the little beach
city IL has been understood that Dis
trict Attorney Frcdericks had a trump
card which he would produce at the
proper time, and yesterday when Cor
bailey was called to the stand and
started to give his testimony the at
torneys for the defense instantly under
stood that some of the inside details
of the alleged grating deal were about
to be brought forth.
Continuance Is Granted
Accordingly a legal fight based on
technical objections became fast and
furious. and time after time Justice
Young cautioned the attorneys against
becoming too personal in some of their
intimations.
At 2O5 the prosecution had produced
all the evidence deemed necessary at
the preliminary examination, and Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks stated to the
court he was ready to rest the case.
Corbaley had just left the stand after
an all-day session, and Attorney Davis,
for the defense, declined cross-examin-
alton at that time.
"Your honor" he said, "there are a
great many points in this case that
have not been dwelt upon properly and
if I can have few days delay 1 Will
argue the case"
A continuance was granted until Fri
Gay afternoon when the argument will
be made and decision handed down.
The first witness on the stand yester-
day was Charles w. Corbaley, engineer
and local representative of the Allan
tic, Gulf and Pacific Construction COM
pany
1t was alleged that Corbaley had
given the bribe of $1,000 to Trustee
I,osee and had taken protection under
the law by turning states evidence.
Justice Makes Statement
Although Corbaleys evidence was
supposed to be favorable to the
charges made by the district attorney,
Attorney Fredericks experienced some
difficulty in obtaining proper evidence
from the engineer, and as result OF
leading questions asked many objec-
tions were raised.
At one time, after Attorneys Rush
and Davis had entered repeated OBJ
jections and had argued constantly
on the rights of their client one of the
attorneys made some kind of a remark
about an exception being entered no
matter whether the judge had ruled on
the objection or not.
Gentlemen, l want an understand
ing between us right now" said Justice
Young. There seems an inclination on
the part of the attorneys for the defense
to believe that they are not receiving
square deal in this case.
"I have heard cases for years where
Attorneys Rush and Davis were de-
Tending men, and many time / have
refused to hold their clients to the su-
perior court. Now it seems to me that
whatever objection is to be made
morning in the Examiner there ap-
peared statement from Attorney
Davis to the effect that l held people
to answer to the superior court upon
the wish of the district attorney no
matter what the evidence might be.
Now, you gentlemen know that such is
not the case"
Lawyers Deny Responsibility
"No matter what sins we have ever
been foun- guilty Of / don't think this
firm has ever yet been accused of fight
ing cases in the papers" said Attorney
Rush.
"And as for myself" said Davis, 81
refuse to be responsible for statement
of that kind.
The case was then continued, but
short arguments between the attorneys
were frequent.
Corbaley testified he was twenty