The San Francisco call., 1907-06-14

, carefully look at Reagan's testimony
and see whether or not he was acting
under the defendants intimidation. In
March, 1904, Hutton, we don't know
with what motive, started-a war we
might call it-on the French restau-
rants. Reagan goes to the mayor and
says that Hutton is opposing the res
taurants and wants Reagan'S co-opera-
, tion. But the mayor says, But they are
all bad, Tom; go and see for yourself
Reagan investigated and found moth
ing evil.
HOW THEY VOTED
After that see what was done. LII
censes were renewed.
THE licenses of DeImonico's, the Pup,
the Poodle Dog, Marchand's. and the
Bay State. all were renewed twice.
Reagan voted for the renewals and
Hutton against them. And Reagan is
the man who, the prosecution says, was
the agent for the defendant in the plot
to hold up the restaurants in order to
extort money from them.
The testimony, you see. is that in
March, 1904, Reagan was told to inves-
tigate the French restaurants; he did
investigate and found nothing wrong.
Then, between March and November,
there came up the Tortoni business.
Reagan says he went to the mayor and
the mayor told him that all were bad
and that all should be closed. That
was in November. After that time he
says he voted against them until such
time as they would comply with the
law.
THE mayor said to him, IF these
places are immoral and are sending out
for women for the purpose of prostitu-
ton, then you stop it When the ques-
tion of Tortonis came up, not only Mr..
Reagan but every member of the COM
mission voted to take away that Ii
cense. No mothers son above earth
controlled Reagan. The mayor did not.
He could not even control Reagan on
the vote for chairman of the police
| board
TT will not do here. gentlemen, to
| point your finger at the mayor and
say, San Francisco has been good to
/ that man I do not appeal to your
passions or prejudices in this case ]
take the sworn testimony in the case
and ask you to consider II.
This brings us to the question, gen
tlemen of the jury. Why did the mayor
control only Reagan? If the parties to
the fraud planned to scare these French
restaurant men to pour money into the
lap of Abe Ruef. why did they influence
only Reagan? Why not Hutton? Why
not Drinkhouse? Why not Howell
! Why not Poheim?
This brings me to another point in
/ the case Let US assume for the sake of
argument, which we do not, that Rea-
gan carried out the mayors orders.
Did he go to the places and say, You
cannot run? Did he say, IF you do
not pay money, your license will be
taken away7' What does Mr.. Reagan
say? He says that he only wanted to
see that the laws of the city were not
I violated in n nd lo
When he told on the stand, the last
time he testified, of the conversation
4 with Scott, he said that the defendant
told him that II any OF the places were
| immoral and If the restaurants did not
take off the doors OF the rooms, they
would take away the licenses"
REAGAN's TESTIMONY
Campbell then read from the testi-
mony of Reagan. quoting that part
where the witness said that he would
have voted for the Poodle Dog any time
that IL would have complied with the
law. He continued:
II that were threat then IT was not a
threat to do an unlawful injury; If that were
a threat it was only a threat that the restau-
/ and the municipality.
After Reagan became a police commissioner
/ be did not remain a paver, but became an in
sursnce agent. and there few to him II per
cent OF the insurance on all saloons. Then
/ when Reagan was removed by the defendant he
| became the witness against the man who re-
| moved him. Now Reagan does not remember
that the defendant told him that II any of the
places were immoral he must close them. We
| cannot 90 out Of the record in this case by
saving that the defendant is sleek and fat.
The restaurant keepers did not deny the state.
1 ment OF Reagan that the places would be
closed II they were immoral. If II Is true that
the places were immoral they had no right &c
| operate, and II Reagan said be would close
them II they did not comply with the law that
| was not threat.
Gentlemen. take the testimony of Reagan.