Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26
MEN INDICTED FOR
GIVING BRIBES FURNISH
OVER S50O,O0O IN BONDS
By Associated Press.

I vice pr6SlQenIS ana lSSSeT oulCSIS VI
great corporations thronged Judge Cof-
feys court room this morning with
their attornys and attendants, whence
they had been summoned to give bail
in excess of half million dollars to
insure their personal liberty pending
| their trials on felony indictments re-
turned against them yesterday by the
Oliver grand jury.
| First came Louis Glass, vice presi-
dent of the Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company, to give bonds in the
sum of $780, 900 on the charge of bribing
two of the supervisors to vote with
their associates against the granting of
the competing telephone franchise in
San Francisco.
Mr.. Glass was represented by Attor-
ney Coogan, who handed to Judge Cof-
fey for his approved two bonds for $10,-
900 each given by the Pacific Surety
company of San Francisco.
District Attorney Langdon not hav-
ing arrived in the court room, Judge
Coffey said he would take no action
until Mr.. Langdon appeared and ap-
proved the form of the securities.
President Patrick Calhoun and As
sistant President Thornwell Mutually
of the United Railroads, and General
Counsel Tirey l.. Ford and Assistant
General Counsel William M. Abbott of
that corporation, each of them in
dicted on fourteen counts on the charge
of bribing thirteen supervisors and
Mayor Schmitz to grant a trolley fran
chise under which the United Railroads
system was electrified and is operated,
appeared in company with Attorneys
A. A. Moore and Stanley Moore of the
United Railroads, Moritz Rosenthai Of
Chicago and Earl Rogers of Los An
palaS all of whom will talr on octityo
part in the defense of the United Rail-
roads officials henceforth.
Bankers in Court Room
Will H. Crocker, president of the
Crocker National bank of this city and
recognized as the foremost capitalist
of San Francisco, and President Henry
T. Scott of the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph company entered the
court room and remained for some time
Earl Rogers stated that they were there
to make good an offer by them, ex-
tended after the return of the indict-
ments yesterday, to furnish personal
bail, cash or bonds. in the sum of $780,
900 for Mr.. Calhoun, Mr.. Mutually, Mr.
Ford and Mr.. Abbott.
This very kind offer' said Mr..
Rogers, was declined for reasons of
celerity, arrangements having been al
ready made for surety bonds.''
Harry Maxwell, local representative
of the Metropolitan s S,.rety company of
New York, appeared with former Judge
Bruce, counsel for a New York COM
pany, and Mr.. Rogers handed to Judge
Coffey fifty-six separate bonds for $1O,-
900 each.
A technical error in quoting the Ian
guage of the indictments appeared in
the text of these bonds and was pointed
out by District Attorney Langdon, who
had arrived while they were being
4 looked over by the court.
i The correction of this small error
necessitated fifty-six interlineations,
which were made in Judge Coffey's
chambers while court waited.
The bonds were then resubmitted
with the district attorneys approba-
ton, and after Judge Coffey had signed
his approval fifty-six times he nodded
to the millionaire defendants, saying:
| Gentlemen, that Is ALL and the latter
with their counsel withdrew.
Judge Coffey's court room, very
small chamber, was inadequate for the
crowd of defendants, friends, lawyers
and newspapermen who thronged il,
and they overfowed into the hall and
the judges private chamber. Bailiff
Moore pushed his way through the
crowd and whispered to Judge Coffey
remarking, "This will all be over in a
few minutes
HaIsey Not Arrested
Attorney Schlessinger appeared for
Theodare V. Halsey of the Pacific
| States Telephone and Telegraph COM
| pany, indicted on the same charges
brought against Vice President Glass.
Mr.. Schlessinger said that Halsey' S
bond of $4,000 would be ready at D.
m. District Attorney Langdon said
that that would be satisfactory and
Judge Coffey gave assurance that no
attempt would be made to arrest Hal
sey in the interim.
Judge Coffey said that the cases
against Glass would be assigned to
Judge Lawlor's department, where TIE
nine indictments previously returned
against the vice president of the tele-
phone company are soon to be tried
He said that later in the day he would
assign for trial the fifty-six charges
against Calhoun, Mutually, Ford and
Abbott.
"Is there anyone here to represent
Mayor Schmitz?" inquired Judge Cof-
fey. No one answered. The mayor
was indicted yesterday on fourteen
counts charging him Jointly with Abra-
ham Ruef, Calhoun, Mutually. Ford
and Abbott, with the bribery of super
visors to vote for the United Railroads
franchises and two other indictments
were simultaneously returned charging
him with asking and receiving $780,
900 bribe from Ruef and Ford in behalf
of the United Railroads and with the
asking and receiving of bribe of $3250
from Ruef and Frank Drum in behalf
of the San Francisco Gas and Electric
company in the matter of the fixing of
the gas rate for 1906 by the super
visors
Mayors Bonds Heavy
So the mayor is called upon to give
100000 bail bonds in addition to the
$4,000 bonds already put up by him
on five grand jury indictments charg-
ing him with extorting money from
French restaurant keepers.
The only other man indicted yes
terday who failed to appear before
Judge Coffey to offer bail this morn
ing was Ruef. AS he is prisoner on
extortion charges-to which he has
pleaded guilty-and as it is understood
that he prefers the safety Of Elisor
Biggy's Fillmore street prison house to