Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-05
INDICTMENTS
EXPECTED TO
EXCEED FIFTY
Grand Jury Has Busy
Week Ahead
United Railway Officials to Know
Their Fate in Regard to Bribery
Cases Some Time
Next Week
Bv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-Follow-
ing the refusal yesterday of President
calhoun and General Manager Mutually
to testify, and the subpoenaing by tel
egraph of Chief Counsel Tirey l.. Ford
in Los Angeles, 1t was learned today
that it is the intention of the grand jury
to vote on the returning of bribery in
dictments against certain officers of
the United Railroads some time next
week, probably not later than Thurs
day.
Apprised Of this information and
asked against whom these indictments
would be proposed, District Attorney
Langdon replied:
"I cannot discuss this matter at all
or make any statement concerning it..
Too much advance information has al
ready found it's way into the public
print, and 1t has been openly limited
that the prosecution has leaked
Assistant District Attorney Heney
said: I'VE can now put our finger on
the money that the United Railroads
paid out as bribes to Ruef, Schmitz and
the supervisors. No, L will not divulge
the amount. 1 am not giving away any
grand jury secrets"
1t was learned that the number of
prospective indictments to be voted
upon next week with reference to Unit
ed Railroads officials is fifty-seven
comprising the alleged completely of
supervisors and another and higher
municipal official, and that at the same
time the grand jury will vote on the
returning Of nineteen other indictments
charging political boss with the same
crime in the same deak
The amount of money, part cash, part
bonds, alleged by the prosecution to
Iao ovnnJndod G q Qnnrnyir1p folU
$3.50, 900.
Ask No Questions
When President Calhoun and General
Manager Mutually were before the grand
jury yesterday the prosecution scru-
pulously refrained from asking them
any questions touching the bribery
charges, after they had stated that they
would stand upon their constitutional
right and refuse to answer, the implied
ground being danger of personal in
elimination.
The same course, it is stated, will be
followed by the prosecution when Chief
Counsel Ford takes the stand next week
in case he also declines to be interro-
gated. a
On Thursday morning the rand jury
will meet in Judge Coffey's department
of the superior court when William
Abbott of the United Railroads law
department., fIduClSf cllu MloS
McDermott, stenographers in that /de
partment, and Secretary Wilcutt will
be reported to the court as having re-
fused to submit to Interrogation in the
grand jury chamber, and the court will
be asked to order them to answer all
questions excepting such as in the
courts opinion might call for an in
criminative answer. District Attorney
Langdon is authority for this state
ment.
President Calhoun and General Man
ager Mutually will not be called before
the court.
Abbott, Mrs. Francis, Miss McDer-
mott and Wilcutt were before the grand
jury today. Each of them declined to
answer questions, on the ground that
by answering them they might in
criminate one OF another of the officials
of the company-persons other than
themselves.
Sessions of Jury Lrief
Two brief sessions of the grand jury
were held today. No witnesses were
summoned in the forenoon, but in the
afternoon several officials of the local
mint and of the sub-treasury were
called to the stand.
Treasurer julius Jacobs and Cashier
Thomas Burns of the sub-treasury and
superintendent F. A. Leach and Clerk
Nat Selig of the mint were questioned
as to the withdrawal of large sums of
gold and currency from those institu-
tions within a stated period after the
fire and during the reconstruction and
electrification of the United Railroads
systems.
Mr.. Burns recalled that upon one ec-
oasion Treasurer Starr of that corpora
ton came in an automobile to the mint
and withdrew 100000 in gold, which he
loaded into the motor car with the
assistance of two men. This was at a
time when, according to recent state-
lnent by General Manager Mutually the
United Railroads was expending huge
sums in restoring it's ruined tracks and
replacing its destroyed equipment.
The grand jury adjourned until
Tuesday.