Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
PUTS BRIBERY
UP TO GLASS
SCOTT WAS NOT IN
CHARGE AT TIME
DELMAs ATTACKS vERAcITY OF
WITNESS
Secretary-Treasurer Eaton Recalled In
Trial of Telephone official
and Points Out $780,
600 Item
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2e-President
Henry t. Scott of the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company was recalled to
the stand when the Glass bribery trial
was resumed this morning.
Under questioning by Assistant District
Attorney Iteney, who picked up the
thread of evidence where 1t had been
dropped last Friday, Mr.. Scott testi-
fed that prior to the earthquake and
fire of 1906 F. A. Pickernell. assistant
to the president of the American Bell
Telephone company, took no active hand
in the conduct of the Pacific States cor
poration, but Immediately thereafter he
set about the formation of plans for re-
building the wrecked plant.
The purpose of this testimony on the
part of the prosecution was to ambush
any prospective attempt by the defense
to shunt the bribery blame onto the
shoulders of Pickernell
President Scott, answering series Of
questions designed to clinch In the jurors
minds the asserted fact thet General
Manager Glass was in complete control
of the company during the alleged brib-
cry period said that he (ScotD, between
the date of his election to the presi-
dency and his return from the east In the
latter half Of March, 1906, signed no COM
authority to Glass or Ialsey to expend
any money and gave no instructions to
anyone.
HaIsey Well Paid
Mr.. Scott said T. ". Halsey has no
stated position with the Pacific Tele-
phone company, but he is drawing sal
ary. His position as general agent
ceased the latter part of 1905. About that
time he left San Francisco to Join
Philippine telephone company of which
Mr.. Glass was. president and part owner.
Mr.. Glass, in Telling me of Halsey's de-
parture. said his salary in the Islands
would not be as large as 1t was in San
Francisco; that he had been very good
man to us here and we ought to allow
him something therefore recommended
to the executive committee that Halsey
be kept on the payroll at $176 month,
and it was done"
Mr. Scott declared that he gained from
the grand jury his first knowledge of the
issuance of the $4,000 worth of checks
on which the bribe funds are claimed
to have been obtained by thinner for
Halsey by order of Glass.
Delmas questioned the witness at length
| in an effort to suggest to the jury that
Scott had sold out to the Pacific Tele-
phone company for the position OF presi-
dent, after having entered into the organ
lization of the Home Telephone company,
| for $4,000 of whose stock he had sub
scribed and for which subscription he
was made a director. Mr.. Scott admitted
that after he assumed the presidency Of
the old company his name at the head OF
the subscribers list of he new company
was being freely used in the efforts OF
the latter to gain footing in San Fran
cisco.
The closing hour of the morning ses-
sion was consumed by Delmas in a merci-
less attack on Mr.. Scott's veracity and
his credibility as a witness. He sue
ceeded in having the witness contradict
himself and his former testimony thirty
or forty times. In defense of himself
Mr. Scott took refuge behind defective
memory and the declared. incorrectness
of the official minutes of the executive
committee of the telephone companys
board Of directors. o
Eaton Recalled
Secretary-Treasurer F. w. Eaton was
recalled by Mr.. Heney at the afternoon
session and cleared up an itemization dis
crepancy of $4,000 in the minutes of the
board of directors by the statement of
clerical error and pointing to the correct
ness of the footings.
President Scott resumed the stand and
under redirect examipation by Heney the
prosecution recovered much of the
ground lost at the morning session by the
contradictions wrung from Scott by Del
mas. 1t was shown. for instance, that
his testimony at the former trial of Glass
to the effect that he (Scott) had not taken
up the duties of the president until after
his return from the east six weeks sub
sequent' to the last of the alleged brib-
cries, was suDstantially true; that though
he did priorly attend meetings of the
executive committee OF the board of
directors and preside over them, these
were purely formal acts and did not
partake of general management Of the
company's affairs
At the conclusion of the afternoon ses-
sion Judge Lawlor pat over until Friday.
August 80. his decision Of the pending
motions for the dismissal and setting
aside Of indictments and the staying Of
proceedings In the other cases against
Glass, and the cases against Calhoun.
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