The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-26
BRIBERY CASE
ABOUT ENDED
The Glass Jury Will Begin Its
Deliberations This
Afternoon.
AENEy TO CLOSE FOR STATE
Defense Offers No Evidence i'm Con-
fradiction of States Circum-
stantial Web.
HENEY TO CLOSE FOR STATE
(By the Associated Press }

| (By the Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.-The
Louis Glass bribery case should be
in the hands of the jury by 1 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Francis j.
Heney, for the people, and T. G.
Coogan for the defense today made
each his opening argument. At 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning Dolphin
M. Delmas, following Coogan, will
begin the closing address for Glass.
He will speak for one hour and He
ney will then close for the prosecu-
ton. Concluding at IL o'clock. 1t
is expected that Judge Lawlor will at
oroa deliver the charge to the jury,
the reading of which may not con-
sumo more than 80 minutes and the
fate of the vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Pacilc States
Telephone company will rest with
the trial twelve Popular prophesy
is divided between conviction and
disagreement. No one affects to
forecast an acquittal.
The chief sensation of the trial
came at 11:20 O'Clock this forenoon,
when the prosecution, having closed
it's case, Delmas crisply announced:
$50 have we." This determinatio
to offer no evidence in contradiction
of the circumstantial web woven
around Glass, was a sudden and COM
plete surprise to everyone. Most of
all the prosecution; for the previous
day Delmas had casually-or so 1t
seemed-mentioned Rudolph Spreck
els as lone of the witnesses we shall
CALL" and had assured the court that
all of the defense's witnesses would
be notified to be on hand today.
So when Delmas snapped out, 1--WE
are perfectly willing to submit the
case without argument and go to the
jury now," Heney took him to task
for his OBSERVATIONS" announcement
of prospective witnesses on Wednes-
day. Delmas' reply was in effect that
he cared nothing for 1.-The covert in
suit that might be intended by the
word "ostentatious;" the defense had
changed it's mind about putting wit
nesses on the stand because the
prosecution had failed to make out
case; there was no case to meet. Ad
journment was taken until 2 O'Clock
to allow Heney time in which to pre-
pare his opening argument.
This occupied one hour and forty
five minutes of the afternoon session
and held unswerving the attention
of large audience of men and wo-
men that filled two-thirds of the
cushioned pews of the Israel Syna-
gogue After stating frankly to the
jury that the detection of Second
Vice President thinner, the most i'm
portant individual witness for the
prosecution, had put it beyond. the
power of the prosecution to estab-
lish directly the connection of Glass
with the crime of bribing Supervisor
Charles Boxton, Heney devoted him
self to n vigorous exposition of the
circumstantial case made out. He
claimed that by carrying out success
fully process of elimination, he had
proved beyond all reasonable doubt
that, other than Halsey, only two
men had the power to supply the
telephone funds for the bribery of
the upervisors-Emile j. thinner
and Louis Glass, the former now in
the county jail for contempt in re-
fusing to testify, the latter of whom
has exercised his right as a defend
ant not to take the stand. The last
named fact, however, he was not al
lowed to mention, the law forbid
ding.
Heney's speech, though full of fire
and logic, did not compare in power
with his address to the Mayor
Schmitz jury. 1t was the opinion of
many who heard him that he was
saving himself for the long argument
tomorrow and that he will show his
real strength then.
Justice" said Attorney Coogan-
the e-haired-life-long friend of
the defendant-in opening his argu-
ment for Glass, should be the same
kind in all cases. Here Is a man
who has run over three-fourths of
the space allotted to mankind, and
who now finds himself confronted
with a serious crime before jury.
1t means a great deal to him. But
if he is guilty of this offense you
should not consider the consequences
to him. One thing you must at all
times remember, and the court VIII
so instruct you; that the presumption
of innocence is ever with the accused
and you must give to him the benefit
of any and every reasonable doubt
that in your minds may arise.
"It is charged that Mr.. Glass paid
Supervisor Boxton the sum of $4,000
to influence his vote on the Home
Telephone company's application for
franchise. The proposition is this:
Was that crime committed, and If so,
who committed it,"
Thenceforward Mr.. Coogan bent
his energies to the exploitation of
three chief points: The failure of
the prosecution to show by any wit
ness that Glass "aided, encouraged
or abetted the perpetration of that
crime,' the improba bility of its COM
; mission by Glass, because of lack of
motive, and the fatal error of LAY
ing the sins and wrong-doings of the
Pacific States Telephone company on
tba shoulders of this defendant"