The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-21

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pervisors $1,000 each, and to one
James L. Gallagher, $4,000. Halsey,
1t is said, agreed to pay each supervis-
or $4,000 additional if the franchise
was not granted to the Home COM
pany.
OF the fourteen survivors who it is
charged were bribed by Halsey, nine
Mr.. Heney said, turned around and
took money from the other company
TO vote for the franchise, two of whom
returned part of the money they re-
ceived.
The Home Telephone company, beside
the $4,000 bid for the franchise total
of $62 900 to the supervisors, said Mr.
Heney. all of which passed through the
hands of Abraham Ruef. Eight super
vlsors, who it is charged were bribed
by Halsey with $1,000 each. also are al
legged to have taken $1,000 from Ruef
TO grant the franchise of the Home Tel
ephone company.
Four supervisors who Mr. Heney said
did not accept a bride from the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph com
franchise to the rival company, are
alleged to have taken bride of S.
QUO each from Ruef, of the money fur
nished the latter by the Home COM
pany. r
One, Supervisor Rea, according to
MI Heney, did not accept any money
IN connection with the granting. of the
telephone franchise. Supervisor Gal
lagher, Mr. Heney declared, handled
the money for the board in connection
with Ruef, and all are said to have
received 100000
Seventeen indictments charge Ruef
with bribery in connection with the
granting of the trolley franchise to the
United Railroads Immediately follow
ing the earthquake last April, Super
visor Rea not receiving any money
In connection with the matter. Fifteen
supervisors said Mr.. Heney, accepted
from Ruef $4,000 each to vote for the
trolley franchise One,s former Super
visor Wilson now state railroad
commissioner, was paid $4,000 and Gal
lagher $4,000.
Mr.. Honey said all the supervisors
with the exception of Duffy, now pres
ident of the board of public works, have
testified fully before the grand jury and
confessed all their par ticipation in the
acceptance of brides.
Duffy is willing to testify and will
be before the grand jury Thursday"
he said. Whether he will be permit
ted to do so will depend upon certain
conditions that we Will put up to him.
We want to know certain things that
have happened in the board of public
continued his graft. 1 got Sanderson's
confession at Palo Alto last Sunday"
Sanderson was former schoolmate of
Heney's and was supposed to have been
the first supervisor to confess to the lat
ter, several months ago. AT that time he
MAS TO De on nS fo aa
turning only few days ago; As a matter
make any admissions until he knew that
the young prosecuting attorney who be
came famous in the Oregon land fraud
cases, had practically every thing in his
own hand and required only Sanderson's
verification.
board of public works, is the one member
of the board last spring who was said all
along was not charged with having . ac-
morning purported to have been given by
him., expressing. amazement that men
could sell their honor and soul for gold
The statement that he was one of the al
legged grating fathers, comes as a sur
The discrepancy in the number of in
dictments as given by Heney, it was ex-
pldaiined by the fact tith as stated that i've
Assistant Attorney Heney- stated that
the INDICTMENTS was the beginning of the
ruption in San Francisco and the prosecu-
bic for such conditions in this city,
District Attorney Langdon said immedi-
1.-THE remarkable organization of this
grating and corruption in the municipal
iflcations, involving millionaires and the
better class of citizens, will appal not on
ly the city. but the entire country, when
This is only the beginning" de. DECLARED IRE;
dence in the indictments filed today and
others that have been returned but for
the present will remain secret, is abSO-
lutely conclusive and as perfect as the ev
idence in any case of investigation with
which have been connected,
'Ruef acted as broker and agent" he
continued, between the corporations an0
the board of supervisors in all matters
pertaining to the obtaining of privileges
from the city fathers.
Arrested i'll Manila.
San Francisco. March 21.-T. V.
Halsey, the outside man" for the Pa
cific States Telephone company, who,
it is charged, handled the bride money
for the supervisors from the telephone
company, has been arrested in Manila
as he was about to begin his journey
back to San Francisco to face trial on
the indictments filed against him yes
terday by the grand jury. Halsey
waived extradition.
Denies Agreement With Schmitz.
San Francisco, Cal, March 21.-
Secret Service Agent William j. Burns,
yehemently denied that an agreement
had been entered into with Mayor
Schmitz.
Although twenty-seven indictments
have SO far been returned in connec-
ton with the alleged telephone graft,
Burns asserted that the proving of
that alleged graft had but just begun
During the grand jury session yester-
day r. H. thinner and former Audi
tor Sherwin of the Pacific State Tele-
phone and Telegraph company were
under fire thinner admits that he
was closely questioned about the af-
fairs of the telephone company while
he had charge of the books and was
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