Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-12
TELLS TALE Of
$4,000 PAYMENT
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not legally pending-hence that no vote
relative to it could have been influenced;
therefore, no .rlbery was committed. Inc
objection was overruled and MIR. Ihomas
answered that he appeared before the
public utilities committee of the board
and that Boxton was present.
Boxton Stood Pat
Some time was consumed at the after
noon session by reading into the record
of published legal notices of supervlsorlal
proceedings relative to the consideration
and granting of the Home Telephone COM
pany's application. These notices showed
that on final passage of the ordinance
Supervisors Boxton, Sander5on and Walsh
voted NO" that is, they stood by the
terms of the alleged brides paid them
by the rival telephone concern, and that
Supervisors McGushin and Rea asked TO
be excused from voting and were excused
The other thirteen supervisors voted 1or
the passage of the ordinance.
DR.. Boxton was the first witness at the
afternoon session. He testified to the
reference of the Home company's appli-
cation to the public utilities committee OF
which he was a member Before this
committee appeared Attorney Frick and
Former Judge North of Riverside to sup
port it.
The public utilities committee. said
Boxton. discussed the Home companys
application. Over the objection OF Del
mas he testified that he advised Halsey
how the members Of the committee
stood"
I'm 1906" continued the witness. 81 was
chairman of the committee. of which
there were seven members. Between
January / and February 6-the latter
being the date on which the Home fran
chise ordinance was passed to print
had many talks with Halsey aT different
places. Each time l would tell him
what had happened and what had been
said in committee meetings, and how
figured the different supervisors stood
and would vote. 1 did not approach any
of the members and interview them as
to their stand; my information came in
a somewhat roundabout way"
Tells of Meeting
Boxton eventually was allowed to tell
of his meetings with Halsey in the Of
fees on the second floor of the Mills
building. which the prosecution claims
were hired for few days for the ex-
press purpose of paying bride money to
supervisors, with the knowledge and by
the direction of Vice President Glass.
"Halsey said" testified Boxton that
he was getting along pretty well with the
how some of the members were going to
vote. and some of them were still doubt
full.
Anything said about money!" asked
Heney.
He asked me if I wanted any money
then. ] told him I didn't. At our second
meeting in the Mills building he asked
me again if I wanted some money. l
said / wasn't in any hurry He said
he would look out for my interests"
Acting Mayor Boxton gave this testi
mony with smiling lips and an easy,
almost bored voice. He met without
finching or apparent embarrassment the
stares of the audience.
How Money Was Paid
After describing his report to Halsey
Immediately after the supervisorial eau
Gus by which a majority of the MEM
hers decided to vote for the Home fran
chise and against the Pacific States
company, Boxton told the story of the
bride.
"a few days after the passage of the
Home ordinance to print, early in
March," he said "I was visiting at Hal
sey's office in the Telephone building
Halsey said he was very much disap-
pointed with the way things had gone
and that it had placed him in bad
position with the company Then he
handed me an envelope and said that
was the best he could do for me. I put
it in my pocket and went home. There
I opened it and found $4,000, mostly in
$500 bills"