Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-29
Seventeen Out OF Eighteen Super
visors of San Francisco Said to
Have Told Everything.
LOUIS GLASS TO BE INDICTED.
Is Vice President Of Pacific States Tel,
Co~-Isuer Removed W New
Prison Quarters,

Y
Or bribery by thc grand jury ana on-
Is six witnesses were examined. a. h.
Casa. president OF the Home Telephone
company of Los Angeles WAS sub
iected tO further Inquiries as to the &C.
counts az that corporation and the
fund OF 100000 said to have been sent
to San Francisco by certain OF it's OFF,
GERS for use ~ bribing the supervisors
to- grant the Home company the CORE
peIitlve telephone franchise IN this
city, which was finally awarded after.
as claimed by Tho prosecution approNi-
Mately SIJ.OOo IL bribes had been paid
TO the supervisors by the rival company
10 Insure theIr voting against the
award: j. n. Martin, Of the Adams
Phillips company, OF Los Angeles. who
with j. S, Torrance. 1t Is said, brought
Go San Francisco 100000, which. 1t Is
alleged was also paid by the Home Tel-
ephonc company for its franchise, ss5,-
600 to the city and $4,000 TO the relief
fund; George Beansion, of the book
keeping department of the Pacific
states Telephone company who was
further questioned as to his familiarity
with the Accounts OF that corporation
In SO far as they are affected ny Inc
brides alleged to have been paid, Jonn
A. Mallon, statlsticlan of the PACING
States Telephone company y, y Tor
rance, Of Los Angeles. one OF the bro
kers who handled the bonds and secutl-
lies OF the Home company, OF that city.
and Percy c. Morgan, OF the California
Mine Producers association. who was
a member OF the executive committee
OF the Pacific states company at the
time the supervlsotlal brihes ARE al
legged to have been paid
HENEYis STATEMENT
When questioned at the close OF the
grand Jury session as TO testimony I'D
duyed, Asst. Dist, Atty. Hensy said
among other things that of his knoSl-
edge MIR. Morgan was In the east from
November of 1905 until April OF 1906.
an absence covering the bribery period
-'and," he added, -'lt Is only fair To-
state THAI it was possible for an absent
member OF the Pacific States executive
board 10 be wholly ignorant OF the
paying OF these brides. for this board
yvas not board OF audit, but rather a
board which discussed policies while
such disbursements as these payments
were approved and made by Others.
Mr.. Ieney stated that subpoenas to
appear before the grand jury on Sat
urday were served today on othcials OF
the Western National bank and lne
ntltsu '>eAtes 'i,.t 49,. tc what thsv
sltS- II Noulu 4 ,as+,F,, owe
Moulu ~ eH 80 ctean nm both Inc
Mops, Gs fa.u HAVE brib,.rv deals
I,aVfne $3.50 go 10 t,,.r tn tbe in
~ , ,Insst. othar f.lnnies NEXT week.
i, is s,nnnsslblc TO even intimate at
y - .,,.,n IKE, Iong tbese 5nyestlgatious
IA, .ols 49,,
1,.ls,c S,stes Talcnhone conlpany's ex-
at,'.ire s,",,,d have been stlbpoenaed to
800 h.'fnre me jna,lisitorSal body
s,i ee $40 ni,nesses from Los An
81 ere 6naIIv excused today and it
90, ,,ta,ad ,not -hev would start for
t'a,,,o tndav These included, besides
th.sS ,o,,sed president William Mead.
~, 10 Ce%tral hank and Vice President
W "a, ~ pott.,.saT ~ the First National
h.nt, hoth Of Srhom were twice called
800 Inc g,anJ i,s,.y during their stay
p.rc '
x,.trc HAVE rclNEEs sED
~
Thus far supervisors Charles hoalVla'
M. w. Coffey, ID. G. coleman, sam IA
Wis, j. j. Furey, j. l.. Gallaghe 9. j.
lias s,nn,ecl. p NJ Mcrj1ihnn n p,
NsIchnlas 1 i PhllIins Il, A. Rea, W.
W Sa1darsnn n r Walsh ana A NJ,
Ivt,snn--.17 ~ the total rs comprising
me ',,,,,aryiacr,iai hoard--have N is ra.
noy,sd confessed To the grand Jury
l,hst fhav know about bribes.
n ~ alleged thar the only SUPERVISOR
,,I,s has nat corfrsSeA In cyrh snre for
,,rn,,,ise ~ ;,nmunity is George n Duf-
~, S'''-N
Indictments charging Vice President
! o,,ta c,iaes M nc paclflc states rele-
.,hnn. cny7no,,o- VITA, bribery M nine OF
~ ,s,,,,e,,,Isars IN the ann, M AZ oOO
- - Z" teo,-tnn .-oyrae Coleman Ionsr-
Srsn NsIanlorlt NlchoIas PhiIiIps walsh
s s,'s,,' Stlisnn.1aIrondv have hern re-
tnrneS ana the Statement Is now
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DETECTIVE BURNS NOlth'
Detective Burns. who with Asst Dist.
Att1s ttcno,- rms worked m nractlc.,lly
all the evidence in me graft bribery in'
Nam X ', D.tSeiier WON tie rand
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