The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
PLEA OF GLASS FOR
IMMUNITY IS DENIED
Offer to Narrate All He
Knows to Prosecution
Not Accepted
is MADE SCAPEGOAT
Colleagues Point to Him
as Only Director That
Offended
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Men whose total wealth reaches into
the neighborhood Of s2O.OOO.O 900 were
the witnesses put on the grill by the
Grand Jury yesterday. The members
OF the executive board of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany bore the brunt OF the searching
inquiry. and one and all they were
warned that they need not answer any
questions which might incriminate
themselves. Then they were asked
how Halsey could pay out money with
out their knowledge. Their testimony
was practically the same, one after the
other. They denied personal knowledge
OF the passing of bribe money by the
Pacinc States Company; they declared
that their knowledge Of the company's s
financial affairs was merely general;
they asserted that the responsibility
for large expenditures lay solely with
one man. and when asked TO name that
man. they named Louis Glass.
GLASS CHIEF sCAPEGoAT
Glass has become the chief scapegoat
OF the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph Company. but he is not the
only official of the corporation in the
shadow Of the impending ak. There
is Frank g. Drum, manager of the
Tevis estate and director OF the Pacific
States Company, who, il was definitely
ascertained. yesterday, was the man
who rented the room in the Mills build
ing in which Theodore V. Halsey re-
ceived the Supervisors and passed
them the money which was TO purchase
for his company immunity from COM
petition at the hands Of the Home Tele-
phone Company. And there are other
oficiais of both companies around
whom the coils are Tightening.
Homer S. King. multimillionaire.
member of the executive committee OF
the Pacific States Telephone and Tele-
phone Company was the first witness
of an afternoon destined TO produce
several sensations. He was on hand
early with E. S. Pillsbury. also mem
Der Of the executive committee, and at
torney for the company, but was the
first selected to go on the stand In the
inquisitorial chamber.
''Mr. King. have you any connection
with the Pacific States Telephone an
Telegraph Company. and If so. what
that Connection" inquired Assistant
District Attorney Heney.
"Is am a member Of the executive
committee" was the response.
"As such, have you definite knowl-
edge Of all the financial affairs of the
company"
"GLAss,, SAYS HOMER KING
only in a general way. The COM
mittee exercises general supervision
over all finances, but not In detail
who was the official of the COM
pany during the first four months Of
over the details of the finances?"
Mr.. Glass"
could Mr.. Glass have paid out sum
as large as $4,000 without the knowl-
edge of your committee, or without
your personal knowledge"
'aOh, yes. AS ] said before, the COM
rnittee concerened itself only in a gen
eral way with expenditures and re-
ceipts Ny own knowledge is of a very
general nature, and such sum could
have been paid out by Ar. Glass with
out my knowing of it.
King was subject to long examina-
ton, which went deeper into the details
az the company's methods and the
actual work OF the executive commit
tee. but his answers were all of the
same tenor.
PILLSBURY ALSO DENIES
When King was excused f. S. Pills
bury was asked virtually the same
questions. He denied any knowledge
of what Glass might have done In the
way Of paying out bribe money, saying
that although he was member or the
executive committee. he had concerned
himself but little with the details of
the company's affairs. He explained
further that his attention to the, com
pany's business was more directly as
it's attorney.
one startling fact which Pillsbury
did divulge, however, was that Abe
Ruef had been for over two years prior
10 the time the bribe money was given
to the Supervisors, on the payroll of the
Pacific States Company. Ruefs month
lv fee. he stated, was $1,000, but
whether this was still being paid he
could not tell The admission created
a sensation in the Grand jury room.
and resulted in a lengthy probing of
the details OF the disclosure. When
dismissed from the room Pillsbury re-
fused to make any statement concern
ing his testimony.
RENTING OF THE ROOM
Timothy Hopkins. the third member
OF the executive committee examined,
gave essentially the same testimony as
King. He said that he was an inactive
member of the committee, and that. in
fact, he attended few of its meetings.
Hopkins was asked the same question
that has been propounded to all the
officials OF the company examined. as
TO whether he knew who hired the
rooms in the Mills building in which
Halsey held his conferences with the
Supervisors. He answered in the mega
tive.
1t was John s Cannon, rent collec-
tor for the building, who furnished this
valuable bit of information Cannon
had the plans of the building with him.
and showed the Grand Jurors the loca-
ton of Halsey's rooms. This, added TO
what Drum himself had admitted. es-
tablished the fact that Drum had ar
ranged for their rental. Cannon said
that he had understood this TO be the
fact.
SECOND WOMAN APPEARS
W. J. Kennedy. cashier of the Pacifc
States Company. admitted that he
handled and accounted for the com
pany's funds and wrote most OF its
checks. but declared he knew nothing
about the bribery.