The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
LAWYERS AGAIN
IN HOT WRAAG[E
Heney and DeImas Exchange
Personalities During the
Wearisome Glass Trial.
BANK TELLER ON STAND
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE
PROSECUTION.

San Francisco, Aug. Estate Sen
ator Russell Lukens was a witness to-
day in the trial of Louis Glass for
bribery and was subjected by Assist
ant District Attorney Heney to an ex-
animation which could not have been
more severe had he been placed on
the stand by the other SIDE. Senator
Lukens was preceded in the witness
chair by Benjamin A Pendleton and
Eugene I. Thurston, jr., who were
members of the city council of Oak
land in the fall Of 1905, when the Home
Telephone company was seeking
rival franchise in that city against the
efforts of the Pacific States company
to maintain it's monopoly. Mr.. Pendle-
ton and Mr.. Thurston testified to hos
pitalities extended to them by Agent
Halsey of the old company and by Lu-
kens, who was in its employment as
lawyer, but no testimony was forth
coming of any improper offers being
made to them. The prosecution will
conclude tomorrow.
Banker on the Stand.
Henry T. Hanley, paying teller of
the Wells-Fargo National bank, was
the first witness called this morning IN
was Identical with that given yesIer-
day by other bank men IN support of
the claim made by the prosecution that
checks of the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph company required the sig
nature of either Louis Glass or E. ].
thinner during the period of the al
legged briberies. Henry T. Scott was
recalled to identify his signature on
various company vouchers. and during
Ia IazI--
engaged in the first goOd-naturei ba-
dinage since they became opposing fig
ures in the bribery graft prosecution.
Counsel in WrangIe.
But all this was proved a few min
utes later to be merely a breeze before
the gale. Last night, when Chief
Counsel Pillsbury was on the stand,
Delmas introduced in evidence certain
vouchers of the telephone company
showing the payments monthly to Ruef
of the sum of $3.50, ostensfbIy as an
attorneys fee but in reality the prose-
cution claims to buy his influence with
municipal officials. Some OF these
vouchers bore the approval signature
of President Scott, and still later ones,
similarly approved and signed, were
for lesser monthly amounts, showing
that Ruef's fees had been cut down
Oy oIueF u oCOll, DIS eNSHludlly pfONSI
Heney Stated 1t.
These latter vouchers Delmas did no:
offer in evidence until today when
Scott was under cross-examination.
Referring to the Withholding of them.
Heney accused Delmas of practicing a
trick of evasion. This aroused Deimas
to reply. Il don't know what this
individual means means by trick of
! I H. h.
term in a desire to be ungentlemanly.
The truth is that Mr.. PillsDury was
the first to inject the name of Ruef into
these proceedings"
That's not So" interrupted Heney.
"Ruef's name has been in this ever
since the beginning
Yes" said Delmas, ''it has been in
| by the loud-mouthed declarations of
counsel, but not by any particle of evil
dence until introduced by Mr.. Pills
| bury"
Court Ends Controversy.
| This led to a hot exchange of per-
/ sonalities, Heney asserting that Del
mas himself had first brought in Ruefs
name. The controversy was finally
ended by Judge LAWYER sustaining an
objection by Delmas.
President Scott testified to approx
ing a voucher for $1,000, presumably
/ for Ruefs services. At the time ne
said these allowances must be cut
down. Later he approved four sim
/ liar vouchers for $500 each, all paid to
Ruef through Halsey, and explained
/ that they were thus cut down by his
! order and were the last payments made
/ to Ruef.
AT the time you approved those
vouchers did you know of any service
| that had been performed by Ruef for
| the company" asked Heney. Scott
| answered, NO, sir
! When Scott assumed the presidency
Glass salary was $4,000 a year.
| Delmas handed to Scott a telegram
which purported to have been sent "a
/ the general offices by Halsey from
Minneapolis at time when, according