Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
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SAN FRANCISCO
NOW TOTAL IA
Grand Jury Puts in
Busy Week
Thirteen True Bills Found Against
Capitalist A. X. DetweiIer and
Nine Against Louis
Glass
BY Assoclated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-The
grand jury ended a weeks intense ac-
tivity of deep probing into the alleged
corruption and graft of the city gov
ernment by filing twenty-five indict-
ments with presiding Judge Coffey of
the superior court at noon today.
These are the secret indictments
voted by the inquisitory body early in
the week, but not reported nor even
placed on the secret file. Thirteen of
the true bills reported today are
against A. x. Detweiler, a capitalist,
ana prominent man of Toledo, Ohio,
and nine are against Louis Glass, for
merly vice president and general man
ager of the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph company of this city.
The charge in each indictment is
briP' ;. A tenth Indictment was re-
turned against Glass, but was with
held at the last moment owing to its
detective form. Glass has been in Ne
Vada for some time and is storm
bound on a train between Reno and
sacramento en- route home.
He will be arrested Immediately upon
his arrival by Sheriff O'Neill. Mr.
y
board of the Pacific States Telephone
company.
Located in Cairo
Detective W. j. Burns today received
word from his agents that Detweiler
mad been located in Cairo, Egypt. Or
ders for his arrest have not yet been
cabled, but if necessary he will be ap-
pretended and eXtradited. Burns
seemed to be of the opinion that Det-
weller would return voluntarily.
Judge Coffey fixed bail at $4,000
surety, or $4,000 cash on each charge, or
$4,000 for Glass and $13O,0OO for Det-
Weller. Detweiler represented the Home
Telephone company in this city and
is alleged to have given Abraham Ruef
the $4,000 which the indictments
against the latter charge was divided
among the supervisors.
Where Glass Comes In
Glass, who was in charge of the Pa
cific States Telephone and Telegraph
company at the time is held respon-
sible for the alleged bribing of ten
supervisors through his general agent,
7. V. Halsey who is charged with hav-
ing paid them $4,000 each to prevent the
granting of a franchise to the opposi-
tion company. Halsey is supposed to
be now on his way to San Francisco
from Mantle in charge of Chief Trow-
bridge of ne insular secret service.
Trowbridge and the telephone agent
were to have sailed today on the
steamer American Maru. Halsey and
Glass are brothers-in-law and the
former was installing a telephone sys-
tenn in the islands for a company of
which Glass is the president.
Mayor Schmitz today in a statement
to the Associated Press Indignantly de-
MED that he had through an inter-
mediary Offered to confess on condition
that he would not be prosecuted and
would be permitted to remain in Of
flee. The mayor declared that he had
nothing to confess and denounced the
report as absolutely false. Neither As
sistant Attorney Heney nor Detective
Burns would in any way discuss the re-
ported offer of the mayor.
Both Heney and Prosecuting At
torney Langdon confirmed the story
sent out by the Associated Press last
night that no attempt would be made
at present to remove the mayor or the
board of supervisors, and declared un-
true the report published in a local
paper this morning that a wholesale
removal of city officials was being
planned, that the federal government
was interested in such a step and that
a citizens reconstruction committee
should administer the affairs of the
city.
Indictments Numerous
AS the result of the work of the
district attorneys office ninety-seven
indictments were found by the grand
jury this week, or total of ia since
tie investigation began.
The grand jury met at II o'clock this
morning, half an hour later went to
Judge Coffey's court to file the indict-
ments and reconvened at 2 in the after
noon. Miss Nellie Smith. the stenog-
rapher for Gerstle, Frick & Reedy,
the attorneys who represent the Home
Telephone company, was the principal
witness in the afternoon.
Miss Smith Is regarded as the most
important witness in the alleged tele-
phone deal and it is from her that the
prosecution has for days been endeav-
oring to get the information which it Is
claimed would be the connecting link
between Ruef and the Home Telephone
officials in the matter of the 900
which it is charged was paid to the
former for the supervisors.
Miss Smith has heretofore been
recalcitrant witness. She was inter-
rogated for an hour today and the
prosecution seemed to be much pleased
with the results of the days work in
the grand jury room.
The grand jury will meet again Mon
day afternoon to resume the telephone
investigation. The probing of the al
legged overhead trolley deal by the
United Railroads will be commenced
the latter part of next week.
The attorneys for Ruef emphatically
deny the persistent reports that there
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