Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-25
RUFF STILL
AN ENIGMA
FUREY AND GALLAGHER REPEAT
STORIES
Heney, During Examination OF Wit
ness, Declares Rogers Tries to
Fool the Jurors with
Questions
by Associated Press. !

| BY Associated Press.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24-Former
| Supervisors James L. Gallagher and
John j, F'urey occupied the witness
stand today in the Ford bribery trial.
EXAMINED by Assistant District Attor-
ney Heney they repeated In full their
confessions previously recited at the
first trial of Ford, of accepting $4,000
and $4,000 bribes respectively from Abe
Ruef In behalf of the passage OF the
United Railroads trolley franchise
Gallagher told also of the bribing by
him as Ruefs agent of his fellow super
visors.
Whether Ruef will be called or not
is still a subject of conjecture.
Cross examinations for the defense
were conducted by Attorneys Earl
Rogers and A. A. Moore, who chieny
devoted their energies to fixing firmly
in the minds of the jury three things
that Gallagher and Furey were self
confessed perjurers and bribe-takers;
that their memories were often treach-
erous and led them into conflicting state
ments, and that they had received an
immunity contract as the price OF their
testimony against the public service cor
poration officials accused by the grand
jury of many briberies
The trial will be resumed tomorrow
morning.
Rogers laid renewed stress on the
three secret meetings which Gallagher
testified to having with Rudolph Spreck-
els within the Preside grounds ana
which he said were for the purpose or
obtaining for himself and the other
supervisors immunity from prosecution
in return for their testimony against the
officials of the public service corpora
tions.
Gallagher testifed that Mr.. Spreckels
told him Ruef could avail himself of
this immunity agreement, which District
Attorney Langdon subsequently ratined.
Rogers spent considerable time in test
ing Gallaghers memory, as part of a
general siege to break down his cred1-
bility Out of this ordeal Gallagher
emerged somewhat shaken, though he
stuck to the main lines of the story
as recfted at the first trial of Ford.
"Trick," Cries Heney
In the course of the cross examination
Heney accused Rogers of trying to trick
and confuse the witness and fool the
jury.
practices" said Heney, "he ought to be
removed from office and l don't think
any attorney ought to be allowed such
liberties.'
Judge Lawlor directed the examination
to proceed.
In redirect examination Gallagher said
that SpreckelS dL TIE IISSiulO lLOStAHeo
explained to him that he (Spreckels) felt
no yindictiveness toward the bribe-
takers, and that If they would go before
the grand jury and tell the whole truth
he was sure immunity for them could
be arranged; that to assure permanent
good to the community there must be
prosecutions of the bribe-giving corpor-
alton officials, and that if the super
visors for the remainder of their term
would give good administration of
office they could accomplish much for
the city and something toward their own
redemption in the public eye
At the afternoon session Heney called
to the counsel table Miss Ella Condor,
the grand jury's stenographer, and from
her procured the shorthand notes of
Gallagher's confession to Spreckels,
Heney and Langdon, made in the lat
ter's apartments and in consideration
of which the witness gained his inn
munity contract. Gallagher identified his
signature to these notes.
The prosecution called ]. /. Furey. The
offer OF his testimony marked the COM
mencement of the Introduction of 'evi-
dence of similar offenses." the court
overruling the objection by the defense
to this class of testimony
Furey retold the story of his accent
ance of bribe of $4,000 from Abe Ruef
through Supervisor Gallagher for his
vote in favor of the United Railroads
trolley franchise.