Arizona republican., 1907-07-26
A SURPRISE
WAS SPRUNG
No Testimony In Behalf of
Defendant Glass
Popular Representations
Divided Between a Con-
victiOn and Disagreement

San Francisco. July 25.-The Louis
Glass bribery case should be in the
hands of the jury by 1 O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon. Francis J. Heney for
the people. and T. C. Ccogan for the
defense, today made eacn his opening
Tomorrow morning Del,
phin Delmas following Coogan, Will
begin the closing address for Glass. He
will speak one hour and Heney Will
then close for the prosecution, con-
cluding at noon. 1t Is expected that
Judge Lawlor will at once deliver the
charge to the jury. the reading Of
which may not consume more than
thirty minutes and the fate of Glass
will rest with the trial twelve. Pop
ular prophesy is divided between a
conviction and a disagreement. Nd
one affects to forecast an acquittal.
The chief sensation OF the trial OF
the case came at 11:30 O'Clock this
forenoon when the prosecution having
closed Its case. Delmas announced:
$50 have We" This determination to
offer no evidence in contradiction Of
the circumstantial web woven around
Glass. was a sudden and complete sur
prise to everyone, most of all the
prosecution; for the previous day.
Delmas had casually-or so II SEEM
ed-mentioned Rudolph Spreckeis as
'one OF the witnesses We shall CALL"
and had assured the court that all the
defense's witness would be notified to
be on hand today.
So. when Delmas snapped out "We
are perfectly willing to submit the
case without argument and go to the
jury now" Heney took him TO task
for his OBSERVATIONS" announcement
Of his prospective witnesses on We'd
nesday. Delmas' reply was in effect
that he cared nothing for the covert
insult" that might be intended by the
word "Ostentatious;" the defense had
changed its mind about putting wit
nesses on the stand because the pros
ecution had failed to make out a case;
there was no case to meet
Adjournment was taken until 9
o'clock to allow Heney time in which
to prepare his opening argument. This
occupied one hour and forty-five min.
ntes OF the afternoon session, and held
the unswerving attention Nof a large
audience Of men and women which fill
ed two thirds of the cushioned pews of
Israel Synagogue.
After stating frankly TO the jury
that the detection of thinner. the most
important individual witness for the
state, put it beyond the power OF the
prosecution to establish directly the
connection of Glass with the crime OF
hrih Arx-fc .l,~,x
Heney devoted himself to a vigorous
exposition of the circumstantial case
made out.
He claimed that by carrying out sue
cessfully the process OF elimination he
had proved beyond all reasonable
doubt that other than Halsey only two
men had power to supply telephone
funds for the bribery OF the supervis-
ors-Emil ]. thinner and Louis Glass
the former now in the county Jail. and
the latter of whom had exercised his
right as defendant not to take the
stand. The last named fact however
he was not allowed to mention, the law
forbidding. Heney's speech. though
full of fire and logic. did not compare
In power with his address to the
many who heard him that he was saw
ing himself for the closingi argument
tomorrow, and that he will show his
real strength then.
Justice" said Attorney Coogan-
the white haired lifelong friend of the
defendant-in his opening argument
for Glass. should be of the same kind
in all cases. Here Is a man who has
run over three-fourths of the space al
lotted to mankind. and who now finds
himself confronted with the serious
charge Of a crime before a jury. II
means a great deal to him. But If he
is guilty of the offense. you should no.
consider the consequences to him. One
thing you must at all times remember
and the court will so instruct you.
that the presumption of innocence 1.
ever with the accused; YOU must give
to him the benefit of any and every
reasonable doubt that in your mind.
may arise.
at is charged that Glass paid Box.
ton the sum of $1,000 to influence hi
vote on the Home Telephone compa
ny's application for a franchise. Th,
proposition is this: Was that Grim,
committed? If so, who committed it?
Thenceforth Coogan bent his ener
gics to the exploitation of the thre,
chief points: "The failure of tn,
prosecution to show by witness tina
Glass aided. encouraged or abetted TIL
perpetration of the crime, the improb
ability Of its commission by Glass be
cause of a lack of motive. and the ia
tai error of laying the sins and tn
wrong, doings of the Pacific State
company on the shoulders of the de