Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-04
HAD NO MERCY FOR
ALLEGED GRAFTERS
Two Are Included For Acc sptlnu
BribeS In Addition to Men Who
Took Bulletin Editor For
chilly From City
Last Week.

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 4.-The
| night OF the United Railroads in
terests to escape prosecution is as
| bitter as ever, but the graft prosecu-
ton Is slowly enmeshing the boodl-
ers. II has developed that seven.
| instead of five, indictments were re-
turned by the grand jury Wednes-
day. They are as follows:
| Three against Railroad Commits
| sioner and former Supervisor An
| drew M. Wilson for accepting and
| agreeing to accept a bribe
| Three against FORMER Supervisor
Michael w Coffey for accepting and
agreeing to accept a bribe.
One joint indictment against r.
Porter Ashe, attorney for the Uni
ted Railroads, and Luther Brown.
detective for the United Railroads,
for the alleged kidnapping of FIRE.
mont Older, managing editor of the
Bulletin, on september "a.
In addition the Ashe Indictment
further charged John Doe, Richard
zoe and Roe Doe, covering the two
chauneurs and the United Railroads
detective participating in the alleged
kidnapping, and whose true names
We're unknown to the jury.
BAH was fixed at $4,000 on each
count, making $4,000 to be furnish
ed by Wilson and Coffey and $4,000
each by Porter Ashe and Luther
Brown.
Bench warrants were at once is
sued for the arrest of the four In
dicted men.
Although many intangible rumors
had been in circulation as to the
persons sought by the grand jury,
the finding of indictments against
wilson and Coffey came as a distinct
surprise.
Telephone bribery, charged each
man with accepting $500 to cor
ruptly vote the Home Telephone
company's franchise.
In the indictment covering the
trolley bribery, Wilson was charged
with receiving $4,000, and corey
$1,000, to vote the overhead trolley.
The indictment covering the gas
bribery charges each man with re-
ceiving $3.50.
and Coffey indictments, was the
rapidly with which the Older inves-
tigation was carried through and
the indictment drawn up, presented
to the inquisitorial body, voted up
on and taken before the presiding
judge for his signature.
The jury met at 2 o'clock We'd
neSday and continued in session un-
Ill after 5. All of the papers, bar
ring the Ashe indictment. had been
prepared and all that remained was
the formal putting of the vote.
There were called before the
grand jury Fremont Older, manag-
ing editor of the "Bulletin;" f. p.
Cochran and Ben Cohan, the Los
Angeles constables who had assisted
a United Railroads detective; the
'Banjo-Eyed Kid" true name, Har-
ry Laurentzen, all-round spectacle
man of mystery; James Furey and
George Hess, Burns detective.
Cohan was before the Jury nearly
hOllr a 1a
ly upon his testimony that the pa
pers were based. He told of coming
TO san Francisco with the warrants,
of going before Judge Cook for his
endorsement that they be served in
the county, and of the subsequent
events leading up 10 the release of
Older on habeas corpus at Santa
Barbara.
Cohan gave all he knew to the
prosecution, glad to keep his own
after he left the jury room was
made the guest of the district at
torney's own big red automobile.
Following him was Cochran, who
was disposed of in quicker fashion.
He, too talked freely and in turn
was treated to a ride TO his lodgings
IN the official automobile of the
Foley and Hess and the ''Banjo-
Eyed Kid" told of minor incidents
connected with the KIDNAPPING and
Fremont Older went on the stand to
describe in detail the incidents of an
sventful night. He was the last wit
ness called. Shortly after he left
he jury room the doors were open
I'd, the jury proceeded to the Tenn
pie Israel and formally presented
he seven indictments TO Judge Cof-
ley.
The John Doe warrants will be
served upon the other three partici-
pants to the alleged kidnapping as
held identities are learned.