The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-24
twenty-five More indictments
Filed BY Grand Jury With
Judge.
TROLLEY DEAL COMES NEXT
Ton Supervisors Get Five Thousand
Dollars Apiece From Pacific States
Telephone company--Stenosraphsr
Said To Have Given Testimony.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-The
Grand Jury ended the weeks intense
activity Of deep probing into the al
legged corruption and graft In the city
government by filing 90 more indict-
ments with Presiding Judge Coftey OF
the Superior Court at noon today
These are secret indictments voted by
the inquisItorial body but not, reported
nor even placed on the secret file.
Thirteen Of the true bills reported to-
day are against A. X. Detwiler. a cap
italist and prominent man of Toledo.
o. and nine are against Louis Glass.
formerly the president and Gen.
eral manger Of the Pacific States Tel
ephone and Telegraph CO. The charge
In each indictment Is bribery. TIE
tenth indictment was returned against
Glass. but was withheld at the last
moment owing TO Its defective form.
Glass had been in Nevada for some
time and II stormbound on a train be-
tween Reno and Sacramento en- route
for home. He viii be arrested i'm
mediately on his arrival by Sheriff
o'Nelll. Glass Is now a member of the
advisory board on the PacIfi States
Company Detective Burns today re-
ceived word from his agents that De-
twiler has been located in Cairo, Egypt
Orders for nis arrest have not yet
been cabled but II necessary he will be
and extradited. Burns
seemed to believe Detwiler would re-
turn voluntarily. Judge Coffey fixed
bail at $4,000 surety on each count,
or 100000 for Glass and $4,000 for
Detwiler. Detwiler represented the
Home Telephone Co, In this city and
It Is alleged that 1t is he who gave
Ruef 100000 which the indictments
against the latter charge, was divided
among the supervisors. Glass who was
In charge OF the Pacific States Com
pany at that time, is held responsible
for the alleged bribing of ten super
visors through his general agent, T.
V, Halsey who IL charged with hav-
Ing presented them with $4,000 to pre-
vent the granting Of franchise to the
opposition company. Halsey is sup
posed to be on his way from Manila
10 San Francisco in charge of an in
sular secret service official.
The Grand Jury met at eleven this
and half an hour later went to
Judge Coffey's court to file the indict-
nents and reconvened at this after
noon. Miss Nellie Smith, stenographer
II Gerstle Fricke and Beedy, the at
orneys VINO represented the Home Tel
'lephone Company was the principal
witness In the afternoon. Miss Smith |
8 regarded as the most important wit
less In the alleged telephone deal and
Is from her that the prosecution has
'een for four days endeavoring to get
Information which 1t Is claimed would
e the connecting link between Ruef
nd the Home Company in the matter
( $4,000, which 1t Is claimed the com
anf paid over to the former supervi-
ors. Miss Smith has heretofore been
recalcitrant witness. She was in
errogated for an hour today and the
rosecution seemed much pleased with
he result of the days work In the jury
Dom. The Grand Jury will meet again
londay to assume the telephone in
estigation. The probing of alleged ov-
rhaed trolley deal by the United Rail-
'ays will be commenced the latter
art Of next week.