The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-28
GATHERING IN
THE WITNESSES
Grand Jury at San Francisco
Puts Twelve Witnesses
on the GridirOn.
SILENCE THE WATCHWORl
ALL PARTIES INTERESTED RE-
FUSE TO TALK.

by the grand jury in its investigation
Of bribery and graft during a session
which lasted from O'Clock in the aft
crnocn until after 6. These were, in
the order named: DIR. Ferdinand But
1erfield, representing interests allied
with the United States independent
Telephone company. the concern which
desired to bid. but did not. for the COM
pctitive franchise awarded to the Home
Telephone company, it is charged, after
approximately 100000 of bride money
had been paid 10 administration Off
Gals $4,000 10 the city of san Fran
cisco and So, 600 to the earthquake and
fire relief fund: z. Oppenheimer of San
Francisco. William Mead. president of
the Central bank of Los Angeles and a
stOCkhOlder i'm the Home Telephone
company of that city: Mr.. Sloan of Los
Angeles. Frank NJ. Brown. a broker
of Los Angeles, who had to do with the
formation Of the Home Telephone com
Tany and who. il is said. has furnished
the grand jury with evidence respect
ing the manner in which that CORPORA
ton secured the San Francisco fran
.hise after as claimed. it had been IL
Icgitimately bought by the Pacific
States Telephone company: w. c. Pat
terson, vice president of the First Ma
tOnal bank Of Los Angeles, who was
financially Interested i'm the operations
Of the Home company; J. s. Torrance.
Los Angeles broker; A. =. CaSs. pres
ldenC of the Home Telephone company
of Los Angeles; T. s. Parkhurst of Los
Angeles; Mr.. Dole of Pomona. and Su-
Pervisor ". w. SandersOn of this city.
one of the several supervisors who are
alleged to have furnished the grand
jury with much of the groundwork for
It's indictments by COnfessing to whole
sale bribery pracJiced upon themselves
by the two telephone companies. the
local gas company. the United Rail-
roads and other corporations.
NUNS the Word.
Each witness as he came from the I
inquisitorial chamber refused unequiv- 1
ocaIly to answer all inquiries put to or 1
divulge in any respect the nature of the I
questions asked him or the answers /
given in the jury room. Each either de I
oiared that he had been requested by 1
the grand jury To keep its secrets. or {
that he had no statement to make, and .
with that hurried from the Native 4
Sons building, at Gaugh and Geary /
streets, where the investigation is be
ing held
At the conclusion Of the session Dis 4
trict Attorney LangdOn was asked to .
make a statement regarding the days
investigation. He replied:
This was one of the most important
days thus far before the grand jury-a
Gay respecting which it is necessary for
The officers of the prosecution to OBJ
serve the StricteSt silence. | shall sim
ply say that this was one of the most
satisfactory days yet
This was taken TO mean that the
witnesses called, or some of the more
important of them. had given testimo-
ny tending to cOTroborate the bribery
and graft evidence on which siXty-five
indictments have been already returned
against Abraham Ruef nine against
General Manager Louis Glass of the
Pacific states Telephone company.
thirteen against Abram X. Detweiler.
outside agent for the Home Telephone
company; ten against j. Y HaIsey.
outside agent for the Pacific States
Telephone company; five against
Mayor Schmitz and one against Chief
OF Police Oman.
Assistant District Attorney Heney,
when asked for a statement, replied:
1T would be a big mistake to make
one. This is one of the days when it
IS our business TO guard especially
against publication"
Sanderson Sick Man.
Supervisor Sanderson, who, though
young man. is in feeble health. was ac-
companied from his Palo Alto home TO
the grand jury room by his physician,
d.. A. J. Villain. SandersOn. when
surrounded by newspaper men, made
pathetic appeal not to be questioned
or quoted. He said this was not on his
Own behalf but for the sake of his yers-
aged mother, who has suffered greatly
through several tragic happenings of
recent occurrence i'm the lives Of her
lhree sons. After the grand jury ses-
son SandersOn was taken in an auto
mobile TO the ferry by DIGESTIVE Burns.
Judge LaWlor in the superior court
viii call General Manager Glass to
plead TO the nine bribery indictments
tomorrow morning. Mr.. Glass was
asked tonight to state what his inten-
tons are-to plead guilty. plead not
guilty. or evade any plea at this time
and attack the validity of the indict-
Ments, as Ruef has done in his own
cases. He replied that he had no state
lnent whatever 10 make, and referred
,ae questioner to his attorney. The
after said:
1t would be unwise for US To make
eus statement now Nnetner We snail
plead TO the indictments or resist them
by demurrur will become known to-
morrow. morning when the cases are
ealied- This is all we are prepared 10
say tonight" :
Mayor Schmitz today made state
iaent specifically denying published
thafses that he has profited by admin
!stratiQn graft 10 the extent Of $685.. 600. .
ne decsaTed that when given an oppoT- ]
unity in court he will prove his innO-
eeaee Of all charges made against him.
Elsor w. J. Buggy announced tonight :
shst tomorrow he viii remove Ruef J
rom his quarters at the st. Francis
motel TO 2Sz9 Fillmore street, where Big
y mas rented an entire floor and made
arrangements for board.
ms house was formerly occupied as
q residence by Mayor Schmitz. II is
= = 'uiih a few blocks of the present res
,eehee of Mayor Sehmitz, and also near
sie nome OF Ruef IL