Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-30
|ND|CT UNITED
RAILROADS CHIEF
Calhoun, MuIIaIy and Others In Net
of Grand Jury.
Burns Says Plenty Of Evidence Is Sc
cured to Convict-Money Traced
All Along the Line - Huge Sums
Required as Bail to Secure Their
Temporary Liberty.

San Francisco, May 25.-"The
people of San Francisco want acts,
not words. l will only say that we
will make good wherever we accuse"
was the brief comment of William J.
Burns last night, and it was the
only statement made for publication
by the prosecution after it had ac-
complished what half Of the citizen
ship of San Francisco declared to be
impossible-the indictment of one,
of the most powerful magnates
known to Wall street in the person
of Patrick Calhoun.
The prosecution has traced the
100000 with which the United
Railroads secured its franchise from
Wall street to the San Francisco
Mint Immediately after the big fire
in April, 1906, when the Mint was
used for banking purposes. There
the money remained for a few days,
when it was drawn out piecemeal in
lots OF $50, 900, converted into cur
rency and paid over to Ruef and by
him passed on to the Mayor and
the Supervisors. The evidence Is
strengthened by bits of conversation,
records of conferences at the office
OF TREY l.. Ford, attorney for the
United Railroads. The fact that the,
Mayor received $4,000 for signing
the ordinance granting the overhead
trolley permit was learned through
the testimony of Ruef.
E'OurtppD indict monte uoro ro.
turned charging Calhoun, Mutually,
Ford, Abbott, Schmitz and Ruef
Jointly with the bribery of the Sup
ervisors. Seventeen Supervisors were
bribed, so it may therefore be seen
that three of the indictments were
held in reserve. This is the Heney
method. The IA indictments will
act as sort of advance guard to.
draw the fire of the defense.
If the defense succeeds in shooting
any holes in them, the three in re-
serve will be altered to make them
taking advantage of
the facts brought out.
Judge Coffey announced, after
running his eye over the indictments
that he would fix bail in the sum of
$4,000 on each of the 80 counts.
He gave the accused until II o'clock
today to furnish bonds and remarked
that he would accept in lieu thereof
cash bail of $4,000 on each count.
Assurance was. given that pending
The arrangement of bail no arrests
will be made by the prosecution, so
he nine men accused of the giving
)r taking of bribes are at liberty on
heir own recognizance until II
o'clock today.
The statement was made unoffi-
,ially that all but $14O,O00 of the
entire amount of the bonds of $780,
700 will be forthcoming at the ap-
pointed hour today.
Schmitz, in addition to $4,000 Sc
'urity he has already given to Sc
ure his liberty pending the trial Of
he five counts of extOrtion brought
gainst him and Ruef Jointly, will
lave to put up 100000 in bonds.
Suef will have to put up $4,000,
'ut, inasmuch as he now is and for
more than two months has been
risoner without any immediate hope
+ release, it is understood that he
viii make no attempt to give bail.
is said, indeed, that under the
and in view of the fact
hat he turned states evidence, he
refers to remain the prisoner Of
'lisor Biggy.
President Glass, Of the Telephone
ompany, already has given bonds in
ne sum Of 100000. He will have
put up $4,000 more to retain his
berty.
Halsey has put up $4,000 in
onds, covering the II indictments
reviously found against him. He
Ill have to put up $4,000 addition
day.
When Foreman Oliver, of the
and jury, filed the 10 indictments
court, he stated that these were
'nly partial report from the
and jury" This is taken to mean
at more indictments are to follow.