Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-29
CASS EXPLAINS
TO GRAND JURY
LOS ANGELES MILLIONAIRE
ON THE CARPET
Abe Ruef Transferred to the Former
Home Of Mayor schmitz--Louis
Glass Arraigned In
Court
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named, President William Mead Of the
Central bank and Vice President W. c.
Patterson of the First National bank,
both of whom were twice called before
the grand jury during their stay here.
Thus far Supervisors Charles Box
ton, NJ. W. Coffey. d. G. Coleman. Sam
Davis J. j. Furey, j. J. Gallagher,
G. J. Harrigan, j. F. Kelly, T. f. Lon
ergan, Max Mamlock, Z. M. McGushin,
f. 2. Nicholas, j. J. Phillips, L. A. Red,
w. w. Sanderson e. 1. Walsh, and a.
NJ. Wilson-17 of the total is compris-
ing the supervisorial board-have con-
fessed to the grand jury their accept
ance of bribes.
The only supervisor who has not con-
fessed in exchange for promise of inn
munity is George f. Duffey Indlct-
ments charging Vice President LOUIS
Glass of the Pacific States Telephone
company with bribery of nine of the
supervisors in the sum of $500 each
Boxton, Coffey, Coleman, Lonergan,
Mamlock. Nicholas, Phillips, Walsh
and Wilson-already have been re-
turned and the statement may be
authoritatively made that the grand
jury is now prepared TO indict Glass
lOl lliC blAptly tiloO VI AoNAlitl oOAo L'uL-
fey, Furey and Sanderson.
These latter indictments it is under
stood, will not be returned this week.
as the prosecution desire to take up
other acts of bribery and feels that, to
quote the words of one of the prosecut-
ing officers mine indictments and $780,
900 bail bonds are sufficient to hold
Glass for the present"
DetWeier Located
Detective Burns. who with Assistant
District Attorney Heney has worked up
practically all of the evidence in the
graft bribery Investigations, stated to-
night that Abram X. Detweiler, whom
the grand jury has indicted on thirteen
counts for bribery of administration
officials in behalf of the, Home Tele-
phone company, is neither in the east
nor in the west, but is secreted within
few miles of Toledo, comforting with
friends as to the advisability of giving
himself up.
MY men know where Detweiler is
said Burns. "and are prepared to pro-
duce him as soon as the prosecution
is ready to attend to his case That
will not be for week or ten days, l
think. In the meantime there is no
chance for the indicted man to get
away if he should desire TO do So"
Superior Judge Lawlor today, i'm
after the arraignment Of
Glass on the nine bribery counts re-
turned against him. issued thirteen
fresh bench warrants for the arrest of
Detweiler, and fixed bail at $4,000 on
each of them. total required surety
of $130;000. When these warrants were
handed to the sheriff Judge Lawlor
said:
Police to Assist
1.-The sheriff will invoke the coop
Grafton of the police department for the
apprehension Of the defendant" and he
continued the thirteen cases to April
4 for arraignment, the day set for Glass
to plead.
Abraham Ruef was today removed
from his prison chamber in the fash
ionable ST. Francis hotel to No. 2S49
Fillmore street, which, curiously
enough, is the residence owned and
occupied by Mayor Schmitz until he
moved recently into the new and far
more expensive home on Vallejo street
which he built for his family.
Ruef In New Quarters
The entire second floor of the Fill
more street dwelling has been leased
by William ]. Biggy, the court elisor,
for his prisoner himself and the guards
employed to assist in the custody of
the indicted boss. Biggy also has rented
a room on the ground floor which the
mayor formerly used as his "den" and
in which many secret confabs were
held.
Speaking of this coincidence, Detec-
tive Burns said:
when Ruef was escorted to his new
quarters today this den was pointed
out to him, and he, smiling grimly, re-
marked: Yes, that's the room. That's
where the boys used to take their
ORDERS"
Find Secret Chest
A somewhat sensational incident in
connection with this former home of
Schmitz came to light today through
an announcement by Burns that while
minutely examining the premises for
possible loopholes of escape he found
by turning back the carpet in the
chamber once occupied by the mayor
as his bed room, a secret plush lined
chest, fitted securely with a lock. The
top of the recess was a section of the
floor, and on prying this up the lined
box was disclosed, set in between two
sills of the floor.
1t was about 21A by 2 feet and nearly
one foot deep, said Burns and unques-
tionably was used by the mayor to
conceal sums of money, stocks and
valuable papers of secret nature
This was undoubtedly depository, the
use OF which saved the mayor from
many a banking transaction. We
found the chest empty
The grand jury adjourned until