Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-21

with evidence already in hand. san.
terson reluctantly admitted ms part
ia the taking OF brtbes. WIN tine con-
fessions Of these three, supplenenteu
by mass pT Information Obtained
from other sources, the remainder on
the supervisors except y y. fvrty
were summoned before the grand jury
Monday. when confronted by the
confessions ~ their colleague. " II
said that they literally fell over each
other TO tell all they knew ana thereby
secure possible immunity from prose-
cntton, The supervisors were interrp-
gated ana swcascd by lieney and
Burns from O'Clock In the morning
until after midnight and made most
sensational disclosures or bribery and
corruption. 1t was largely ON this
Information that todav's indictments
were returned and others which. U Is
said, are to follow Furcy was exam
lned today but George Duffy, former
" a supervisor. but now president 81
tho board OF public works, has noi
Yet been called
ONE Gr1LTLESS suPERV1s
It Is said that DUFFY. who has hereto-
fOro been generally regarded as the one
guiItless member of the board, Is Wilt
ing. In fact anxious 10 make a clean
breast IN order to obtain immunity
This however. has not yet been granted
10 him and will depend according 70
Heney, upon certain conditions that he
also tell OF che alleged corruption fin th's
board OF public works where asround-
ing conditions are said to prevail,
While neither Heney nor l-angdon wall
admit that the supervisors were prom
lsed Immunity from prosecution II they
confessed, &c is practically certain thar
they VILE not be proceeded against. In
order 10 convict the bribe- gtvers, who
Heney and Burns declare are the actual
criminals IL Is apparent that no at
tempt will be made to prosecute the
small fry II the latter viii give SUCH
information a. IT may have
Burns tonight refused 10 discuss the
report that even Ruef had been prom
Used partial immunity from the many
charges against him Ii ne would con-
TESS and thereby enable The prosecution
TO trace the bride money, alleged 70
have been handed by Ruef, back TO the
officials Of the public service corpora
lions in such a manner as to Insure
their conviction Burns, how ever, de-
plored the fact that such q report had
beer circulated and spoke of how often
the newspaper OF this city had efnbar-
rassed. INSTRUCTED and retarded MS
work during this Investigation. He
vehemently denied, also. that negotia-
lions had been entered into with Mayor
Schuits.
THE TELEPHONE GRAFT.
Although 81 indictments have so far
been returned In connection with the
alleged telephone graft, Burns asserted
that the probing OF that alleged graft
had been just begun
The grand jury was In session for
three hours this afternoon, during
which time E. j. thinner, former Audi
tor Sherwip, OF the Pacific States Tele-
phone & Telegraph company. were
under fire. thinner, upon coming from
the grand jury room admitted that he
had been closely questioned about sne
affairs of the telephone company while
he had charge of the books. and had
also been jnterrogated about former
General Agent Halsey. AT $3.50 O'Clock
the grand jury. accompanied by Heney
Burns and Langdon. went 20 Judge
Coffey's court and filed the indictme nts
which were In duplicate and filled
large suit case.
According to Heney and Burns, CAL
lagher. who WIS acting mayor during
the absence of Schmitz in Europe, as
sisted Euef In the handling OF the bride
money for the board, and next TO the
boss" Invariably received the Lions
share
Burns stated that It was originally in
Nlle~t litC f'NiANrt fA-''iF7 -N@ rs
receive 5000 for granting the over
head trolley franchise, but for some
lne Explained reason, Ruef cut this sum
in two and gave each member but
81 600. excepting Gallagher.
7. v. HAL-SEY ARRESTED.
San Francisco, March 31.--T, v. Hal
sey, the outside man for the Pacific
States Telephone company, who 1t Is
handled the brfbe money for
the supervisors from the telephone
has been arrested In Manila, |
ard Is about to begin his journey back |
In SAN Francisco to face trial on the 10 |
filed against him yesterday |
by the grand jury.
Halsey was taken into custody by |
Chief Of Police Harding OF Manila I'M
upon The receipt OF the cable
gram from the authorities In this city, |
Dist. Atty. Langdon was
notified by cable from Chief Harding
Of tho arrest and that Halsey had |
waived extradition- 1t Is expected that |
Halsey viii be returned to this country |
on the next Pacific Mail steamer leaving |
Honkoug In charge Of Chief Trowbridge |
of the United States secret service.