Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-18

SnerWfn was at that time traVeln8 au-
ditor of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company, which owns 81 per
cent of the former corporations capital
stock.
Audited the Books
"At the time of the fire." said Sher-
win. 81 was engaged here in auding the
Pacific States books for the year 1905.
All of those books except the general
ledger and journal and all of the books
for 1906 except the general ledger and the
journal were burnt up. The voucher
checks for the last six months OF 1906
were similarly destroyed"
These customary checks each have the
signatures of the treasurer and assistant
treasurer, or of President John l. Sabin
or Vice President Louis Glass of e. r.
thinner, as assistant to the president.
He found no record of expenditures by
checks signed by Glass without corre-
spending vouchers where checks were
payable to Halsey.
did you find a book marked 'presi-
dents book?'"
81 found no such book"
was there a book called the presi-
dents register?
There was no book There was sheet
that goes through every day with the
vouchers, to be approved by the presl-
dent"
Did any such sheets contain records
of expenditures by It. V. Halsey approved
by Louis Glass without explanation OIL
what the expenditures were for?
Delmas objected on the ground that the
question called for fragmentary evidence
of destroyed document when tne Jaw
REQUIRES that the whole substance OF
nothing he stated. and was sustained.
Didn't See Sheets
Heney reframed the question and drew
the answer: "It is very unlikely that
examined these sheets. l believe tney
were inspected by my ASSISTANTS u ~
Dickinson and c. w. Young
over the most strenuous objection Oh
+be defense the witness said these men
are now In Boston with the American
Roll Telephone company or were the last
he heard of them. .,,,,
A. the afternoon session Mr.. Sherwin
was excused after single unlmportah
question by Delmas
Mr. Heney called Supervisor Andrew M
wilson. but he did not answer
Supervisor Lonergan was placed oi
the stand.
driver of a bakery wagon and SAID ne
has a wife and seven children. He was
elected to the supervisoral board IN mo-
vernber of 1905 and took office the Follow
ing January. He soon afterward met at
his home John Krause, Opposition
agent under Halsey for the racine
States Telephone company
HE said' testified Lonergan' ne was
with the telephone company
and he would like me to come down tiere
and LEFT him show me over the place
month later l met him at Powell ana
Market streets and he took me to the tele-
nhone building on Bush street and showed
me- around the place and told me reasons
why there was no necessity LOT naVlns
another telephone company in San Fran
cisco.
BOUGHT Lunch for OFFICIAL
.I was deeply impressed and I said
a greed with him. Then we went TO luncn
together Mr. Krause paid Tor IT, 1on-
ergan could not remember anytnlne nav
ing been said about the Home Telephone
company.
V. Halsey on Pine or Bush streets. be-
tween Kearney and Montgomery he was
introduced by N. Copus. employed IN the
street department of the city. The three
entered Franks restaurant and went 10 d
private upstairs room. They had lunch
for which Halsey paid. There was no
particular talk between them.
'Have anything to drink with the
lunch?" Heney asked.
at think we had some sauterne.
Lonergan next saw Halsey in the lat
ters Office in the telephone building in
February of 1906 Lonergan went there
in response to an invitation by telephone.
The foolishness of having a dual
''phone system was at this meeting elao-
grated upon by Halsey, and Lonergan
assured him he felt friendly" toward the
esta blished company.
WAS anything said about the Home
Telephone company" Heney asked.
This was the signal that the prosecu-
ton was about to begin the introduction
of "the proof of similar offenses" by
having Lonergan testify to his own guilt
in accepting bride from Halsey for his
vote against the rival company's fran
chise application, then about to be in
troduced in the supervisoral board, and
Attorney Coogan, in the momentary alb
sence of Delmas, entered an objection
that brought the testimony to full stop.
Judge Lawlor at Mr.. Coogans request
excused the jury at the commencement
of the arguments and suggested that the
bailiff take the trial twelve to a nearby
park.
1T will send you word when to bring
them back" he said.
Mr.. Heney opened the argument for the
prosecution.