Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-25
Declaring Himself Confident of
Ultimate AcQuittaI Much In
diCted San Francisco Official
Determines to Stand Pat,
GRAND JURY RETURNS
SCORE OF INDICTMENTS
Prominent Toledo Capitalist
Caught in Heney'S Drag Net,
Ruef AbandorS Struggle for
Liberty by HabeaS Corpus,
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Liberty by HabeaS Corpus,
IBy Morning Journa! Special Leased Wlrel
San Francisco. March 23.-The
grand jury ended a weeks intense ac-
tivity of deep probing into the alleged
corruption ana graft of the city gov
ernment by filing twenty-five more
indictments with Presiding Judge
Coffeey Of the superior court. at noon
day. These are the secret indict-
ments voted by the inquisitorial body
early in the week, but not reported
nor even placed on the secret file.
Thirteen of hettrue bills reported to-
day are against a. X. DetWiler. a cap
italist and prominent man of Toledo,
Ohio, and nine are against Louis
Glass, formerly vice president and
general manager of the Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph company OF
this city. The charge i'm each indict-
ment is bribery \ tenth Indictment
was returned against Glass, but was
withheld at the last moment owing TO
its defective form.
Glass has been in Nevada for some
time and is stormbound on train be-
tween Reno and Sacramento, en- route
home. He will be arrested immedi-
ately upon his arrival by Sheriff
O'Neill. Mr.. Glass is now a member
of the advisory board of the Pacific
States Telephone company.
Judge Coffey fixed the bail at $40
GOO surety or $4,000 cash on each
charge. or 100000 for Glass and
SI30, 600 for DetWiler. DetWiler rep
resented the Home Telephone COM
pauy IN This city, and Il is alleged he
gave Abraham Ruef the $62 coo which
the indictments against the latter
charge was divided among the super
yisors Glass who was in charge of
the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company at the time, is
held responsible for the alleged brib-,
ing of ten supervisors through w
general agent. r. V. Halsey, who +
charged with having paid them $1,000
each to prevent the granting Of a
franchise to the opposition company
Halsey is supposed to he now on his
way to San Francisco from Manila in
charge Of chief Trowbridge, of the
inSular secret service. TrOWbrldgc
and the telephone agent were to have
sailed today on the steamer Amer
lean Maru Halsev and Glass are
MISUNDERSTANDING, and the former was
installing telephone system in the
islands for a company of which Glass
is the president.
Mayor Schmitz today, in a state
ment to the Associated Press, indig
nantly denied that he had, through an
intermediary. offered to confess and
that he would not be prosecuted, and
would be permitted to remain in of
flee. The mayor declared that he had
nothing to confess and denied the re-
port as absolutely false. Neither AS
sistant Attorney Heney nor Detective
Burns would in any way discuss the
reported offer of the mayor.
Both IIeney and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Langdon confirmed the story sent
out by the Associated Press last night
that no attempt would he made at
present to remove the mayor or the
board of supervisors, and declared M
true the report published In a local
paper this morning that wholesale
removal of city officials was being
planned, that the federal government
was interested in such step and that
a citizens reconstruction committee
would administer the affairs of the
city.
y N
trict attorneys office. ninety-seVen
indictments were found by the grand
jury this week. or total of ia since
the investigation began.
The grand jury met at. II o'clock
this morning, half an hour later went
to Judge Coffeys court to file the in
dictments, and reconvened at o'clock
in the afternoon.
Miss Nellie Smith. the stenugrapher
foreGerstle, Erich & Beedy, the attor-
neys who represent the Home Tele-
phone company was the principal
witness in the afternoon. Miss Smith
ls regarded as the most important
Witness in the telephone deal and It
is from her that the prosecution has
for days been endeavoring to get the
information which it claimed would
be the CONNECTING link between Ruef
and the Home Telephone officials In
the matter Of the $4,000 which 1t is
charged was paid to he former for
supervisors Miss Smith has hereto
fore been recalCitrant witness. she
was interrogated for an hour today
and the prosecution seemedN TO be
much pleased with the results of the
days work in the grand jury room
The grand jury will meet again
Monday afternoon TO resume the tele-
phone investigation. The probing Of
the alleged overhead trolley deal by
the United railways will be com
menced the latter part of next week.
The attorneys for Ruef emphatlcally
deny the persistent reports that there
is misunderstanding and lack Of har-
mony among them over the conduct
of his case. They promise TO issue a
statement Monday