Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-28
PROVE FORD
DREW 5000, 900
HENEY TRIES TO FAsTEN GUILT
ON ACCUSED
BANKER I. w. HELLMAN TAKES
THE STAND
Director of United Roads Says He
Once Advised Retaining Abraham,
Ruef as Attorney for City
Railway Corporation
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coo, then $4,000 and finally s5o,o0o the
last being drawn on May TO-
This. according to the system of partial
receipts temporarily employed by the Of
ficials of the mint, covered the first pay
ment to Mutually when Ruef accompanied
him.
Calhoun Drew 100000
Heney finally introduced in evidence the
receipt of Patrick Calhoun FOR $zOo'ooo'
the final amount transferred by the treas
ury department and which Heney, In his
opening statement, declared had been
withdrawn in three installments by Tirey
i. Ford. the defendant This receipt was
undated but the time 1t was stipulated,
would be established later by one OF the
employees of the mint.
Mr.. Leach testified that within a rev
aavs after receipt of the 100000 Calhoun
came to the mint and inquired If the
amount had been received and now 1t
could he drawn He was told 1t could De
drawn upon his order.
ssT remember his arranging for 100000
TO be paid to Mr. Ford" said the witness
..Did Mr.. Ford get the 100000 after
ward" was asked
yes He came to my office day or
two later with an order from Mr.. Cal
houn and 1 ordered the cashier to pay
him.
.Mr. Ford asked me II I could give him
tiif1e money IN currency. and I arranged
to pay him in currency, which happened
TO be in the treasury of the relief asso-
ciation.'
Mr.. Leach did not remember seeing
Ford take the money away, but was GER
tain he had received 1t.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Leacn
identified a telegraphic order from Pat
rick Calhoun directing the mint to pay
Ford $4,000. Following this the witness
said Ford came to his office on the same
day. exhibited similar telegram from
Calhoun and was paid the amount In
question. A similar telegram from Cal
houn directing payment to Ford OF $loV'-
600 was also identified. This money, the
witness said, was also paid. Cross-exam-
ination failed to bring out any 1acts OF
additional Importance.
Tries to Shake Testimony
Earl Rogers of the defense, who had
admitted kilograms and receipts without
recurring official verification, made de-
termined effort to shake the testimony OF
Mr. Leach by testing his recollection OF
tbe visits of Messrs. Calhoun and Ford,
and attempted to show that the witness
could rot have had knowledge of payment
Of money when the duty had been dele
gated to a subordinate. The witness,
however. finished with his original testi-
mony but slightly impaired.
William K Cole, formerly assistant
cashier at the mint, was the next wit
ness. He was asked to identify the re-
ceipts for various amounts paid to Of
ficiais of the United Railroads. Mr.. Cole
testified that he had paid Ford the first
and third installments, but was uncertain
concerning the second The first two
payments were in currency, Ford and
William Abbott, his assistant, having
called for the first payment, which the
witness recolected perfectly.
AS to the third installment, amounting
to 100000, this also was in currency, and
Ford had called for it, accompanied by
a porter.
The bribery case of Theodore V. Hal
sey, former agent of the Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph company, was
again postponed today for week by
Judge Dunno. Halsey's attorney asked a
continuance of six months, and in sup
port of his request presented a statement
signed by seven physicians stating that
Halsey's condition was still critical. He
is suffering from the effects of an opera
tion for appendicitis