Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

by eight private guards and the court ellsoT,
all OF them bearing FIRE arms. all OF them
employed by Rudolph Spreckels. Francis J.
Heney and william ]. Burns, and all Of
them paid out Of a private fund Of 10000
raised and guaranteed by spreckels; that
his Indictment by the grand jury was in
stigated and caused by Spreckels, Heney
and Burns; that SprecRels, Heney and
Dunno are his enemies; that so strict Is
the espionage maintained over him by his
guards that Il is impossible for him to have
privacy, even in conversation with his at
torneys. except by whispering softly; that
he has complained to Judge Dunno through
his counsel, and been refused more liberty;
that persons who are to be witnesses in
his defense are not permitted to visit and
converse with him in the preparation Of his
defense; that he is compelled to sleep in
in a bed chamber occupied by guards and
wherein lights are kept burning all night;
that he is practically in state of solitary
confinement, not even his attorneys being
allowed to visit him except at the discretion
of the elisor. He asks 60 be discharged
from the custody Of the elisor on reasonable
bail and then ordered into the custody OF
the sheriff and then pending the hearing
of this petition order OF the court be
made directing the elisor to permit any one
person at a time to visit and talk to him
within reasonable hours ana to permit any
person to visit him upon written order Of
his attorneys. and to permit him to consult
freely and openly with his attorneys outside
of the hearing of Ellison Blggy and his
guards
The supreme court took no action upon
the application today. not even Issuing an
alternative writ.
DIR. Haynes f. Excused.
Edwin T. Earl, owner Of the Los Angeles
Evening Express, and DR.. John r. Haynes,
president Of the civil service commission Of
Los Angeles and of the direct legislation
league OF California, were among those
who presented themselves today for inter-
rogation by the grand jury. Both had been
subpoenaed without the knowledge Of As
ststant District Attorney Heney, according
to statement by the prosecution, and DR..
Haynes had subsequently been excused by
wire, but the telegram did not reach him
MIR. Earl and DR.. Haynes came early in
the day 10 the Office of Mr. Heney and
had private interview with him At its
conclusion DR.. Haynes was excused from at
tendance on the grand jury and Mr.. Earl
| was requested to remain to testify, mas
much as he was a director Of the Western
Trust company. the Los Angeles corpora
ton which was organized for the purpose
of underwriting the bonds of the Home Tel
ephone company of San Francisco.
Other witnesses examined by the grand
! jury today was Hartley Pearl, an attorney
associated with George Hatton, general
counsel for the Home Telephone company
Of Oakland; Miss Lucille Cochran, stem
ographer to George Hatton; Stuart Gay
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Stice assistant general manager OF the
| Pacific States Telephone company.
Ruef Trial Begins Today.
The trial of Ruef on the extortion charges
, is unless the program be abruptly changed
at the last moment, to begin in Judge
DUNES department Of the superior court at
! 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It is es-
timated by council that ten days or even
two weeks will be taken up in getting jury.
Attorneys ~Shortridge, Ach, Fairall and
Murphy will appear for Ruef, Ach being
authority for the statement made tonight
that no additional counsel win baaengaged
The talesmen will be examined by Ach
OF these there arc nineteen remaining from
the $50 drawn by Judge Dunnes order. the
other 1a having been disqualified or ex-
cused. Judge Dunno can draw additional
panels from the hundreds OF uncalled names
on the regular jury list or he can order
the elisor to bring in special venire from
the county at large. District Attorney
Iangdon and Special Prosecutor Hiram l.
Johnson, It is understood, will appear fol
the people. Assistant District Attorney
Honey remaining with the grand jury
whose sessions are not to be suspended dur,
ing the progress OF trials resulting from
indictments returned. The defense is en-.
titled to ten peremptory challenges, the
prosecution to five. Either side can chal
lenge talesmen for cause without limita.
ton, the allowance or denial Of the chal
lenge resting with the court.
HaIsey VIII he Brought Back.
Special Agent Burns, for the prosecution
announced today the receipt Of cablegran
stating that Theodore v. Halsey. indicte<
on ten counts for bribing supervisors in be
half Of the Pacific States Telephone com
pany VIII start for San Francisco from
Manila Aprilss on tho steamship China, fl
charge OF Captain Trowbridge. chief OF tn
! secret service Of the PHILIPPINES. He is dui
20 arrive early in May.
The trial OF Supervisor Nichols, Janito
Duffy and Nathan Adler. the latter pro
prietor OF a French restaurant, charge,
with conspiracy and petty extortion. hav
been continued by Judge Dunno for tw
weeks. They follow the Ruef and schmit
cases on the calendar.
Mr.. Heney started a sensation among tn
newspaper men after tOday's grand jur,
session, by remarking that he had In hi
possession lone OF the notebooks OF Halsey'
|. former stenographer and a typewriter
transcript OF its contents"
He would not discuss the matter or CIV
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