Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-26
ARGUMENTS
END TODAY
JURY WILL HAVE GLASS CASE
BY AFTERNOON
PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE END
AT ONCE
DeImas Declares He Changes His
Mind About More Witnesses,
Because Prosecution Has
Made No Case
By Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-The Louis
Glass bribery case should be in the hands
of the jury by o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Francis j. Heney for the people and T.
G. Coogan for the defense today made
opening arguments.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Dolphin
M. Demas, following Coogan, will begin
the closing address for Glass
He will speak for ore hour and Heney
will then close for the prosecution, con-
Guiding at IL.
1t is expected that Judge Lawlor will
deliver the charge to the jury imrnedi-
ately, the reading of which may not con-
sumo more than thirty minutes, and the
fate of the vice president and general
manager of the Pacific States Telephone
company will rest with the trial twelve.
Popular prophesy is divided between a
conviction and a disagreement.
No one affects to forecast an acquit-
tai.
The chief sensation of the trial came at
IL 20 o'clock this forenoon when the pros
ecution having closed It's case, Delmas
crisply announced:
$50 have We"
This determination to offer no evidence
In contradiction of the circumstantial web
b
complete surprise to everyone, most Of all
to the prosecution; for the previous day
Delmas had casualy-or so 1t seemed
mentioned Rudolph Spreckeis as lone of
the witnesses we shall CALL" and had as
sured the court that all of the defense's
witnesses would be notified to be on hand
today.
Calls 1t "No Case"
So when Delmas snapped out I'VE are
perfectly willing to submit the case with
out argument and go to the jury now,
Heney took him to task for his "osten-
tatious announcement of prospective wit
nesses on Wednesday.
Delmas' reply was in effect that he
cared nothing for the covert insult" that
might be intended by the word "ostenta'
tious"; the defense had changed it's mind
about putting witnesses on the stand be-
cause the prosecution had failed to make
out case; there was no case to meet.
Adjournment was taken until O'Clock
| to allow Heney time in which to prepare
| his opening argument.
This occupied one hour and forty-fivt
| minutes Of the afternoon session and helC
| answering the attention OF large audi
| ence of men and women that filled two
| thirds of the cushioned pews of Israe
! synagogue.
After stating frankly to the jury tina
| the detection OF Second Vice Presiden
| thinner, the most important individual
| witness for the state, had put it beyond
| the power of the prosecution to establish
| directly the connection of Glass with tn,
crime of bribing Supervisor Charles Box
ton, Heney devoted himself to vigorous
exposition of the circumstantial case
made out.
He claimed that by carrying out sue
Of ali a he d
| proved beyond all reasonable doubt that
| other than Halsey only two men had the
power to supply the telephone funds for
the bribery of the supervisors-Emtl j.
thinner and Louis Glass, the former now
in the county Jail for contempt in refus-
ing to testify, the latter of whom has ex-
ercised his right as a defendant not to
take the stand.
The last named fact, however he was
not allowed to mention, the law forbid
ding.
May Show Strength Today
Heney's speech, though full of fire and
logic. did not compare in power with his
address to the Mayor Schmitz jury. 1t
was the opinion of many who heard him
that he was saving himself for the clos
ing armugent tomorrow, and that he will
show his real strength then.
Justice said Attorney Coogan-the
white-haired lifelong friend of the defend
ant-in opening his argument for Glass
SHOULD be the same In all cases.
Here is a man who has run over three
fourths of the space allotted to mankind
and who now finds himself confronted
with a serious crime before jury. II
means a great deal to him
But if he is guilty of this offense you
should not consider the consequences tc
him. One thing you must at all times re-
member, and the court will so instruct
YOU, that the presumption of innocence is
ever with the accused, and you must give
to him the benefit of any and every rea-
sonable doubt that in your minds may
arise.
at is charged that Mr.. Glass paid SUI
pervisor Boxton 5000 to influence his vote
on the Home Telephone company's appli-
cation for franchise. The proposition is
this:
was that crime committed, and If So
who committed it?"
Thenceforth Mr. Coogan bent his ener-
gies to the exploitation of three chlei
points: The failure of the prosecution to
show by any witness that Glass "aided
encouraged or abetted the preparation OF
that crime; the improbability of Its
commission by Glass because of lack OF
motive, and the fatal error of laying the
sins and wrong doings of the Pacitc
States Telephone company on the shout
ders of this defendant"