Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-23
GLASS SIGNED
ALL CHECKS
HooKkEEPER TEsTlFIEs IN BRI5-
ERY CASE
RECALLS NONE IN FAVOR OF
SUPERVISORS
Defense Scores by Testimony Of Eaton
PickerneII of Controlling
Company May Be Re-
sponsibIe
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.-Samuel A.
Monsert bookkeeper for the Pacific States
Telephone company, in the Glass trial to-
day testified that the vouchers handled
by him between October TO- 1906 and
March 10, 1906, bore the signatures of the
president and vice president and the au-
ditor for the president.
The witness said that he would only
draw checks on the order of some one
''higher up''-Glass, Eaton or thinner.
He could not remember any particular
checks, as too many passed through his
hands, If there was no voucher accom-
pAnying a. check he would show 1t to
Eaton and then either give 1t to the presi-
dent OF leave it on his desk.
AS to. the stubs and stub checks which
might lshow individual transactions in
the period involved, they were burned up,
declared Monsert Heney asked several
times If Glass did not occupy Sabin's old
office after the latter's death, but the
witness stuck to the opinion that he did
not.
After cross-examination by Coogan, in
which an effort was made to get the witt
ness to say that Glass had never ordered
the drawing of check Heney took the
witness again and went through the list
of bribes given to the supervisors, asking
whether checks were drawn in these
amounts either for the members of the
boodling board or for Halsey, but the Wit
ness insisted in each instance that he had
no recollection one way or the other.
Eaton Questioned
Secretary-Treasurer F. W. Eaton of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany was on the stand the greater part
of the day in the trial under direct ex-
animation by Heney and cross-examined
by Delmas.
The defense scored something of a point
late in the day by having Mr. Eaton tes-
tify that Piokernell the then assistant
to President Fish of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, came to
San Francisco in January, 1906, from Bos-
ton with instructions to take charge of
the local corporation during the absence
in the east of Henry T. Scott, who had
Just been appointed president to succeed
John l. Sabin, deceased.
The inference of this testimony. as
rounded out by Eaton under the direction
Of DeImas, was that Pickernell, rather
than Glass, was responsible for the brib-
ing of supervisors If they were bribed
Miss Mary Ryan, who at the time of the
alleged briberies was stenogrApher to
Haisey, was called by the prosecution to
testify to seeing certain of the super
visors visit the office of General Manager
Bush street about the time of the bril-
berries.
She proved anything but satisfactory
witness declaring again and again her
inability to remember incidents.
Heney Angered
Finally Heney became annoyed and
sharpened his questions. Miss Ryan met
him half way with raised eyebrows and
short answers. She was excused without
cross-examination and without having
added much to the evidence The exam
ination of Eaton will be continued to-
morrow.
E. j. thinner was called again to the
stand, but as the attorneys were not
ready with their authorities for subp1is-
siotk to the judge the threatened punish
mel for his refusal to testify was avert
ed and the case went over to next Mon
day.