Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-28
HENEY TRIES 10 FAsTEN GUILT
ON ACCUSED
BANKER !. w. HELLMAN TAKES
THE STAND
Director of United Roads Says He
Once Advised Retaining Abraham
Ruef as Attorney for City
Railway Corporation


with bribery, Francis ]. Heney, assistant
| district attorney. today began the intro
duction of testimony calculated to show
that the defendant in person had at diff
| ferent times become the custodian of
| 100000 deposited in the United States
| mint to the credit of Patrick Calhoun,
| president of the United Railroads.
| After forcing every member of the
board of supervisors with two exceptions
! to admit having received various amounts
| in connection with their votes upon the
overhead trolley franchise, the prosecu-
tion placed on the stand in rapid success
sion several officials connected with the
mint and sub-treasury, all of whom re-
called the occasions upon which the de-
fendant, Ford, presented the telegraphic
| orders of Patrick Calhoun for two pay
ments of $4,000 each and third for
100000 all of which, according to the tes-
timony, were paid in currency at the re-
quest of the defendant although on at
least one occasion the gold originally ten
dered in payment was exchanged for cur
rency that cnanced TO De on iiani IN tie
relief fund for the stricken people of San
Francisco.
Two directors of the United Railroads
| summoned to the stand admitted knowing
| nothing Of this transaction. although one
of them, I. w. Hellman, recalled an in
stance, when the United Railroads had
another president, when he had advised
the existing administration to employ
Abraham Ruef as an attorney for the
| corporation in order to insure peaceful
relations with the labor unions
Rogers Questions Memory
| Practically all of this testimony stood
as submitted, although in several in
stances Earl Rogers, attorney for the de-
| fense, made determined effort to im-
peach the memory OF the motives of the
witnesses.
| The list of exhibits was swelled by the
addition of kilograms and official records
of the mint, through which Heney was
| able to establish that while the first
money sent to the credit of the United
| Railroads from the east was payable to
| Thornwell Mutually. assistant to the pres
ident, and was collected by the treasurer
of the corporation the second fund of
| $780, 900 was made payable to Patrick Cal
j houn, and that the latter visited in per.
4 son the director of the mint in order to
make possible the collection OF this
amount by Ford. sv.a -. .. ~ 4 u
During his examination of the two
directors of the United Railroads. whose
| testimony closed the weeks session,
| Heney intimated that this line of exam
ination would probably be pursued next
week.
MamIock First Witness
| The trial of Ford, charged with bribery,
was resumed in Judge Lawlor's court this
morning with former Supervisor Max
Mamlock undergoing cross-examination.
Having established that the witness had
borrowed $500 from Supervisor Wilson,
Earl Rogers of the defense endeavored
to show that the money had actually
been borrowed from Supervisor Gala
CHER. Mamlock. however, contended that
the money he received from Gallagher
was an advance payment which he used
to purchase automobiles required in his
business. Mamlock concluded by affirm
ing as an electrician that he had always
favored an overhead trolley system and
that he would have voted for the United
Railroads franchise in any event. Heney
copterted himself with eliciting from the
witness the statement that he had not
talked over his testimony with any mem-
ber of the prosecution since his appear
ance before the grand jury.
Former Supervisor w. w. Sanderson
was the next witness. His direct exam
ination established nothing beyond the
usual admission that he had accepted
$4,000 for his vote. On cross-examination
Sanderson testified that while in Los An
geles the witness had made an appoint
ment to meet Assistant District Attorney
Heney at Palo Alto, where Sanderson
made his confession. Witness denied that
he was then aware that he was the first
supervisor to confess.
Sanderson as chairman of the police
committee said he had considerable to
do with the permits for prize fights grant
ed by the board. Witness knew nothing
of how the so-called fight trust was
formed. but admitted that the first
money he had Illegally received came
from this source.
Approached by Gallagher
Former Supervisor Patrick w. Nc
Gushin was the next witness called
McGushin declared that he had first
been approached in the trolley matter by
Gallagher, whose manner, the witness
said, showed considerable reserve
McGushin went on to explain that while
he had generally opposed public service
corporations in their applications he had
already made UP his mind to vote for the
franchise regardless of the fact that Gal
lagher had told him he would be remem-
bered.
Having called every member OF the for
mer board of supervisors except one, the
prosecution placed upon the stand Frank
A. Leach, director of the San Francisco
mint.
Asked to review the financial conditions
that succeeded the fire of April IS, 1906,
Mr. Leach stated that the secretary OF
the treasury had arranged for the trans
fer of moneys to any person in San
rTdHClScO ny uSpOSitliS IuoHey IN any OIL
the country's sub-treasuries and that
notice was sent to the witness by tele-
graph.
Mr. Leach identified series of letters
from the national treasurer certifying to
the receipt of certain money Intended for
people on this coast and instructing the
payment. among other sums of s50,000
to Thornwell Mutually, assistant to the
president of the United Railroads, on
Anrfl % another siIm of S7b 000 on Nav 4.
another sum of $4,000 on May and an
other sum of 100000 on May %. payable
to Patrick Calhoun, president Of the
United Railroads.
After introducing these letters IN evil
dence Heney elicited from the witness the
fact that of the first $4,000 received sent
to Mutually the latter, accompanied by
Ruef, had drawn $1,000 in currency and
given $1,000 to Ruef the latter remariZing
that he wanted the money to pay on
with. Witness stated that Mutually asked
Ruef if he wanted any more. Mr.. Leach
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