The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-31
KEPT ABE RUFF
ON ITS PAYROLL
director of Telephone Company
TeStifieS That Boss Got
$1,000 a Month.
LAY BURDEN ON GLASS
MS ASSOCIATES DENY ALL
KNOWLEDGE OF BRIBERY.

c.r Francisco. March 30.-TwO SEN
-,ti,,.I pieces of evidence in the hrib-
-. craft investigation were adduced
tof,ra thc grand jury today. Three
,....r,bers of the executive board of the
p,,i6c States Telephone company. e.
g pHIsburs Homer :. King and Tim
.tf,. Eopkius. testified that they had
M knowledge whatever Of the alleged
bribiug of supervisors to vote against
,h. award of competitive franchise
~ the Home Telephone company, and
nj If b,ib,rv was committed il was
- To- Vice President Louis Glass.
hon, the grand jury already has in
Jictad ON nine counts to explain An
,tber member Of the executive board,
percy s. Morgan. made the same de-
NAL of knowledge several days ago
when on the witness stand.
Payment to Ruef.
The second sensation came when +.
pulsburv. who is a director of and
attorney for the Pacific States Tele-
,,bone company, testified that Abraham
Ruef the indicted political boss, has
baan for more than two years on the
,rivate payroll of that corporation,
and mas been paid regularly $1,000
month This. said Pillsbury. was more
than the salary paid TO himself. When
hr discovered this, he testified, he OBJ
jtcted tO the company and his own
remuneration was increased.
The following witnesses were exam
ined by the grand jury today: f. 5.
Pnsbury Timothy Hopkins and Ho-
mcr 5. King: W. ]. Kennedy, cashier
Of the Pacific States Telephone COM
pany. John 5. Cannon, janitor of the
Mills building, who was Intercepted
as 10 his knowledge of the alleged pay
ment Of superVisOTial brides by J. V.
Halsey in behalf Of the Pacific States
company. in a room of that building;
Dr.. Fred Eaton and Miss Mary Ryan.
Miss Ryan was Halsey's stenOgrapher
al the time of the alleged bribery, and
is now employed as a stenOgrapher by
the Southern Pacific company. Miss
RYAN was the last witness of the day.
Louis Glass caused surprise by ap-
bearing in the witness room. He said
he had come OF his own volition. As
sistant District Attorney Heney and
SpeciaI Agent Burns cOntradicted this
statement fatty. They said that Glass
had beer subpoenaed, but by mistake.
He was not called before the grand
Jury. but was excused a few moments
after his arrival
Trial Comes Next Week.
District Attorney Langdon said that
81 present plans are not changed the
grand Jury will hold one session every
day next week. and the trial of Ruef
ON the French restaurant eXtoTtiOn
cases viii be actually begun next Tues
day and proceeded with steadily. In
his event said LangdOn. it is likely
that he and Special Prosecutor Hiram
/. Johnson will appear against Ruef,
while Hency engineers the investiga-
tion before the grand jury. LangdOn
said that tOday's proceedings before
that body had been very satisfac-
tory lie said additional indictments
viii be returned as a result of the tel
ephone Investigations, but he did not
know how soon, nor would he say
against whom.
The grand jury program, as far as
any program is observed in that body.
proposes to commence early next week
an exhaustive investigation into the al
legged bribery Of supervisors and other
administration officials and politicians
ny the United Railways, the san Fran
cisco Gas & Electric company and the
prizetght trust, in the order named.
Schmitz Makes Denial.
Mayor Schmitz issued a statement
today denying the charge made by the
prosecution that he is endeavoring by
vigorous means to cause the TeSigna-
ton of a certain number of the super
visOrs in order 10 fill their places with
men who would Illustrate any attempt
on the part of the supervisorial board
10 revoke those public service fran
ehises which they are accused of hav-
Ing awarded as a result of bribery.
The mayor said, however. that some of
Inc local labor organizations are using
their influence to cause the resignation
Of supervisors VINO. il is announced by
the prosecution. have confessed their
guilt to the grand jury. The mayor
said he had no official knowledge of
such confessions, and that if such
knowledge comes TO him officially he
VIII at once take steps TO effect a
change in the boards personnel.
Ruef Charges Conspiracy.
Abe Ruef intimated today, in an in
teryiew. that his defense against any
indictments arising from the alleged
,onfession of Supervisor Gallagher will
9e that Gallagher's testimony, if he
mas testified, is without confederation
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