The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-05-28

placed on hle, the grand jury has
IA more on its secret file, which it
will shortly make public. The case
against the United Railroads has
been one or tie most battling il the
battle against the grafters, but IL
has been worked up with an exact
ness that has startled the entire
city. 1t was the tightening web of
evidence in this caae that drove
Abe Ruef to confession and with
the testimony of Ruef the indict-
meat of Calhoun came as a matter
of course.
The prosecution has traced the
100000 with which the United
Railroad secured Its franchise from
Wal street to the San Francisco
MiLt i'm nediately after the big fire
In April, 1906. when the Mint W 8
used for banking purposes. There
the moLey remained for few daye,
when it was drawn out in piece meal
in l,ts of $4,000 COL verted into
currency ana paid over TO Ruef and
by him passed on tn the mayor and
supervisors. The evidence is
strengthened by bits of converse.
tiop, records of conference at the
Office of Tirep L. Ford, attorney for
the United Railroads. The fact
that the mayor received $50, 900 for
signing the ordnance granting the
|overhead.trolley permit waslearned
through the testimony Of Ruef.
Fourteen Indictments were re.
turned changing Calhoun, MullBlly,,
Ford Abbott, Schmitz and Ruef
jointly with the bribery of the su-
pervivors. Seventeen supervisors
we're bribed, 80 it may therefore be
sen that three of the indictments
will act as sort of advance guard
to draw the fire of tbs defense.
If the defe-s succeeds in shoot.
ing any holes in them, the three in
reserve will be altered to make them
impregnable. taking advantage of
the facts brought out. However,
all of the indictments filed today
show 8 most careful attention to all
the details, and les ding lawyers to.
night pronounced them perfect.
The brunt of the fight Of the de-
tense will fall upon Calhoun, who
has already enlisted the services Of
Mo,itz RosentEal, the Stadarin Oil
attorney of Chicago and
Earl Rogers, the best.
known attorney Of Los Ange'es.
Calhoun is prepared to spend the
last cent of bis vast fortune to de-
feat the prosecution.
California is looking ahead to one
of the greatest legal battles in the
history Of the ration.
Chicago, May 24.-.Baroa Won
Sch.ippenbach, Russian consul in
Chicago. will leave for Phoeniy,
Ariz., tomorrow to identify the re-
mains of Nicholai Konstantinovich
De Raplan, as those of the clerk
formerly employed in the Office of
/ the Russian consulate in this city.
The body was exhumed today Tor
this purpose.
A deputy from the Office OF
Gardner, Stem & And ION, repre-.
sen,ins Public A mlnistrator Red
DICK, is all ,ady in Phoenix for the
purpose OF taking depositions to es-
tablish the sex of Ds Raglan and
and tie Tearing will be
held in Pnot NIX Tuesday. The
death of De Raglan and the eforte
lof bis alleged widow to recover
1 $4,000, the estate left by the mytt
rious clerk has opened the most
perplexing problem the public I'd
ministrator's Office ever has beer
called upon to solve. Mre. E. P.
Bruchullis, of Chicago, who wss
married to De Raglan for nine
tyears, and Anna Ds Raylar, whit
laim.s his estate, each declare th 4
The was q man.
Information to the effect that D.
Raglan was woman, maequerad
ing as a man, led the public ad
ministrator iuto an investigation t
determine sex of the deceased.
"IfDs Raglan vas a woman.
said Alto ney Anderson today
|. "there could have been no marriag
between her and Anna sDeRaylan
twho claims TO be the widow. /,
this even the alleged widow is nc
entitled to any part of the estate
II Ds Raglan was q man, Anna D
Raglan win come In for. her shar
of the estate. The evidence 60, ia
forwarded 10 the public administrs
tor by the coroner In Phoenix tend
E to confirm the report that De Ra,
8 Ian Was a woman. who had maeq uel
9 aded successfully as. nan fe
years. 8.!.;5,.g.,
3 De Raglan 6rst cane TO Chicae