The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
WANTS CALHOUN TO
INCRIM|NAT[ FORD
O'Gara Says Next Witness for
Prosecution Will be Thorn
well Mullally

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Patrick Calhoun, president Of the
United Railroads. and Thornwell Null
lally, his assistant, are to be the sur
prise" witnesses for the prosecution In
the trial OF Tirey L. Ford.
During the drowsy afternoon ses-
sion of court before Judge Lawlor
yesterday Assistant District Attorney
John O'Gara stated that the next wit
ness he desired to put on the stand
was Thornwell Mutually.
The attorneys for. the defense
pricked up their ears.
we could have produced Mr.. Null
lally,. Stanley Moore said.
II have a process out for him now,
responded O'Gara, but evidently 1t was
impossible to find him. M
AT the same time the summons was
issued for Mutually foreign subpoena
was issued for Calhoun. who has been
in Santa Barbara welcoming the fleet.
Mutually should be a witness this morn
ing, but the date of Calhouns appear
ance is uncertain, although 1t cannot be
long delayed. for he Is not great dis
tance from the city and the trial is
about over. At neither of Ford's for
mer trials was Calhoun or Mutually
a witness. Both are Ford.s codefend-
ants.
Detective William Proll, armed with
subpoena for Patrick Calhoun, went to
Santa Barbara Monday. but arrived
there a few hours after the street
| railway magnate had started on his
return trip to this city.
Detective Proll will return to San
Francisco this morning in time to serve
his subpoena on Calhoun before the lat
ter is needed in court.
BOOKS NOT AUDITED
The books OF the United Railroads
have not been audited since the fire,
or since the date upon which 1t is al
legged Ford, the general counsel of the
road, bribed Ruef and the supervisors,
according to testimony produced yes
terday. The peculiar negative method
of book keeping was admitted by
George 3. Willcutt, secretary OF the
United Railroads, who was witness
yesterday. Willcutt was examined by
OGara on other matters concerning the
company, and he testified, as at pre-
vious trials to the curious records of
the corporation. He stated that there
was no record in. the minutes of the
directors meetings concerning the over
head trolley ordinance or franchise, nor
relating in any way to the matter
which transformed almost the entire
system from cable to electric power.
He also testified that he never re-
ceived any currency from TREY L. Ford
George Starr treasurer of the United
Railroads, left the city about week
ago. and the assistant treasurer, Adam
Dollar. took the, stand. He declared, as,
had been testified to at other trials,
that the. cash book of the company, In
which were all records of financial
transactions from the time of the fire
until August 1906, was taken east
and had not been returned to this city.
That mysterious cash book has ap-
peared like melodrama wife, 'in name
only at all the Ford trials. -
DENIES DEPOSIT OF CURRENCY
Dollar testified that he had never de-
posted any currency in the United Rail-
roads safe for Ford, nor did he know
Fof the. company ever receiving cur
rency from the MINT although after
the fire gold coin was secured there
from to pay. the men.
K, BENJAMIN T. Williams; a vault clerk
in the Western national bank was the.
first Witness called yesterday. He was
unable to give any material testimony
about Abe Ruefs safe deposit boxes.
Robert II. Perry an assistant to Will.
liam ]. Burns, testified that on August
% he saw Ruef visit Ford at Oak ana
Brodertck streets In the office Of the
United Railroads. The defense fought
hard. to impeach Perry's testimony by
tHcl<ling his minor statements, and at
tempting to sdiscredit the witness mena-
orandum book. Perry occupied the
stand all morning.
In the afternoon Joseph S. Tobin, 1.
Nv. Hellman and John IL Myers di-
reetors of the United Railroads, took
the stand and testified that they had
known nothing of the corporation de-
tciding upon an overhead trolley sys-
tenn. The testimony of Archibald C.
Kaips and Charles Hofbrook, also di-s
rectors. was read into the record.
JURORS GO TO CIRCUS
Louis N. Slater, who had been private
secretary to Frank A. Leach when the
latter was superintendent of the San
Francisco mint. testified to telegraphic
transfers OF money from Patrick CAL
houn to Ford.
Before court adjourned Judge Lawlor
read to the jury the charter provisions
regarding street railroad franchises.
The jurors had q spirited discussion
with the court regarding recreation,
and compromise was effected on the
basis of the circus, which all the jury