The San Francisco call., 1908-04-23
.BOODLFRS PROUD
OF THEIR SHAME
Former Supervisors Blatant
on Witness Stand in Trial
of TREY L. Ford
Boxton Displays Merriment in
Describing How He Was
Entrapped

That the memories of the Ruef-
schmitz supervisors are in some par
ticulars as tangled as their morals, the
defense of Tirey l. Ford, general coun-
sci OF the United Railroads, attempted
to demonstrate yesterday before Judge
Lawlor. Eight supervisors passed in
review before the Ford jury, told each
his shameful tale, and of the octet of
boodlers only one-Cornelius J. Harri-
gan-seemed to show indications of
contrition. The others We're blatant,
DR.. Boxton even going so far as to say
that 1t had always been a question IN
his mind whether he had committed g.
crime. In a preceding breath he had
confessed the acceptance of $4,000 for
his vote on the trolley franchise.
James F. Kelly, a white haired old
man was so audacious in his pose OF
righteousness that he said that he still
was sore" because he had been re-
moved from his position as supervisor.
The efforts of the attorneys defend
ing Ford were chiefly directed yester-
day to the matter of the denomination
of the bills which the supervisors re-
ceived in the first installment of their
bribe. The prosecution is making the
point that this installment, which Abe
Ruef got from the United Railroads
representative. Ford, was of small de-
nominations, ranging from 81 to $50
bills All of the former supervisors
examined yesterday declared that their
first Bit was composed of bills OF
that character
Stanley Moore, who conducted the
cross questioning in the afternoon,
showed that Max MamIock had testified
previously that he was not sure of the
denominations of the bills given him;
that Sam Davis and John J. Furey had
testified before the grand jury that the
bills were OF large denomination: that
Cornelius J. Harrigan had sworn on
the second trial that the first install
ment was in large bills and that James
T. Kelly and Edward I. Walsh had de-
clared in the first trial that they had
received their first bribe for the trolley
franchise in large currency.
James L. Gallagher was on the stand
when court opened IN the morning. He
went into the conferences with Rudolph
Spreckels at the Presidio over the i'm
munity contract and told of meeting
with the supervisors between inter-
views with Spreckels. The supervisor
ial caucuses decided that the members
of the board should not be removed
from Office and Gallagher added that
they also had decided that ex-Super-
visor Andy" Wilson, then railroad
commissioner, should not be disturbed
in his position. Gallagher said that
these terms We're acceptable to Spreck-
els. but the latter did not promise any
thing, saying that the matter rested
with the district attorney
With perfect aplomb Gallagher reit-
Grated his surprise that the press of
the city, instead of being friendly to
the board being in Office, attacked them
and created a public sentiment against
them. making it difficult for them TO
stay in office"
Furey followed Gallagher in the
morning. and Harrigan, who alone of
the lot seemed broken in spirit. was
the first afternoon witness. He was
followed by Mamlock, Kelly. Walsh, DR..
Charles Boxton and Sam Davis.
Boxton was questioned at some
length concerning his having been
trapped by r. G. Roy and William j.
Burns. Flippantly he told the shame
fuI story, laughing outright at times.
There are other former supervisors to
be examined this morning.