Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
FORD TRIAL ON;
COLEMAN FLAYED
FORMER SUPERVISOR TELLS
OF Immunity
ADMITS HE is TEsTIFYING TO
SAVE HIMSELF
Attorney Moore, Who Is Defending
Counsel for Railroads, Grllls
Witness on Cross
Examination
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SAN FRANCISCO. April 2O.-Taling
of testimony in the third trial OF Iirey
L. Ford, general counsel for the Olllteu
Railroads and formerly attorney gen.
eral of California, on the chafge or
bribing former Supervisor Daniel q.
Coleman in connection with the obtain
ing of a franchise Transforming the
cable roads into trolley SYSTEM
shortly after the big fire in April, 1906
began before Superior Judge William +.
Lawlor today. ~,
agreement and the second in an ac-
duittal. He is under fourteen indict-
II took but ten minutes this morning
to get the twelfth member. The jurors
are:
John Dow Mansfield, local freight
agent Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
William ]. Brady, proprietor Eureka
boiler works.
Charles A. Bowman, merchant.
Jacob Levi merchant.
Fred w, Williams, manufacturer
Antonio Fodero, merchant.
Max Ludwig, saloonkeeper.
Hans Rasmussen, retired hotelkeeper
John J. Murphy, carpenter.
John p. Leonard, contractor
William Dohemann, cigar dealer.
Alfred J. Boyce, real estate dealer.
John e. Behan, clerk to the board of
Supervisors, identified the records OF
that body.
Daniel E. Coleman, member OF the
board of supervisors of the Schmitz
regime, was placed on the stand at
O'Clock this afternoon. His testimony
did not differ materially from that
given by him at the two previous trials
and he had not yet concluded at p.
M. when court adjourned until tomor-
row morning.
His Testimony Mapped Out
Under cross-examination by A. A.
Moore ST., chief counsel for the de-
fense, 1t was brought out that the Wit
ness with six or seven others or the
former board of supervisors had been
summoned to a meeting at the district
attorneys Office last Tuesday night by
w. ]. Burns. special agent for the pros
ecution, and that the latter had told
Coleman that 1t would be well for him
to be there" Coleman stated that AS"
sistant District Attorney John O'Gara.
who is conducting the prosecution OF
Ford, was present and that some phases
of the testimony to be given by the Ior-
1ner supervisors were discussed.
Coleman told of receiving $4,000 from
James L., Gallagher, chairman of the
finance committee of the board or su-
pervisors. for his vote in favor of the
United Railroads trolley franchise In
two payments of $4,000 each.
Under the grilling ross-eXamlnauon
of Moore, replete with such terms as
"informer," "accomplice" and you con-
fessed" Coleman admitted that he was
testifying under a promise Of lmnulutYi
that that promise was not reduced 70
writing and signed by District Attor r.
ney Langdon and Assistant District AT
torney Heney until after the members
ri had rpfnSp6 To resign as
supervisors. and that the members Of
the prosecution were to be the sole
Judges of whether his testimony was
satisfactory.
''Then you are looking out for your
self by seeing that your testimony is
satisfactory" asked Moore.
Witness declared that he was IN
formed by Gallagher at the time that
the promise of immunity was made
that such contract was not legal, put
declared he believed the prosecution
would carry out its promise If he gave
his testimony truthfully and fairly,
Eight Sworn to Try Ruef
The third week in the case of Abra-
ham Ruef. former political boss, on
trial for bribery, began today. Three
more Jurors were sworn in, making
eight now in the jury box, VINO nave
finally been accepted and sworn.
After the prosecution anu l.I'9o @
each had exercised two peremptory
challenges this afternoon, these three
men remained acceptable to both sides;
John l.. Vermeil, grain dealer; William
Leverone, butcher; Morris Haas, liquor
dealer.
There remains to the prosecution but
one peremptory challenge and TO the
defense three.
one hundred and nine veniremen
have so far been examined and another
venire of fifty was ordered to be re-
turned in court tomorrow morning
The examination by counsel for the de-
tense continues over a wide range OF
questions, but there was little or no
friction today between Assistant Dls,
+rjct Attorney Francis J. Heney ana
Henry Ach. chief counsel for Ruef