The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-15

Richard Cornelius, then president of
the Garments union, who declared that
Calhoun had sent for him before the
fire and had told him of MS intention
of trolleyizing the local railway system.
UNION MANS TESTIMONY
Cornelius testimony was dweIt upon
by 0Gara as forming an important
link, as was also that of Attorney w.
W. Sanderson, who, as president of the
North Beach Improvement club, was
asked by Calhoun and Ruef to support
the trolley franchise by speaking in
Its favor before the board of super
yisors, and who, when he refused to
do this. was told by the latter. 1T s
all fixed and we won't need you any
how"
OGara showed, by reference to the
company's books, that Calhoun was
the one man power of the corporation
and absolutely controlled it, even to
the extent of holding blank resigna-
tons signed by all the members of
his board of directors. Taking up the
direct case again, the speaker recited
the details of the receipt of the
5000 900 fund at the mint May %. 1906,
and of the manner in which 1t was
handled through unusual channels at
a time when the local banks had re-
sumed their usual methods of business.
He told Of the withdrawal of this
money by Tirey L. Ford and of its
removal to Ford's Office. where it was
deposited upon a table ito await the
arrival of some one Ford knew would
come for It," Then came the coinci-
dence in dates between the with
drawal of this money, the visits of
Ruef to Ford's office, Ruefs rental of
additional safe deposit boxes and the
payments to the supervisors.
1T was not the business of the mint
to do a banking business, and on Aug
ust 90 Frank A. Leach, superintendent
of the mint wrote a letter to Patrick
Calhoun at the car barns requesting him
to withdraw his balance of 100000
continued OTara.
ION August 81, 1906, the following
day, Leach received a telegram from
Patrick Calhoun instructing him to pay
to TREY L. Ford or order the sum of
100000
How did Calhoun in Cleveland, O.,
know of the receipt of Leach's letter
at the car barns here. Stetler whose
business 1t was to open and distribute
the mail, denied any knowledge of the
receipt of Leachs letter.
ALL IN IGNORANCE
"Thornwell Mutually also pleaded ig-
norance of the matter. Why do all
these people plead ignorance? 1t is
either because they did not want to
be mixed in this bribery transaction
or did not want to give any testi-
mony which would hurt the defend
ant In short, somebody lied.
The money was drawn from the mint
by TREY l.. Ford and taken to the
ear barns Later came the visits of
Ruef to the car barns, as testified to
by Latham, witness who was hostile
to the prosecution
"At that time Ruef was followed by
Robert Perry, one OF Burns men, and
on August %, 1906 was followed in
his automobile On that day Perry saw
Ruef coming out of Ford's office; and,
mark you. that was the very day on
which TREY L. Ford had drawn the
balance of 100000 from the mint"
The assistant district attorney took
I'D and discussed the manner in which
Ruef paid the money to Gallagher, and
how the latter in turn paid it to the
SUPERVISORS O'Gara showed that Ruef
paid s85.0 900 in all to Gallagher and re-
tanned $4,000 for himself.
.grhe bank accounts of the United
Railroads. continued O'Gara, which
have been produced here, show that the
5000 600 drawn from the mint by TREY
L. Ford was never deposited to the
credit of the United Railroads in any
bank in San Francisco, nor was it re-
ceiyed in the company's Office.
treasurer Starr. however, has testi-
fed that Patrick Calhoun later in
structed him to make credit of 5000,
600 on his books in favor of the United
Railroads investment company. Starr
never saw any of the money, although
he was treasurer and had control of
tbe company's balances Yet he took
the word of Patrick Calhoun and made
an entry of 100000 on the books of
the company, which he did not know
to be true.
calhoun did not want the entry
made when the money was received.
but had to show something later, and
starr made the entry without knowing
a thing about the money None of
the presidents instructions to Starr
were in writing, but Willcutt received