Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-19
MANY OBLIQUE
HINTS ENLIvEN
CALHOUN CASE
ROGERS AND SPRECKELS HAVE
CAUSTIC COLL0oUY
BANKER PROVES ABLE TO COPE
WITH INoUIsIToR
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San Francisco's Millionaire Reformer
Reveals lnnermost Secrets of Graft
Prosecution Under VoIley of
Insinuations
LRy AgsocIated Press.l

uOlpH SpreCheiS, HllliiOiihii .
~ banker and reformer, whose
name has been blazed into the record
of every days proceedings since the
trial of Patrick Calhoun was com
menced more than five months ago.
had his innings in court today.
Through a cross examination, replete
with singing inferences and insinua-
tions. he sat undisturbed, disclosing
the innermost secrets of the gra1t
prosecution, reciting the substantial
payments he has made to its otlcers
and agents and disclaimlng utIerly
the motives imputed to him by Attor-
new Earl Rogers, who conducted the
inquiry.
The bitter alterations that have al
ways followed the injection of MI
Spreckels' name into the trial had
prepared a crowded court room Tor
succession of angry disputes between
the opposing attorneys, but the eX,
animation was virtually conciuaed
with no breach of decorum peSoiio
few brief exchanges.
Assistant District Attorney frahcis
I. Heney, who had promised repeatedly
to hermit the widest possible scope IN
cross-examination, offered scarcely
dozen objections throughout the day
and the inquiry, soon atter II was u II
stituted. developed into duel or Wits
DeLWStL illO "iNA'~
dozen times during the day
SpreckeIs took exceptions to Rogers
remarks and fatty declared they were
untrue.
Willing to Reply
On several occasions when Hehey
ATTEMPTED to interfere the Witness Nol-
unteered his willingness to reply anu
finished his answer without fegaru u
Of the nrOSacuIlOn.
Late in the day the cross examlna--
+ion came to a tenn porary stop ana
Snreclxels was excused until toihoT
row with the understanding he Woulo
produce in court his personal accouht
of the many thousands OF doilars ne
had expended in advancing lhe cause
of the graft prosecution.
No small degree of astonishment was
manifested when Rogers, plunglng lnto
the matter of the financial support
which Spreckels has accorded, the re-
form movement ascertalned WIt,loul
the slightest protest the detalls Oh THESE
evnenditures The total, Spreckels
aaid he Ayas unable to remember, but
he admitted he had paid the rent ana
expenses of Heney's private law Oh
f,ce for a. long time, and that these
items amounted to between 5000 ana
$500 a month: ,,,,u 4,,,+ cnrecl,-
II was admitted likewise that SprecN-
els had for a long period pald a n cpll-
siderable sum to Charles W. Cobo'
Mr. Heney's partner, and in pursuance
of an agreement made at the outset ol
the prosecution. it was disclosed, Mr.
SnreekeIs was to pay to Cobb an addl-
tional sum estimated at $2O, ,0OO' repre-
eantinp a balance and payable, as the
witness said, at his pleasure.
Roqers Then Begins
l,of the
frno of Heney & Cobb not $20,OOO out
coz o., n ooo o, asked Mr.. Rogers at the close
of the day. o.;o,,,
when Mr.. Heney objected -,
"That is your statement, he sald'
"ord n won't go into the record that
wav' The witness has said the money
is due Mr. Cobb, not the firm.
"That is correct" volunteered Mr'
1T made this agreement with Mr..
Cobb personally"
"Did YOU make any arrangement
whereby Mr.. Heney was not to receive
any salary for his services lrolil liio
city," was asked
"No 7 knew that such was the case,
hut I believe Mr.. Heney personally
volunteered his services" said the VII
ness.
"Do YOU know that Mr. Heney draws
a salary which is turned over to AS
sistant District Attorney Robert Duke,
who is an extra number in the district
attorneys Officer" asked Mr.. Rogers.
This was one of the unexpected alle-
cations furnished by the defense, but
Mr.. Spreckels said he had no informa-
ton on the subject
"Have YOU paid Mr.. Heney any
money except for office expenses" 2"
"T have not" said Mr.. Spreckels, who
then admitted that he had undertaken
to continue paying these expenses for
an indefinite period.
Boosted for Langdon
Tn reply to another question the wit
ness stated he had requested District
Attorney William H. Langdon to ap-
point Mr. Heney a member of his stan
after he had obtained from the prose-
cutor an agreement to accept.
Mr.. Spreckels added thta he unde-
stood other citizens had Joined in the
request Further, he said, he mad au-
thorized Mr.. Heney and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney John O'Gara to employ
additional counsel during one stage OF
the investigation, and they had en-
gagged Hiram Johnson, whom Mr..
Spreckels said he had paid for his SER
vices.
''Did you ever have a conversation
over the telephone with a member of
the firm of Goldberg, Bowen & Co.,
and threaten to withdraw patronage
if they did not alter their attitude to-
ward the graft prosecution?'
"I did not" said the witness.
''Did you cause such a conversation
to be addressed to them?"
''I did not"
"You are sure you never threatened
Goldberg, Bowen & Coz" repeated Mr..
Il have answered. said Mr.. Spreck-
els. sharply. II am under oath and /
"You never said you would with
draw your patronage because you had
heard a member of the firm had said
q monument should be erected to Mr..
Calhoun in this city?"'
"That is absolutely false" declared
Mr. Spreckels.
The witness stated he had once had
occasion to resent the attitude of a
business man who opposed the graft
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