The San Francisco call., 1909-11-01
H[NfY REPLIES TO
f|CkfRT'S, CHARGES
Graft Prosecutor Declares His
Opponents Statements Are
Unreliable and Untruthful
Says Browns Sentence Was
Due to Assistance He Gave
the District Attorney

| newspapers in San Francisco, and hope
that, in the spirit of fair play, you can
! give space to it.
! One of the many false statements
which have been made against me dur
| ing this campaign by my opponent,
Charles NJ Fickert, is to the effect that
l am partially responsible for the fact
| that j. Dalzell Brown was sentenced
| to only 8 months al San Quentin for
| his participation in the looting of the
California safe deposit and trust COM
| pany. Mr.. F'ickert knows that | had
! no connection whatever with that case
! have not had any connection with any
/ case in the district attorneys once
| since / was appointed an assistant. ex-
| cept the so called graft cases, and that
of them
LANGDON is QUOTED
William H. Langdon. the district at
! torney, has issued statement over his
own signature to that effect which has
been widely circulated. and yet Mr.
tcharge in modified form, which does
not specifically use my name, but which
can have no other purpose or intention
| than that of involving me.
| Moreover, a printed circular, contain
ing the same false charge, has been
mailed to nearly every voter in the
| tlly dl lIe expense OI the oh
Mr.. Fickert. and by failing to repudiate
! it he has adopted, as his own. the false
and malicious lies which 1T contains
FICKERT'S STATEMENT FALSE
Mr.. Fickert also charges that ]. Dali
Zell Brown received a light sentence
| because he subscribed $4,000 of the
money of the depositors of the Cali
fornia safe deposit and trust company
to Rudolph Spreckels for the prosecu-
tion fund. Mr. Fickert knows that this
statement is absolutely false and utter
ly without foundation. / personally
called Rudolph Spreckels TO the
invited the attorneys for the defendant
TO examine him at will Earl Rog-
efs asked Mr.. Spreckels if j. Dalzeil
Brown had not subscribed to the prose-
cution fund and Mr. Spreckels testified
that Brown had not subscribed single
dollar. Mr.. Spreckels further testlhed
in answer to questions from Earl Rog-
ers that the California safe deposit and
| trust company had not subscribed q
single dollar to the prosecution fund
and that no person connected Herewith
had subscribed single dollar to the
prosecution fund. In the face of this
sworn testimony and of the books
appointed by Judge j. V, Coffey. the
fore going lie has been continuously re-
peated by Mr.. F'ickert. The circular
repeats this lie.
MALICIOUS CIRCULARS
Other false and malicious circulars
containing a quotation from publica-
tion called the Fra have likewise been
circulated by the hackers of Fickert,
and he has adopted the lies contained
therein as his own, although the 0n-
cial record of the juror Morris Haas
incident is in the hands OF the stem
ographer of Judge Dunne's court ana
has always been open to the Inspection
of Ficket as we'll as to that of the
entire public. This record demonstrates
the utter falsity of the pretended ac-
count of what occurred in court Whlch
was printed in the Fra and copied into
the aforesaid circular
A man who adopts such means to
further his candidacy can not expect TO
receive the vote of any self-respecting
citizen who knows the facts. He can
only hope to delude certain number
of voters to vote for him by reason of
prejudice aroused in their minds by
such false and malicious statements.
Is such man fit to occupy the Office
of district attorney?
REASON FOR BROWNS SENTENCE
Mr.. Langdon states that a moderate
sentence was recommended by the dis
trict attorneys office in the case of j.
DalZell Brown because he pleaded
gully and furnished the district at
torney with the key to cypher code
by which certain kilograms and let
ters from Walter J. Bartnett to Brown
could be translated and read. These
letters clearly show that Brown was
ligent, more brainy and stronger men
than himself, namely, of Walter j.
Bartnett and James Treadwell, The
two latter men actually directed the
affairs of the bank and secured the
use of the greater part of the enOr-
nous sums Of money. amounting to
propriated They are the real wreck
ers of the bank and the real despoil-
ers of the depositors. Brown is and
was guilty, but Bartnett and Tread
well are and were still more guilty.
They each possessed greater intelli-
gence, more strength of will and more
nnlyl lose /. II, 70
large wealth at the risk of the inno--
cent depositors. Brown is bad
enough, but they are worse.
DESIGNING RASCALS AT LARGE
Other weak folks like Brown are per-
haps In position of power in other
banks throughout this state. Other Wis
ionary schemers and designing rascals,
like Bartnett and Treadwell, are doubt
less. at large in the community. The
punishment which Brown has received
will undoubtedly have deterrent ef-
feet upon the other weak men similarly
situated. But the conviction of Bart
nett and Treadwell will have deter
rent effect upon the men who lead such
weaklings into crime.
Mr.. Fickert forgets to state that by
the aid OF Browns testimony the con-
yiction OF Bartnett was secured and
that Bartnett has been sentenced to 10
years In the penitentiary. The circular
Fickert also forgets to state that Tread
we'll has already been tried, and will be
tried again, and that his conviction is
highly proba BILE with the aid of Browns
testimony. The circular is equally Si-
lent on this subject
WHAT is FICIxERTs INTEREST.
Mr.. Fickert knows that the convic-
ton of Bartnett would have been i'm
possible without the aid of Browns
testimony. He also knows that the
conviction of Treadwell would be i'm
possible without the aid of Browns
testimony.
Is Mr. Fickert's interest in Walter J.
Bartnett and James Treadwell so great
that he desires TO protect them against
Browns testimony and that he would
have SO protected them If he had been
district attorney at the time that the
failure of the bank took place? What
is the nature of the interest which
Mr.. Fickert takes in Walter j. Bart
nett? Has it anything to do with the
fact that the chairman of Mr.. Flick
ert's finance committee in this cam
pafgn vas the partner of Mr.. Bartnett
at the time some of the looting of the
bank took place? Is Mr. F'ickert's in
terest due to the fact that most of the
lawyers who are acting as attorneys
for the rich criminals who are now un-
der Indictment have signed a petition
requesting Mr.. Langdon to dismiss the
rem8ning indictments against Mr..
Bartnett and have given Mr.. Bartnett
a certificate of good character. not
withstanding the fact that he has been