The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-20

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was charged that the corporation had
secured from the supervisors In May
21. 1906, a permit authorizing substi.
tuition of the overhead trolley system
for the cable lines partially destroyed
by the earthquake and fire of April
l6, 1906. Calhoun and the other de.
PENDANTS were accused OF having paid
Ruef, Schmitz and the supervisors
S200.O00 for their services in securing
the permit for the company and each
indictment was based upon the money
received by one OF the supervisors.
Tirey L. Ford, general counsel for
the railroads. WAS one Of the officials
implicated in tho indictments and
during a period of eight months was
tried three times. In the first in
stance disagreement resulted and in
two subsequent trials Ford was ac-
quilted. Ruef's trial upon one of tho
so called trolley indictments was com.
menced on August 81, 1908. There
was an interruption Of several days
subsequent TO November 13, when
Francis j Heney was shot down in
the court room by an eX-convlct who
subsequently committed suicide In the
county jail and three volunteer prose
cutors took the case which ended De-
cember 10. 1908. when Il jury returned
n verdict of guilty.
On December % Ruef was sentenced
TO fourteen years in San Quentin pen
itentiary and since then has been con-
fined in the county jail. awaiting ac-
tlon on an appeal 10 the higher court.
The prosecution during the several
trolley trials has attempted to prove
that Calhoun on the day following the
I final passage of the permit, sent from
| New York TO the mint In this city
i 5000 900. which he previously author
lied the mint officials to pay to Tirey
! l.. Ford Tho money, as is admitted,
was withdrawn in three installments
| by Ford, who presented orders signed
| by Calhoun II was alleged by the
prosecution that within a few days
after each OF Ford's visits to the mint
ne received a call from Ruef
Following this theory James L. Gal
| lagher, chairman of the supervisors,
testified that Ruef had paid him over
$40 900 In July and au equal amount
declared that he had retained $4,000
for himself. had paid $4,000 to An
drew M. Wilson. one of his ucuten-
ants. and had given $4,000 to each of
the supervisors It was affirmed by
the prosecution that Ruef and Schmitz
divided the balance OF the fund
amounting TO about $4,000,
The specific indictment upon which
Colh ~ fha off nf
bribe of $4,000 10 Supervisor Fred P.
Nicholas. to influence his action up.
on the trolley permit Nicholas call
ed as the first witness admitted the
acceptance of the money for that pur-
pose.
On Saturday and Sunday, March 26
and q. the Offices OF Abbott, Brown,
Calhoun and Mutually were raided by
the police upon a search warrant Sc
cured by Burns who professed TO have
information that tho men named were
in possession OF his stolen papers.
Safes and desks wcrc forcibly opened
In the presence OF protesting attorneys
and officials and documents to the
number OF 1000 were seized and de- |
livered into the custody of the police !
Judge who granted the warrant. De. |
task, attorneys for tho United Rail- |
roads secured and served an iDjunc- |
ton forbidding further search.
Another order was secured to for |
bid the police Judge opening the seal |
ed packages and after days OF argu-
ment, Superior Judge F j. Murasky |
took under adyisement an application
for an order adjudging Assistant Dis
vi twn
detectives. who participated in the
.Mds. guilty Of contempt OF court.
No end of complication has been
created through the activity OF pri
vatc detectives, several OF whom are
admitted to have beon privately in the
employ Of one side while secretly fur
nIsbing information to the other
A fortnight was added to the length
of the proceedings by tho testimony of
John Helms, once a detective in the
employ of the United Railroads who
was later added to the force OF Burns
to obtain evidence of alleged Illegal
activity on the part OF United Rail-
road agents Helms testified that he
had paid Platt and other Burns mon
to secure papers and had turned them
over TO Abbott Prior TO his appear
'hN' DO a "ieh'Sbt Nudib'uf oCfN
cral attempts were made TO prevent
his tcstifying for the prosecution.
Another Burns agent produced in
court sums aggregating $3.50. which he
alleged had been paid him bv Luther
G. Brown To betray secrets of the
district attorneys Office Ono of the
witnesses called during the trial was
Rudolph SpreckelS, president of the
First National bank, VINO instituted
the graft prosecution by undertaking
to pay the expense involved. The ties.
timony presented showed that fund
of 1924 900 had hecn raised and cx-
pended. and Mr., Spreckels accounts
produced in court showed
that he had contributed approximate.
" $l75.001 of the total.
The jury had been out an hour and
a quarter, when Judge Lawlor. stating
that ne would nave luncheon served
10 the jurors in the quarters above
the court room. oxcusc. the defendant
and the attorneys on both sides. until
3 o'clock this afternoon, declaring a
recess OF two hours.
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