The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-19
SPREckELS REVEALS HIS con-
NEcTlON WITH GRAFT PROSE
CuTloN FREELY.
HE SUPPLIES THE MONEY
Has Been Paying Office Expenses
for Prosecutor Heney and Has Fur
nished Other Funds to Garry on the
Prosecution of Grafters.

San Francisco, May 1s.-Rudolph
Spreckels, millionaire banker and re-
former whose name has been hlaaed
into the record Of every days proceed
ings since the trial of Patrick Calhoun
was commenced more than five months
ago, had his inning in court today.
Through a cross examination repleta
with stinging differences and insinua
tions, he sat absolutely undisturhed,
disclosing the innermost secrets of the
graft prosecution, reciting the substan-
tial payments he has made to it's Of
ficers and agents and aisclaiming ut
terly the motives imputed to him by
Attorney Earl Rogers, who conducted
the inquiry.
The bitter alterations that have al
ways followed the injection OF Mr..
Spreckels' name into the trial had
prepared crowded courtroom for a
succession of angry disputes between
the opposing attorneys, but the ex-
animation was virtually concluded with
no breach of deeorum beyond few
brief exchanges. Assistant District
Attorney r. J. Heney, who had prom
ised repeatedly to permit the widest
possible scope in cross examination,
offered scarcely dozen objections
throughout the day and the inquiry.
soon after II was instituted, developed
into IA duel of wits between the wilt
ness and his interrogation.
Takes Exceptions.
A dozen times during the day
Spreckels took exception to statements
included In Rogers questions, and flat
ly declared they We're untrue. On
several occasions, the witness volun-
teered his Willingness to reply and
finished his answer without regard to
the protests of the prosecution.
Late In the day the cross examina-
ton came to temporary stop and
Spreckels was excused until tomor-
row, with the understanding that he
would produce in court his personal
account Of the many thousands Of dol-
lars he had expended In advancing the
cause of the graft prosecution.
Astonshment.
No small degree OF astonishment was
manifested when Rogers, plunging into
the matter of the financial support
Spreekes has accorded the reform
movement. ascertained without the
slightest protest the details of these
expenditures. The total, Spreckels
said, he was unable to remember, but
he admitted that he had paid the rent
and expenses of Heney's private law
office for a long time, and that these
items amounted to between $500 and
$500 a month. 1t was admitted like
wise that Spreckels had for long
period paid a. considerable sum to
Charles w. Cobb, Mr. Heney's partner,
and in pursuance of an agreement
made at the outset of the prosecution,
it's was disclosed, Mr.. Spreclels was to
pay to Cobb an additional sum, estima-
ted at $4,000, representing a balance
and payable, as the witness said, at
his pleasure.
Did you make the arrangement
whereby Heney was not to receive any
salary for his services from the city,"
was asked.
Volunteered.
mo. I knew that such was the ease,
but I believe Mr.. Heney personally
volunteered his services" said the wit
ness
Have you paid Mr.. Heney any
| money except for office expenses"
Il have not said Spreckels, who
then admitted that he had undertaken
to continue paying these expenses for
an indefinite period,
In reply to another question, the
witness said that he had requested
District Attorney William II. Langdon
to appoint Heney a member OF his
staff after he had obtained from the
prosecutor an agreement to accept.
| Mr.. Spreckels added that he under
stood other citizens had Joined in the
request Further, he said, he had au-
| thorized Heney and Assistant District
| Attorney John O'Gara to employ addi-
| tional counsel during one stage of the
| investigation, and they had engaged
! Hiram Johnson, whom Spreckels said
| he had paid for his services.