The San Francisco call., 1909-05-08
CASE AGAINST
CALHOUN is
BEFORE COURT
Prosecution Completes Its Chain
of Evidence Against Pat
rick Calhoun
Former Cashier Says Doodle
Fund Was Not Used in Busi-
ness OF United Railroads

Far from giving any testimony yes
terdsy TO prove a legitimate use OF
the S2oo. zoe taken from the mint.
DahIer admitted circumstance after
circumstance and fact after fact 10
prove the utmost contentious of the
4 prosecution. Not only was it shown
that the money did net pass through
The usual channels Of business and
that its presence in the Offices of the
United Railroads was never known TO
the officials Of the treasurer's and
cashiers departments. but also that
the cash books Of the company con-
tanning entries Of all funds used in
The compsny's business during the
period in question were spirited away
from this city and out of the juris-
diction Of local courts at the time the
investigation Of the trolley bribery
was begun
NEVER SAW CURRENCY
Dahler testified on direct examina-
tion that during the months of May
jane July and August. 1906. there
were three safes in the Offices Of the
United Railroads. that he had access
10 these safes every day and that he
never saw any large package Of cur
rency in any one- OF them. He de-
ciared that the regular business of the
company wss transacted through i've
local banks and that the usual method
wss TO keep all gold received in the
safes at the company's Offices and 10
night in one or the other of these
banks
Did you ever in May. June, July or
August, 1905, receive $5o,009 or any
other sum in currency from Tirey J..
Ford?" asked Assistant District At
torney O'Gars-
4 never did" was the answer
Did you ever receive any currency
from any source. except that turned
in by carmen"
No I did not"
Did you ever make payment of
any sum 70 Abraham Ruef. or did you
know Of any money being paid to him
al any timer"
I did not"
Dahler stated that entries OF all
money received and paid out were
made in a cash book kept in his Of
fee. The last time he saw this book.
he said, was in the hands Of a public
accountant named Norris. sent from
New York city by the firm OF Haskins
4 Sells TO audit the books OF the COM
psny. Norris took this book east with
him when he left san Francisco about
November /. 1905, and X was never
returned. No other cash book was
ever taken away on a previous occa-
sion and none has been taken since
although there have been several sub
sequent examinations Of the companys
books.
VOUCHERS ALSO REMOVED
The same thing was true of a num-
Der OF vouchers. All claims against
the company and all salaries were paid
with voucher checks made ous by Dah-
Ter. and ail salaries and wages of en-
plOyes We're paid in gold and never
in currency. Dahler said that Norris
had taken away some of the voucher
checks at the same time he removed
the cash book. He could not remem-
Der whether any receipt had been given
tor these voucher checks, but admitted
that he had made a search for one
without finding il. He stated that he
could remember no voucher for either
$50 600 or 100000.
Dahler told also of Treasurer George
+. Starts disappearance from the state
prior to- the first Ford trial. He ad-
mitted that Starr had left San Fran
cisco in June, 1907. and had gone to
New York, where he still remains, al
though he Yet retains the title of
treasurer and draws the trea
salary Former testimony showed that
Thornwen Mutually, Calhoun's assist
ant. had sI75.0o0 deposited to his ac-
count at the mint about the time the
S20o.00 was deposited by Ford, and
that MUllaily drew $4,000 of this
amount Immediately after the fire and
paid Ruef $4,000. Dahler accounted
for the remaining 5000 by declaring
that Mullally turned over $4,000 in
gold 10 him in April, 1906 and that he
did not know it was company money
until some time afterward.
More OF the Mullally money was ac-
counted for by Dahlers admission that
be received a large sum OF gold in
sacks from Starr. but he could not re-
cali even the approximate amount On
cross examination. which was very
brief Stanley Moore asked the wit
ness II millions Of dollars month did
not pass through the United Railroads
Offices in the months Immediately sue
ceeding the fire. and IL it were not
true that Starr turned over many large
sums TO him. To both questions he re-
cefved Affirmative answers.
GOLD ONLY ONCE
simple was brought out by Heney with
= single question on redirect exam
ination- He forced the witness 10 ad-
nit that all the big payments brought
10 him by Starr were on telegraphic
exchange from the east; that checks
were made out to cover all Of them
and that Starr never brought him gold
in a sack except on this single occa-
sion. The money referred 10 is al
legged by the prosecution 10 have been
$4,000 drawn by Starr and Director
Holbrook from the mint May from
the Mullslly account and carried in an
automobile TO the treasurer's Office.
George Francis. a clerk in the law
department Of the United Railroads.
was recalled 10 the stand when the
trial reconvened yesterday morning
lie proved q hard witness for the pros
ecution 10 handle piainE$r showing his
animosity toward his questioners and
guibbling over his testimony in a way
which dragged his examination out
over more than an hour. His memory
was in poor working order and he
could not recall any facts OF an essen
tial nature, even forgetting all about
his examination as a witness before the