Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-17
TICHFNOR TELLS
OF HIS CONTRACT
LOAN COMPANY'S AGENT CUT
SHORT BY JUDGE
Story of How State Senators Were
Trapped Is Related at Some
Length by Former
SIeuth

Closely following. in corroboratlve
detail. the story told Monday by Ed
ward Hartley, a San Francisco de-
tectiVe, George n. Tichenor testlned
in his own behalf yesterday in his
trial on the charge of embezznng $z4oo
belonging to the Contlnentai BuIIulhs
and Loan association of San Fran
cisco while acting as Los Angeles
agent for the corporation. Tichenors
story was cut short by Judge Wilbur
before it was completed, the court
pointing out that the four state SEN
ators entrapped in January, 1903. were
not on trial, and that Tichenor's attor-
new must prove the existence of con-
tract between the defendant and Will
liam Corbin, secretary of the aSSocla-
ton, whereby the former was to re-
ceive $500 for each senator convicted
on bribery charges and that he was
authorized to take this money from
collections made by the Los Angeles
office.
Tichenor said the contract was an
oral one, entered into between himself
and Corbin in San Francisco, Janu-
airy %, 1905.
"Corbin telegraphed me in Los An
geles, January 90 1905, to come TO san
Francisco" said Tichenor When
reached there he said he had some
special work for me; that San Fran
cisco newspaper had printed an article
in which he was described as a con-
fessed embezzler for $250,O00; that a
special committee of the senate COM
mittee on retrenchments had sub
poenaed him to go to Sacramento and
appear before the body which was to
investigate his actions in regard to the
defalcation. He said the defalcation
had occurred as the result of his con-
nection with two other concerns and
that it would he impossible for him TO
defend the accusation
The witness said Corbin told him ar
rangements had been made with Gavin
McNab, attorney for the Continental,
whereby certain moneys We're to be
paid to four senators who constituted
majority of the committee on retrench-
ments. This money was to be paid on
behalf of the Phoenix Building and
Loan association and the Renters
Loan and Trust company, the name of
the Continental not to appear in the
plan. -Four envelopes, each contain
ing $3.50, and one containing $50, were
given to Tichenor, according to his
story, by Moses Heinz of the asses
sor's office, who was pointed out to him
by McNab in the lobby of the Mills
hotel.
Paid Money to Senators
Tiehenor said he arranged with
Joseph Jordan, a newspaper man and
secretary of the San francisco dele
cation at Sacramento, to pay the
money to Senators Emmons, Bunkers,
Wright and French in return for a
favorable report on the Phoenix Build
ing and Loan association, adding that
he saw the money passed to EmmOns
and Bunkers.
"Corbin told me he would pay me
anything | asked" said Tichenor, and
later his attorney read letter in
which his client demanded payment
from Corbin for his services in con-
nection with the Sacramento work.
Several members of Tichenor's fami-
" were witnesses early in the day. Ac-
cording to their testimony Corbin,
while a guest at their home about two
years ago, stated Tichenor's services at
Sacramento We're superior to anything
ever accomplished in the Ruef or
Schmitz cases and that he would be
paid for it.
Tichenor's cross examination will be
taken up this morning.
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