The San Francisco call., 1910-05-03
MacSherry Pleads Guilty and
Is Given a Year at San
Quentin
GEO. KNIGHT MAY DEFEND
FORMER COMMISSIONER
Fickert Will Get the Grand Jury
Transcript of the Case
and No More
INDICTMENT OF PISTOLESI
IS AMONG POSSIBILITIES

- RANK NcSHERRY. a member of
-szthe gang OF Sausalito fake pool
\ room operators. out Of whose ar
fest have grown the developments
:. .l.essiIting i'm felony charge against
. president Harry p. FIannery Of the San
'. Francisco police commission, added a
1ew: chapter to the sensations in the
. Ir56Troom case yesterday morning by
: .yyfthoEra1vinE his plea of not guilty TO
tge grand larceny charge on which he
was on trial in Judge Lemons court
in san Rafael and substituting plea
df guilty.
. NL1Sherry asked for immediate judg-
.mont. and at o'clock. following argu-
.lneuts for Ieniency in his behalf by the
ssttorneys engaged in his defense. was
sentenced by Judge Lennon to one year
in. san Quentin prison. a commitment
zv-iiT be issued this morning and Nc
Sherry al once Will be taken to the
:pcn1rcnuary.
e:oincidcnt with the acceptance of
.lIcSherry's plea, Judge Lennon issued
an order instructing Harry p Flan-
-.nery to appear before him at 1889
O'Clock this morning for arraignment
--on the charge of grand larceny, lodged
against him in the Indictment returned
last Friday by the Marin county grand
5urs. with Joseph Abbott on bail un-
.dcr promise OF immunity in return for
mis- con nfession Involving FIannery.
g9tf Frank Hazel fugitWe from JUS
-lee.snd with McSherry under sentence
.tea year in prison. FIannery's case
win be the first of the transbay bunko
ustters. actually brought to trial.
Boyd Has More Evidence
e. -This Is absolutely satisfactory to Dis
-.IGs Attorney BOYD Of Marin county, as
p ac win not be obliged prior to Flan-
=.uorys trial TO make public the full
strength Of his evidence concerning
5rhc anegcd~relstions between Flannery
.-and tile sausaiito bunko operators. Just
-s.oYs far this evidence goes toward es-
-t,sbiizhing FIaunery-s guilt is thus far
- secret that Boyd has Shared with no
.oao. except possibly one or two other
coiiuty officials who viii be connected
s-'Nita the conduct Of the case.
>t It is no longer disputed, however,
:slst the evidence brought before the
.ais1in county grand jury. upon which
3. tg=rhery was indicted, is but the barest
t:skcleton of the case that viii be made
.@.spst him on trial Boyd tacitly ad-
@rnistsd yesterday that Joe Abbotts or
1s Ls3l confession went great deal far
II. ar thar the statements he made be-
s. l.fs. the grand jury, that certain docu-
- !-sirtary evidence corroborating Abb
+..}.6it.s declarations is in his possession
::.atid That q number of strong witnesses
: 81 5o. were not called before the grand
@~..'irE At All win be produced at the time
.:@T she trial
May Indict POstoIeSi
=. :.-Ii.e investigation growing out of the
'ssusaito poolroom case is not at an
end. The Marin county grand jury will
1neet gain, either the latter part of
.@tf1is week or early next week, and it
rs highly probable that another indict-
neut win be returned against Flan-
- merry. and also that true bill will be
found against Supervisor Louis Pts
toIesi OF Marin county, whose alleged
connection with the gang of bunkomen
has been the subject OF considerable in
auiry.
william Israel who was called as a
grand jury witness d week ago. de
clsred that he had introduced Pisto-
lesi to Frank McSherry At the latter's
request. but denied all knowledge OF
any arrangement for protection be-
tween the bunko operators and Pisto-
Iesi or any other county official. Pisto-
lesi himself admitted yesterday that
ho knew Frank Hazel, the fugitive
member Of the gang, and that he had
had money dealings with him.
Pistolesi said that Hazel, whom he
knew as Frank Alphonse, had given
him 5000 to take care of" for him,
and had later returned and asked for
The return Of $4,000, with no mention
or the extra 5000. Pistolesi stated that
ha had returned the entire amount.
However. but did not go into any of
rhe details Of how the transaction had
come about or what conversation passed
between himself and Hazel at the time
the money was returned.
Fickert to Get Transcript Only
y While neither District Attorney
BOYD of Marin county nor District At
torney Fickert Of San Francisco will
admit that there has been any fric-
s Ion between them over the FIannery