The San Francisco call., 1910-11-03
BELL FORGETS
BANKER BROWN
Of CALISTOGA
Hearst and Herring Also Neglect
to Mention Candidates Con-
nection With Case
Calhoun Weeps Not at Walls of
Widows Left Penniless by
Wrecked Bank

Theodore A. Bell, his man Herring
from Indiana and his supporters in
chief, Patrick Calhoun and W, R.
Hearst. have ,barked themselves hoarse
about Hiram W. Johnson's connection
with the, defense OF ]. Dalzeu Brown
of the wrecked California safe deposit
and trust company.
They have endeavored to make the
people infer from their carefully pre-
pared questions that Johnson. whose
course was commended by Judge Con-
ley actually shared in property that
belonged of right to the depositors in
the defunct banking institution. The
1acts that Johnson's client was advised
TO make a clean breast of the sorry af-
fair; that he was sentenced TO and
served a term in San Quentin, and that
Judge Coniey one of the biggest and
cleanest democrats in California, has
formally declared that Bartnett would
not have been convicted had it not
been for Browns confession, have been
overlooked by Inquisitors Bell, Hearst,
Calhoun and Herring.
DISCREET SILENCE
Those features of the Brown case
are not the only details of prosecution
for bank wrecking Bell, Calhoun,
Hearst and Herring have studiously
avoided calling to the attention of the
public. They have been discreetly si-
lent about the wrecking of the bank
of Calistoga
They have raised no walls about II.
H. Brown of the Bank Of Calistoga es-
Gaping punishment under two indict-
ments because his attorney pleaded
that they charged federal crimes and
not offenses against the state law.
They have not told the public about
the property decided by II. H. Brown
to one of his attorneys subsequently
compelled to disgorge 1t to the deposit
ors to whom it belonged. Neither Bell.
Calhoun, Hearst nor the Indiana Her
ing has told the public that Theodore
a. Bell, sometime district attorney Of
Napa county, conducted the defense Of
II. H. Brown of the Bank of Calistoga,
who was chased across the continent
and brought back from Washington.
D. c., to stand trial for bank wrecking
The woes of the widows and orphans
of Napa county have inspired no aque-
Gus yawps from either Bell or his spe-
cial interest campions. Here is bank
wrecking story that Bell and his Her
ing consider unworthy of retelling.
BELL DEFENDS BROWN
Theodore A. Bell defended II. H.
Brown, president of the Bank of Cal
istoga, charged with looting the bank
to the extent of some $4,000
III. H. Brown was indicted by the
Napa county grand jury on three
counts. He ran away from Calistoga:
he was chased across the continent by
Pinkerton detectives and brought back
from Washington. The failure of the
bank was due to transactions very
similar to those in the case of the
California safe deposit and trust com
pany. Brown, the president. il was
charged, had used the bank funds to
engage in multidinous wild cat invest
ments that met with the usual results
After Brown was brought back. Bell
was enga ged as his attorney. Two of
the counts were dismissed on demur-
rer. The demurrer was taken on the
ground that the offense was against
the national banking law and not the
state law. Efforts are still being made
to have the United States grand jury
act in the case. Through the efforts of
Bell, who formerly had been district
of Napa county, Brown was
acquitted on the third count
Some of the property which Brown
got was decided over to his attorney
This attorney was not Bell, but was
associated with him in the case. Ever
since the capture OF Brown the stock |
holders of the bank have been endeav- |
oring to recover this property. The |
attorney has been maze TO disgorge |
some portion of IL. The bank is in !
liquidation and the stock E>.lders have |
been paid thus far about 40 cents on !
the dollar.
IN considering this case in connec- |
ton with the case of J. Dalzen Brewn. |
it must be remembered that the Bell |
ringers charge that Johnson left the !
graft prosecution to engage in Browns |
defense. This is absolutely untrue. /
Johnson publicly announced his retire /
ment from the graft cases October IS. /
1907 AS a matter OF fact. he had done |
nothing in the graft cases for some |
time. This was before there was any