The San Francisco call., 1910-05-06

.FAKER MAC SHERRY
"PEACHED' ONPALS
POOlrOOm Swindler Furnished
Marin Authorities With
Valuable Information
District Attorney Boyd and
Sheriff Taylor Working on
Protection Allegations

Although he refused to turn states
evidence and take the witness stand,
it was admitted by the Marin county
authorities yesterday that Frank Mac
Sherry, one of the ringleaders of the
Sausalito gang of swindlers, had fur
nished the district attorney with i'm
portant information which would be of
great benefit in the prosecution of
those implicated in the operation OF
the fake poolroom.
That the comparatively light SEN
tence imposed on MacSherry when he
pleaded guilty was a reward for this
information the authorities denied, but
they steadfastly refrained from dis
cussing what state of facts was brought
to the attention OF the court to soften
the punishment due to a man who had
operated as a professional swindler for
several years.
WOULDN'T "PEACH," YET HE DID
The morbid admirers of MacSherry
because of his heralded determination
to go to the penitentiary rather than
peach" on his pals received a distinct
shock yesterday when Sheriff William
p. Taylor admitted that the swindler
had made important statements to him
and to District Attorney Boyd in con-
fidence
District Attorney Boyd also admitted
that they had received a large amount
of confidential information from Mac
Sherry, but he refused to disclose the
exact nature OF this information.
1t is known that many of MacSherry'
statements were directed against Su-
perV1sor Louis Pistolesi of Marin
county, whose name has frequently
been mentioned in connection with the
protection" of the Sausalito swindlers
1t is also known that MacSherry
charged that he paid the protection
money to Pistolesi. That the author
tiles claimed to have sufficient evil
dence on which to indict the super
v1sor however, was vigorously denied
yesterday by Sheriff Taylor
The sheriff branded as a canard a
purported interview with him published
yesterday morning, in which he was
quoted as saying that he and District
Attorney Boyd had secured sufficient
evidence on which to indict Supervisor
PiStolesi
we are in possession OF a great
deal of information" said Taylor, but
do not think that either the district
attorney or myself would be foo
enough to announce that we intended tC
ihNASt dAiS OOuy DG1OIc the evidence was
placed before the grand jury. We are
still working on evidence which may
establish the fact that protection
money was paid.
HAVE CLEw TO HAZEL
Boyd and Taylor both stated stated
that they had secured a cIew as 10 this
whereabouts of Hazel, the swindler whC
forfeited his bond of $4,000 and dis
appeared, but added that they did no
think there was any immediate pros.
pect of capturing the fugitive.
Joe Abbott, the leader of the
swindlers, whose evidence before the
grand jury led to the indictment ot
Harry P Flannery, lately resigned pres
ident of the San Francisco police com
mission, will appear before Superior
Judge Thomas J. Lennon this morning z
His case has been set for hearing, but
will probably be continued
Flannery will also appear before
Judge Lennon this afternoon to plead
to the indictment charging him witt
completely in the fleeing of Rober-
N, Wood of $500 in the fake" pool.
room.