The San Francisco call., 1910-11-01
TWO SUPERVISORS
Will BE INDICTED
Detective Who Took Blackburn
to Saloon IS Back on
Patrol Duty
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at present is, according to Lane, thai
the Blackburn job was a simple case
of 'holdup' by the. Supervisor. though
the first transactisn was criminal. Or
that theory: Lane stated. indictments
would not be returned against members
of the frrn,; at least in the matter Of
the $3.50 bribery.
THERE'S. another matter on which the
prosecution is working, which was con-
summated wholly in San Francisco
which is pure case of bribery, and II
proof of it can be established indict-
ments will be procured. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Lane would not mention
who might be the principals in this
matter, but it is one of the ramihca-
tions of the San Msteo county graft
expose.
OF the people mixed up in the San
Mateo situation Detective Harry Braig
got the quickeet adverse action4 So
Quick was the actfpiT --efsA = no .
detective no more, He was ordered
back to patrol duty as corporal py
Chief Seymour YESTERDAY.
When Blackburn appeared In court
yesterday morning he was represented
by Attorney John Sullivan, who is
known around the police courts. as a
member of the legal staff OF McDon-
oughs' saloon.
Policeman Andrew Gaughran. who
has been drill master for the police de-
partment, was detailed to special duty
with the detective bureau. He will take
Braig's place.
The grand jury will meet tonight In
the Hewes building, Market and SixtE
streets. to investigate the San Mateo
case. District Attorney Fickert and
Assistant District Attorney Lane lad
conference yesterday on the Situation.
and in the afternoon Lane and Chief
Deputy Attorney General Raymond
Benjamin. who is handling the case In
the absence of Attorney General U. ,.
webb, held a long consultation.
CLEAN DEAL AT FIRST
"As we understand it," said Lane
later, "the' Crocker company first en-
tered into the San Mateo county court
house furniture deal as a clean, Ieglti-
mate business proposition. The COM
pany's first bid was based on actual
figures. Later. with the bid of $4,000.
the criminal element entered into the
relations between the company and the
county. supervisors! But that deal, the
bribery deal, was put through the board
and the corrupt money paid In Aprll
1906, which puts 1T beyond the reach
of the statutes.
But whatever this first corrupt deal
was, the last bushes with Blackburn
was a pure holdub. The Crocker com
pany could not haYe secured the money
that was coming TO it legitimately for
filing the terms bf the contract, even
though the contract was illegftimately
secured unless it acceded to the de-
mands of the supervisors.
AFTER OFFICIALS NOW
"The question of going after the
higher ups will be determined upon
later. We consider that the most Inn
portant thing now. is to land the sworn
officers of the law who used their inf1u-
ence to coerce Charles Marshall and
the II. S. CroGker company to make
payments to them"
what will }be the attitude of the
prosecution toward Charles Marshall
and the officefs of the H S. Crocker
company?'' Laree was asked.
..Mr. Fickerts attitude" replied the
assistant district attorney, will be to
act in accordance with the develop
ments of the case"
LAS the evidence might connect the
officers of the CroGker company or
Marshall himself with starting the
bribery"
yes" responded Lane.