Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-21
M'NUTTCONDEMNS
ACTS OF JOHNSON
Superior Court Nominee Delivers
SCathing Address to Audi
enCe at Long Beach
REVIEW OF BANKING SCANDAL
Speaker Declares Charges Were
Made in Northern Cities
and Not Answered
REVIEW OF BANKING SCANDAL

Judge Cyrus F. McNutt Democratic
nominee for the superior court, in his
speech at Long Beach last night dwelt
largely with the scandals in San Fran
cisco which grew out of the wrecking
of the California Safe Deposit and
Trust company. Judge McNutt also
made q vigorous attack on number
of local politicians. In his speech he
said:
1.-THE people of California have wait
ed patiently for Hiram Johnson to tell
where he was four years ago. In the
absence of a direct statement from
him we must accept the conclusion
that he was not fighting Herrin, the
Southern Pacific political machine or
the grafters of San Francisco at that
time. Now the people of California
want to know where Mr.. Johnson was
three years ago.
"In 1907 a grave scandal developed
in San Francisco. 1t developed after
Hiram johnson had been paid $4,000
as fee which was necessary to arouse
his patriotic fervor in connection with
the graft cases and at a time When ne
was on the most intimate terms with
the so-called graft prosecution. That
scandal was the result of the wreck
ing of the California Safe Deposit and
Trust company, an institution which
12, 500 residents of San Francisco.
CASE OF j. DALZELL BROWN
~. Dalzell Brown, manager of the
concern, was indicted on charge or
having looted the bank. He acknowl-
edged his part of the crime He sought
the services of Hiram Johnson as his
attorney. He made satisfactory terms
with him johnson had the friendliest
relations with the district attorney and
could and did command a fabulous fee.
Brown agreed through Johnson to
plead guilty to the crime, providing
| the law would deal leniently with him.
months and the friendly district at
| torney acquiesced. But the court re-
fused to consent and imposed sem
tence of eighteen months. AS a law
yer I watched that case with extreme
| interest Browns penalty would have
been much greater had 1t not been that
he promised to do all in his power to
aid the depoistors of the wrecked bank
| in recovering some of the loot.
Brown spent the most of his time
in San Francisco, sometimes in the
county Jail and sometimes at his resi-
dence, but not one dollar did he re-
store to the depositers from his own
stolen horde and ne has never been of
| the slightest assistance to any of those
depositors from that day to this,
Johnson, however, received very
large fee for his influence in having
| secured such nominal sentence. Even
Johnson's excessive fee-the price or
his patriotic duty-did not secure JUS
tice in the Brown case. The 12,5OO
depositors, many Of them widows and
orphans, were not only deprived OF
their savings by Johnson's client, but
the money with which johnson was
paid was taken from the lucre in
Browns possession. The money that
johnson got for his fee belonged to
the widows and orphans whom Brown
had robbed.
JOHNSON THREE YEARS AGO
"Now we see where. Johnson was
three years ago. We have seen him
In the role of defender of the rich
criminal, aiding that criminal to de-
feat the ends of justice. 1t is true
that johnson got only $4,000 for his
patriotic service in the graft prose-
cution, but he received $4,000 for saw
ing the man who wrecked the Cali
fornia Safe Deposit and Trust COM
pany
johnson has gone about the state
telling how he worked to rid San
Francisco of graft and grafters Theo-
dore A. Bell, the Democratic nominee
for governor, forced him to confess
that he had received $4,000 as an at
torney for his work in San Francisco.
Now he wants credit for doing what
he was paid to do.
'I thank God that the Democracy
of California would not countenance
the candidacy of such a man."
Judge McNutt, during his speech,
held in his hand copy of one of the
San Francisco daily newspapers, on
an editorial in which he based his at
tack on Mr.. Johnson.
"The charges that I have made to-
night" said Judge McNutt, 'have been
made and repeated by this newspaper,
yet Mr. Johnson so far has failed to
answer them. If they are not true,
why does he not reply to them?"