The San Francisco call., 1910-05-19

arranged with him for protection for
Abbott and his crowd. The defendant
was questioned by Boyd as to his be-
lief that an incorporated poker club"
was legal, and said he believed that to
be true. Boyd then asked him why
Abbott would need his services to Sc
cure what he might get without a Ii
cense. and what his telegram of prom
ise actually had referred to in this re-
spect. Flannery responded that the
help he intended TO give was to aid
Abbott in securing suitable quarters,
and that it was this to which the tele-
gram referred
PIN FOR REINSTATEMENT
After denying at first that he ever
had received a pearl stickpin from Alb
bott, Flannery suddenly changed his
testimony and said that he had been
given such a pin by Abbott land the
boys" for securing their reinstatement
at the racetrack. He had never in
quired. he said. why they had been
barred from the track in the first place.
Flannery was asked about an interview
with him which was published in The
Call on the day preceding his indict-
ment. He said he did not think he ever
had made the part of the statement in
which he was quoted as saying that the
promise in his telegram related to the
matter of Abbott's reinstatement at the
track, or that he ever had said that he
did not know Hazel or MacSherry.
When Hazleton came to him for as
sistance on the day Of the poolroom
raid, Flannery said he didn't ask who
or what the trouble was about. 1t
always has been his habit, even during
his tenure as police commissioner, he
said, to recommend attorneys to any
men charged with crime who appealed
to him for help.
Another of Flannery's denials was to
the effect that he had not secured a
place for Abbott to conduct his local
headquarters and made arrangements
with both Abbott and the owner for
the lease. The question was propounded
by Boyd, who went no further into the
details after securing the witness neg
ative answer. He referred. however, to
the plan that was on foot for the open
ing of a second Dick Canield's"
gambling house, which was to have
been established in one of the finer
downtown cafes. The banquet room
of one Of the big restaurants already
had been taken, according to the story,
at a monthly rental of $500, and more
than 1000 worth Of furniture and
rugs were ready to be installed.
CHARACTER WITNESSES
Captain Thomas Duke of the San
Francisco police department succeeded
the defendant as a witness, and told of
an order he had received from Flan-
merry to put a stop to all gambling in
the city. Several character witnesses
concluded the defendants list, among
them being Judge Cabaniss of the local
superior court. Father Philip Brady of
st. Charles Catholic church, former
Supervisor Ralph McLeran, w. A Hal
stead. Captain of Police Shea, Captain
Of Police Anderson, John TAFT, Charles
Loesch, Sergeant of Police John
O'Meara, Chief Emergency Surgeon E.
S Howard and Police Commissioner
Percy W. Henderson
With. the conclusion of this line of
testimony the defense rested its case
and Sheriff Taylor was called by the
prosecution as its first witness in re-
buttal. His testimony was brief but
specific denial of all of MacSherry's
charges concerning the reputed con-
spiracy to railroad FIannery to y e
penitentiary. On cross examination,
Attorney Knight asked a question that
brought an unexpected and surprising
answer from the sheriff, amounting to
direct charge against Supervisor
Louis c. Pistolesi, who has been ac-