The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
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Copyright. 1918. International News service)
Continued From Yesterday

Daily they declared that Allan. and
Allan alone. was responsible for the
failure-that he had given out mis-
leading figures-that he had made
Observation-Disclosures he had delib-
erately deluded investors. In seven
years the tunnel was not one-third
complete, and he had promised the
finished work in Is.
They continued the merciless ham
mering until finally Allan was in
dicted for obtaining money under
<alse pretenses.
Three days later Allan arrived in
New York and walked into the dis
srfct attorneys office and surrendered
himself
This was the first sensation. The
sscond. to those who understood the
tunnel situation, was even more i'm
portant The first offer of bail came
from Lloyd, personally. The fact had
hardly become known when the re-
ceiver of the syndicate also offered
to become a bondsman. The public
was amazed. 1t was a right about
face for the tunnel masters. They
had for months given every indica-
tion that they intended throwing Al
Ian to the wolves, and the moment he
was about to be crushed they were
first to come to his aid.
To do them justice. or injustice,
they had fully intended to adhere to
the original course and let Allan sink.
Even Lloyd felt that 1t would be best
to eliminate him. He never allowed
personal likings or obligations to
weigh against a business necessity.
But the great fnancier reckoned
without his daughter, now a woman
of past 80, and the one human being
that he feared. In one evenings talk
she had forced her father into his
reversal Of position on the tunnel
builder, and, of course, the others
had to follow his lead.
But Allan declined bail. He ex-
planned that he was not ungrateful.
but that he would find more rest and
quiet in the city prison than any
where else in the state, and he had
a lot of work to do. he said. All the
time he was awaiting trial he
worked on his plan to drive g. single
gallery as a pathfinder for the COM
pleted tunnel
The trial lasted three weeks and 1t
was followed in detail all over the
fnal lawyers he could find to defend
the accused man, and six of the most
powerful legal intellects in the world
were ranged behind him in the battle
against the machinery Of justice.
Much of the testimony was too
highly technical to be understood by
the casual newspaper reader. but all
of 1t was printed Ethel Lloyd's pic
ture appeared in the papers dozens
h ~
of the trial and followed every move
with keen understanding.
The prosecution maintained that
Allan had willfully and knowingly
induced investors to part with their
money on the assurance that the tun-
mel would be in successful and prof
liable operation within 10 years. 1t
was now conceded that this was i'm
possible. The state contended that
Allan had known from the beginning
that this was impossible, and it in
troduced plenty of expert and cir
cumstantiaI evidence to back up it's
case.
The defense was that Allan had
MANNED to finish the tunnel in all
GOOD faith within the time limit set,
bur he had been thwarted by acts Of
God which could not be foreseen by
man.
In spite OF the TREMENDOUS pressure
of public opinion 1t is likely that AL
Ian would have been acquitted but
for his uncompromising frankness.
This was his undoing on cross ex-
animation.
The courtroom was jammed to the
doors when Allan took the stand In
his own defense. The direct exam
fnation was quiet but impressive and
brought out the almost superhuman
efforts of Allan and his field officers
to overcome tremendous and unex-
pected difficulties. Many in the audi