The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-06-25
BAIL BROKERS BIG
PART OF SYSTEM
You'll Find Head and Cen
ter of Bond Evil Within
Shadow of Hall of Justice, :
He Urges, limiting at Nc
Donough Brothers-First
Meeting Tomorrow Night

In impaneling the new grand jury yes
terday Presiding Judge Dunno directed
the attention of the nineteen jurors in
positive terms to the bail bond evil.
This Industry is controlled by Nc
s.onough Brothers. saloon keepers at
KearnA and Clay streets. The judge
showed plainly that the duty of the
jury, in relation to the police graft. is
TO investigate the higher officials of
the department as we'll as the men in
the ranks.
Corruption of a police department
can not exist without the knowledge
of officers higher than patrolmen and
detectives" Judge Dunno declared
You will go to the bottom or the top.
whichever it may be. and not stop with
a mere scratching of the surface"
Judge Dunne's ARA ignment Of the
McDonough Brothers bail bond busi-
ness was made without mentioning the
names of the saloon keepers. Tom and
Pete McDonough, but the inference was
obvious
They were described, it is believed,
when the judge declared that "the sys
tenn which profits off police protection,
influencing police courts and controls
ing bail bonds and other essentials of
protected and profitable vice" or, at
least, ~the captains office of the sys
TEN is within a stones throw of this
building Cthe Hall OF Justice) in the
Offices and saloon of a firm operating
both as saloon keepers and bail bond
brokers'
M'DoNoUGHS' FOLLOW PRISON
MeDonough Brothers saloon is in
the same block in Kearny street with
the hall of justice and before the re-
movaI of the hall from Eddy street
their institution was located directly
across the street from the police sta
ton and city prison and police courts.
They followed the city prison.
Judge Dunne's direction that the
grand jury investigate the police de-
partment from top 10 bottom and the
bail bond graft came at the end of his
instructions to the jury. The judge
Grst appointed George g. Gormley, a
member Of the firm OF George e. Plum
uer & Co, ship grocers. 72-74 Sacra-
mento street, as foreman. He then
swore the jury and impaneled the
Jurors.
He read the law relating to grand
itries and then closed his instructions.
saying:
There is one specific thing to which
wish to call your attention. That is
the corruption of the police depart
ment. Several indictments have al
readv been returned, but all have been
Of men in the ranks. Apparently moth
ing has been done to trace the corrup-
ton to its source. and corruption of a
nolice department can not exist with
out the knowledge of officers higher
than patrolmen and detectives.
CITES BAH. BOND BROKERS
IF it does so exist there is incom-
netency that as we'll merits your in
vesttgation as does the corruption it,
self. And if you proceed with the
Investigation it is your duty to show
favor to no one or bow to no influence
however powerful. You will go to the
bottom or the top whichever it may
he and not stop with mere scratch
ing on the surface
a. complete investigation will take
YOU beyond the police department it
self into what the district attorney
calls the system.
MY experience here has shown me
that the system is not mysterious
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