Show GRAND JURY NET r BEING SPREAD More Eminent Citizens of San Francisco Have Reason to Be Alarmed DIGGING INTO CORRUPTION EVIDENCE OF GRAFT IN HIGH PLACES Sa San i Francisco March 18 Tho action of the rand grand jury in bringing before itoda It today oda tire the members of the board of su supervisors supervisors aroused the greatest Interest in the proceedings of that body which has been forced to suspend its sessions on account of the tho doubts thrown upon its legality of or existence by b the attorneys Ibis ne os of oC Mayor or and Abraham Abra am amI I Ruef Rue Indicted for alleged extortion When it was announced tonight that the grand jury would probably remain in session cession alt all night it was conceded I that extraordinary results might be looked for Cor To add to the public excite excitement excitement ment mont the Bulletin tonight published an extra declaring that further exposures of oC municipal corruption had been made and that many Indictments would soon l oon be made In certain c circles the state statements statements ments were given credence because became of oC the knowledge that the Bulletin people have been openly securing evidence to I aid Id Assistant District Attorney Heney in his bis pro ution of public officials Street Franchise Graft Th Tho The Bulletin says that a plot imol involving ing l g the granting of valuable street rail rali railway way privileges was laid bare today toda It is i charged that the sum sum of vas pas as paid to high officials to permit of the conversion of street railway ss systems tenis Into electric lines and that th t the thc bulk of this money was retained by bf a mysterious man and that small s sums ms of oC money were out to minor city officials to secure enough votes to permit of the granting of the required franchises Another story is that rival rhal telephone companies each paid large sums of money mone one to shut off com corn competition petition and the other to secure the right of competing for or public patron patronage patronage patronage age Corruption Fund I Another charge harge Is that a corruption fund Cund of was raised by prize prizefight prizefight prizefight fight promoters to secure a monopoly of fight permits penn its The Time railway fran from franchises chiss and the tIme telephone franchise were passed by the supervisors in the days da s of the confusion immediately following the earthquake of April IS The TIme super supervisors supervisors supervisors visors were directly concerned with all of these legislative acts It has been I believed by persons closely associated with the district attorneys office that some confessions nave been obtained which have hac direct bearing on charges privately and publicly ly made Assist Assistant Assistant Assistant ant District Attorney Heney Hene said a few days da s ago when asked for a candid per personal personal personal opinion of his hiR evidence against officials Indicted and about to be In Indicted indicted dieted said I 1 have hae stronger evidence against these people ll than I 1 had In the time theland land fraud eases cases in Oregon and where the Juries convicted All II Night Session The rhe Inquisitorial body bod was as called to together gether at 11 odo k this morning and I by 6 this evening practically all the time members of the board of supervisors had entered tIme the grand jury room With the exception of a very brief recede rece at atI 1 I the grand jury was waR in iii ses all day iky d and shortly after 6 G District At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney Langdon announced to the tIme newspaper men that it would not com coni complete complete its work of examining the time city fa fathers fathers fathers until midnight or even ethu later Beyond Be ond stating that all an the supervisors ors era had been beon subpoenaed to appear be before before before fore the grand jury arid amid would be in interrogated interrogated Mr Langdon L refused to talk or give any an inkling as to the In Inv instigation v estimation that the Inquisitorial ial body was pursuing Assistant Ass District Attorney Heney lIene and Detective Burns were w e much in evi evidence evidence dence around the time grand jury headquarters Commissioner Commissioned an e er visor H M 11 i Owens an rut attorney Ru Rudolph Rudolph Rudolph dolph Spreckels and a young woman whose name was given glen by b Burns as aa Miss Smith and who is said to have hae been employed by the board of super supervisors supervisors supervisors visors as stenographer were also alo be before before before fore the grand and jury jur during the day |