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Show GLASS CASE IS SLOW Prosecution Finds Young Woman Stenographer Sten-ographer an Unwilling Witness. SAN FRANCISCO, July 16. Both disappointment and success fell to tho lot of the prosecution in the Glass bribery brib-ery trial today. Two witnesses, John Krauss, a sub-agent of the Pacific, and Miss Mary Kyau, a stenographer formerly for-merly in tho employment of Agent T. V. llalsey, proved unwilling witnessos. Miss Ryan, who was the first woman thus far to appear as a witness in court in any of the graft cases, was relied on by the prosecution to tell of incriminating incriminat-ing conversations b'etween Halsey and Glass, but the best Assistant District. Attorney TIenoy could get from her was that sho had seen Boxton in Halscy's office in the company's building in Bush street, and that she' had been 'dismissed from the room before Halsey and Box-ton Box-ton entered into conversation. prom E. S. Pillsbury. attorney for and director of the company, and for many years n well-known lobbvist in this 'Stale, lleney, after much difficulty, elicited the statement that Halsey reported re-ported directly to Glass, and that at tho time of the alleged briberies Glass was the only official" of the company with power to sign checks for disbursements without approval of tho board of directors. |
