Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-07-23 | Page 3 | Prefers Prison to Giving Testimony

PREFERS PSIM 10 6116 Ml! Witness Zimmcr Stubbornly Refuses Re-fuses to Tell What He Knows ! of Bribery Case. SAX FRANCISCO, July 22. Repetition dulled lho edge of what otherwise would have been a duy of sensations In iho Louis Glass bribery trial. Second Vice-President Vice-President 'Emlle J. Zlmmor of the Pacific State Telephone company, undaunted by the term of llvo days' imprisonment spent by him In the county jail last week for contempt, again took the witness stand and again refused to testify against his superior ofllcer, First Vice-President Glass. Tie was by Judge Lawlor resentenced re-sentenced to one day s Imprisonment for contempt and notice was served on him by Assistant District Attorney Heney through the court that on each and even succeeding day of tho trial lie will be called to the stand and "given an opportunity oppor-tunity to seo the right and do it." Supervisors Lancrgan, Furey and Ilam-lock Ilam-lock each In turn testified to his betrayal be-trayal of the public trust In the acceptance accept-ance of bribes for votes In favor of public pub-lic utility franchises. Judge Lawlor has decided to hold night sessions the first four nights of this week, beginning at 7.30 o'clock, and probably prob-ably continuing for two hours.