| Show I TO THE PEOPLE President of San Francisco Unit United United ed cd Railroads Says Statement is Untrue CHARGES PRIVATE MALICE Declares J lias Hils Pr JI us to It It 1 lo to 0 Meet 1 s sSan San Francisco IT Patrick trick Calhoun president of or tho too United rail rall railroads rood roads whoso whose mono namu haw has hn been h on mention mentioned ed cd N In Iti connection with tilt the Investigation In of oC the tho bribery of or municipal tt officer In this city elty today Issued I the tho follow rollow following ing lag statement To 11 the tho Ih American People Tho of oC this Lids city yea CI afternoon lind Inti nd this thin iii curtain sensational pur purporting i ur porting to glee the testimony of or Abra Abraham bla ham hant Huot the tho growl grand jury jU yes yesterday R It is ix alleged t tho ho lie confessed ft that the United through sonic of ot Its lis officials bribed tho supervisors supervIsor to to grant Brunt the permit nm for Sur the thu overhead trolley over certain of Its Ill railroads I J do not It if lr wade any such stick statement If It h ho he did thoy they are nr untrue I repent repeat with renewed my mr m former declaration that thai no nu official of ot this company over ever bribed any ono one au an authorized Mr or any one olio elto cl l to bribe anybody bolly mete knew It II 1 of ot any An bribery or 01 approved of ot any atty bribery j Si charge the lie pr lion with hav having 1111 having ing Jill prostituted tho the great groat office ot Of tin tiff district attorney to tU further thor the i plans i of private In the Ih interest of ot a n aman 1 man mun who organized the municipal street railways railway of ot San Han Francisco l on tho the seventeenth day du of or April 1906 1006 tho the day dIu before the tho earthquake told and lire with a capital tock stock of ot tH 14 of which were 1110 sub subscribed subscribed scribed us as follows Claus Glaus Spreckels subscribed Jl 1 James D Phelan subscribed 31 1 George W subscribed use It Spreckels subscribed Charles S Sheeler Wheeler subscribed Ten Teti per pcr coot cent or was paid In cash as shown by tho affidavit of ot tho the treasurer of at the company James duly lIly mud filed m In the county clerks office I f charge that In furtherance of oC tho the plans of ot dip tho private prosecutor to tu st si se secure curl cure evidence that would Involve o the tho railroads tho the district attorney lips has been willing to testimony tC mony with Immunity contracts aCts pur purporting porting to tu grant gran Immunity to 10 self Heir f sed eliminate which contracts contract I 1 am nm am Informed wore placed In escrow with the tho th privates prosecutor and through he controls n A majority of ot time tho beard of ot supervisors who ho as a I mon mem members bers bels of Ir tho the prosecution hue lias declared uro dogs do to do his bidding 1 l chulo that the tho district attorney Sias In III consultation with the tho members of or the th criminals on an tho ho board of ut supervisors In regard l to t the of o tho the resolution holding up the tho Teary Geary acul Street company nay and providing for or tho the forfeiture ot of t Us lis license unless It yielded to tu the tho Uc de of Its striking J I charge chole that time tho heat best ele element Ie ment of or this community wore sock sockIng s oJ Ing lo to preserve pr sOo law and order that tho thu district attorney was In secret con with criminals giving aid and comfort to the strikers rs his Ills great rent office be prostituted Iro to 10 tho the support of lit lawlessness Time Tho ho officials ot fit this company aro 1110 ready lo to meet their enemies In tim ihn open anti and ane before they the are il they Iho expect to show sites to tn tho too whole country the tho Infancy of the tho methods of ut the tho prosecution tho the baseness bUI It s or of tho motive of o tho too private VII h prosecutor his readiness to grant Immunity to self solf confessed criminals and tho the willing willingness ness of ot thin tho prosecution ullon to 10 aid the tho strikers oven even If It It Involved this com community In disorder and 1 bloodshed provided It furthered the tho private prosecutors personal ends The organisation of ot the tho municipal street railways of San Sail Francisco the tho attacks lit on tho too officials of oC the tho United 1 tho time Immunity limn lIn I granted to tn self tho time strike of or orthe the tho car ear men mell the holdup of o the thu a henry wiry Street ot company COlli the tho ture turo yf ot Its JL license CJ to cm operate Ol rut all 1111 soot ono common end tho the Injury Of lit till tho United Coiled railroads and lOtI its Ill official and the tho advancement of ut the thu personal of at the private prosecutor 1 E ask from front thu rho American fair flax and n II consideration I ask them to withhold their judg jUril judgment mont ment Good fraud from time Iho bins bill naturally created by hy semi ii charges rho neatest contest In which T I am ant engaged Is grove grave CIlia ann I J cannot afford now lOW to In cUti the of or my 11 hand handi i but h this thin contest Is iii over em I J con expect to In defeat the tha machinations ions of lit the 1110 private prosecutor with his It III corps cor 5 of 0 him d md tad Mr I Cornelius president of time the union of or and law lilli Irenes and 1111 1 to t see lIeo established In III this Ihl community tin tho principles of ot American liberty y and thu tho triumph of oC truth 1101 |
