1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1900. , . HARD QUESTIONS FOR LAWYER ROGERS.. fhice. he hrought Mr. Sullivan in the office, or | there Is nobody out here that yougFant to|vided? I gave Dutchy his 300 out of it. Did he know who signed the power of at-|I said I Jidn’t know whether they would do | nied that he ever received any 3 ar east this man, and introc see."”” | And you kept $2007 Yes, sir. torney? Yes, sir. it. He said that was all right, and from a one in any conne O t fvan. and 1 thereupon tc You never got to Evergreen? Well, as I told | And you had $109 out of the Administrator | He knew that this negro, Colthorp, did it? | UD some clerk and the clerk went do: case. % \ g signature was p r. Ruef's, as I stated in 1 | vou yesterday, we got Within about a mile before that, under Judge Troutt's order? Yes, | Yes, sir. | and I handed the order of appoi: “Now," said McEnerne ertif wa | terday: Mr. Ruef was not | of it ss: 3 ik ‘Was he present when he signed thi cr\‘;"‘r:\ q-‘l’n‘-l :«*’ :‘\‘n‘:hrﬂ s;'nr\\ . e 1 ask you one more q No, sir Craig’s of- | for quite a long while and \ didn't see Evergreen: you dom't know | So that you and Dutchy pulled out on that | of attorney? No, sir. | 5o ite a lo e said there was . e e . Ruet Mr' “Dutchy” was downstairs. And | what Eversre rsinta of.’do You? Well, | even, $300 and $300; is that right? Well, 1 had | =The power of atorney was exectited on. the | lot of Joseph Sullivans. but fina)ly Do you think it is any Ith“u: 1;51 raig were | after that man alone. wild see a church and school house. got $100 from the Court. ist_of March., 18002 Yes, sir. it a aid at the mone: i withe ays v - Your festimony vbsterday that anybody had | " You only got $200 at that time, ef that §$3002 | ~When did Dutchy know that that power of | Mr. Ruef or fo Mr. Driniho: hensible for a lawyer 55 st/ entale g? Well, 1 signed or a told ¥ou that there were people down thére s, sir. | attorney had been executed? Right immedi- | time y“r rr( ;|~v i e o or fee or reward to perm w o ge this X who knew Joseph Sullivan was,untrue? No, | And of course your dgbt of $150 had been | ately. u did not have any information ab: i re he prac- sir: that tajlor told me that He had some |canceled by Rauer? n-d’m. , .| Did vou tell him the first of March? Yes, | maiden name of Sullivan's mot at that | to be robbefl in a court whe : P wd] ==? Xes, friends In Santa Clara County. " = ¢ | /ZheS was afterithe 1th, you thinic? T thifk, | L & he reason fon | UTe, 41 you? No. sir: 1 did no tices than it would be for him to P > 8 " . think you would find thes er at| Now, April 18 was oni wenteen days before ‘hat did you tel m was the reason for nd You did not give a g = en o « e a ir; afterward when I told | you got your final lm.’.h,)is not that true? Yes, | that, Mr. Chretien? Well, I told him—I think | to .the Hibernia, Bank mit it to be robbed upon the paym \ re t he said, “‘That is over to | sir. 2 {in fact that he was the man that suggested | me. PELR RSN BT P k - he is. | When did vou have this row with Dutchy in | it: he said. *“Why don't you get your man to| When dil you get that information? rior | ” o Stedled & 1 Evergreen to hunt for | which he blackmailed you? Why. I never had | sign a power of attorney and just as soon as | to the taking of the ¢ The question struck home, but Henl ? aD you went thers €0 And | E IR wit B e iy Said (e DA | e saer e Solitrai he Te ot o & i you Eive th came to the rescue of the witness. The . didn’t you? Yes, sir, tcld me that he had been offersd a thousazd | T will get his power of attorney.” That was I | and he & S et w3 . You sent a | f attorney down to Bow- | dollars by somebod: | 1 show you a paper being “Order for de- | You gave it to h wrangling and Rogers was saved . . n? Yes, with the letter. To tell the story? To make a sensational | livery of residue of estate to J. J. Rauer,’ on|know the maiden & e = a 1 Did you tell B to write to Evergreen | thing for Mr. Lawrence, he said. and he aAid | John A. Drinkhouse, administrator of the S ould be able to tes e | b e hin relion come In? | Yeasir. - © ot protee o e it th Him, “and_he had to [ tata of Joseph Sullivan. decensed’signod . tion?” Yes. air. Drinkhouse Exonerated. f r ATl ml;fnr»f'\ to him ke i him before | Is there any suspicion about me in x .- ® on this proposit 1 our mindﬁ Lee D. i volv 1 . » o ® | What 1 sending up for | y o 10l Lok . Cenhx lmoned', - & . * at did you want | Mr. Lloyd—Why, of course I think . s getting o s that n | 5 1£ in Put 3 n relat & - | you have entirely cleared yourself in . gy o A a sy . £ M Fusi, who s Gut be wold | this matten. $ No. X o x 'y ba patd or counsel any-| Mr. Ruef—Then, of course, I don't e o . 88 (Il he was satisfied that he | on¢ 4o say any more. } : Be, o . ® | The Court—Well, that is sufficient . 2 . ¢+ anything said in that ¢ : “ file a petition then. g ras 4 deposition was taken ony and Judge - %+ hed by his oath? I don't thin d the teatiepe . ” - ever seen the man u the | I woull like ter 3 + taken? His m | and thorough k 8 é took him ¢ k| 1 am grateful t ~ that was the first time I s ‘ ¢ E g gt i Rogers on the Stand. | . 3 = No. 1 ® | The afternoon opened with a call for | at & gross f t B " . Taylor Rogers, He had been . - : > just befare t noon recess, but a4 : Henley n ed that he ? | for the present Rogers’ attorney, a ? No, sir « | would not allow hia client to go on < # |stand until he had had a consultation w : : | So when in the afternoon Rogers wa y | ed ain, the consultation had bee Bt ik + | had and There was no objection. The wit- e 5 | ness pulled up a table, spread it deep with | p sked 117 3 ¢ | his papers and started in to complete his nave been + | testimony in regard to his corresp ndence | is still in the b M search of Sullivan’s heirs. r. in_the c v ® | Me"caid the information _that there plir. Ruet s 4 [might be a Sullivan heir in Soho_square, | Fon 2 " ® | he received from Sam Beckett ‘-‘,'1‘ > B | < then ques sely as to why s & senting | x : b not notity court of wi [ raise a rallen ma N Y e 1tehy abs @ eard from ullivan—th he | T m a m > 3 v gt 4 * & 1e Sullivan in Soho square was dead— | L7F,; ¢ May, this partle h Dutchy’s Share. | and all the answer Rogers would give | 70 "\ oy lliion ™ te Y of & 1 How much a4 v get out of ® | was that he had told the court in his pe- | ‘Sure and in ¢ 3 : L e s the: entate dlstributed W] Sos Sag to thel $ | them. Then it turnea out that all there | Zot SRes oo San ¥ N | was to that effect in the petition was the | wy) hay be infl & 4 | conventiona legation that the Chretien | ¢or this wrorg-doing, bu : % & | heirs were ‘and without right.” and | frem following § a minute after it developed further that | of a - 1" P & ¢ | this petition was never filed in court, al- having et s - & | though copies of it had been served on down for ‘hearing both = ne uef and Chretien. for sett 0 ':(hn!\(‘- of inquiry into why it was that ribut or Monday w No, eir; in foe he suddenly dropped his case for the heirs | op the motlon of | was then pursued, and for half an hour at the property b s - - Rogers was busy explaining that they had | gujjivan was set aside, so that 4 €ln his letters, and rhl»r‘t’;ﬂ”' may remain open until the - 1 to hc»l?p them: and fur- | found, when Y ordin N 2 had asked for a continuance | (W%, Thade ; 8 s sig re granted he vyuldf prl;ﬁ‘;‘l_ On the suggestion of Mr. Lloyd the set- ¢+ heirs up again, and ’h It were | i oment of the account was also put over, & | not_granted it e :| with the s ob, | 1 it ible error, | iih the same object in view in his opinion. A Rk And the | Mr. Lioyd—As Iunderstand it t x E | arguments at the Hibernia Bank and G e et & were sig & | information he had secured there made | r2 g i 3 + | him f=el that his heirs were not the right e course, - . Pzt tter. and the - - Then McEnerney became personal. | e serv Yes, s - Did you_co: to the distribution of the Fenerous!y terest of estate to John Sullivan? he asked. No, T w protession an i b in court | ® Rauer Grew Cautious. x: 1 couldn’t tell you th ¢ | "Inen the statement in_the decree that you | . hera should_sta . : B i n t1 received was four wors js ‘false? 1 dom't kmow. 1 was mot in and the testimony has . ¥ . T court. your Hcnor was absolutely imp ) o " . never got 8 3 4 you receive any money from Rauer on me can attact You e d 1t hat o all T a3 (e day of the bank No, not proceedings here in. th she And . w Rauer b 3 in this connection . n any connection? No. “ourt—I do was M which Rauer | ° :»;.aa_r\“.u ever have any urr;m(’;’r:t. ‘:]a';:e h‘in; and I do red in coin | © -~ about your discontinuance of e and Aty I ROGERS READS HIS REMARKABLE PETITION. ¢ | money? No, sir. e e s . - R s W the four hu | Did you make a practice of getti “”n"; = K ] s @+ sisieisisoeitedei e bes +-9-0-040—+0+54D+-02+0006+00+0+5+0+@ |tion anout the estates of the d from | mit to 1t at et g - ¥ it That was before the decree of distribution | eame time that the check was indorsed and | " F v "Backett given you Infc in this court t : ey e took place that you hac talkc with Dutehy? | at the same time the two recelpts were in- | (B4, NF\ il Fother estates? Y sir. lorsed. a . ; > > 5 . it es not matter w o hunfted ‘and. yi: ket as Dutchy’s Sullivan with him? No, sir. | Who drew this order? I think it was drawn HenleyThat is not material . ! 3 Dutchy was alone. Mr. Sullivan, or this man, | by Mr. Ruef. Mr e > Xk - - -~ 1 owid M |'was never present when any money was pald | They refused to give you any money until A Commission Business. e P o . The - PER: W I pre- | over by me to him; he always had him away Rauer furnished all these papers? ~ Mr T think it fs. T just | 22006 B this s someth Yes 1 E o | " Dutchy told you at that conversation, im isted was upgn Mr. Ruef's office that after. of practice. that he | of the press - o reat advantage t ¥ 5a which h. ad n offered a thousand | noon with Mr.@Rauer and myself and they m Beckett a com. nk has . - = c and ac- | doliars his story. p»‘w ia h'{ M[r l;‘n"kr-d and filled over the amount of mon o kind of inYormation ¥ i s 3 rp was | Lawrence—you mean Mr. Lawrence, of the | that was to he given and that was when the | ™is® ess—Well, if T did, it would be none erly’s Answer. . What wae ye in using this | Examiner, do you not? I presume so; he just | thing was settled The Wikneow =17t ote metiie ~ Weatherly's A . . for all these signatures? Well, | said L nee Did you know that that three hundred dollars | Of ¥our basinrad By 5 imignt be some of | Dr. Weatherly feels aggr = tell you: I think L-was cras w us_wha ween vou | was to go to Hansted himseif? Did he tell you | MF: B art, Mr. Rogers. This | name should have been used by and Dut well A letter from | how much he was paying this man who was o g is mome of my business, but | Chretien in a manner Whi " simflarity of signature, | his landlady tnat e y 'a board bil} | impersonating Sullivan? No, sir. rocseding. 18 none of I B the peobls | Section upon It Dr. Weat . 27 No: I think I was erazy: T have | and he had to do this, and he had to do thaf, | Did you discover {t? He simply said that B e of California and the Judge of | his connection with the s = L it [and 3. "Suilivan hmd ‘to have some money, he | he’had to divids with him. Whether he did Bt o toelf. 1 don't know | oy ‘ourely casual and perfe hink the B e 01y | or et I.don’t know. Beckett is giving Mr. Rogers infor- | o mee Chretien on the stre Dutchy Tried Blackmail, 1id you first have a talk with Dutchy effect t think t f this disposition. Wel ve the money; that was clse did you at’ (hat was subsequent 10 - ‘ i : Loy giden The said Sullivan Was Coached. Tation before the ma is cold. ‘T think we are | wvqq nsked If he knew any one i} Beftré you took the deposition fn Ruer's of- | entitled: to know it b | nence in London. He gave th o him? How did e ) the prob yroceedings in thid court essrs. Bennett and Walker and to him? How dld he | fice aid you go over the facts of the case with | Of the pr Palifornia ought to be ir Messr jen wrote to them not Sullivan at ou? Well_ I told him why nof wait | this Dutehy's Suilivar % sir. he only | in the courts of i < o - | to assist Chr B e Ruef | till the thing came. up, and M satd | goio o Y S N as about nfs mether.” | into. We ought to know how these things ar- | {5 1S hig he had absolutely notht . el M < yhe nd had been to Bt L i | - Dtois Shy JJeposition_was taken you nad |4OKE 1o well, you have got a bigger job | With the odiot \fTair : = nd e had ot | e o O et (o) | Been. Joserh . Tobin at the Hibernia | Mr. MW than 1 think you want. by ¥ to h % en he simply black. < all darned nonsense, that Rogers and Ruef | B4 s taoi b M McEgerney— Well, I know. but with your | 2 7 to haye 855" nd hen he simply black | o 3 o T o T raia ey |y WMt passed Betmeen'Vou vt e Tobine | ME MEERES 2 iR theousn with . | “JAKE” RAUER TAKES PART L 55 it BaCs st < & not true; that he could go and see Mr. |1 5 o 9 il summer not being over. St I have got you. and you have got to go | %2 t “true. Shal _hb -could a0 A0 estate.”” 1 showed hi watharity, my ap- | the E ere is a little too much of a fe was | vly blac 1 ut of it, that Is all. T o e el | of the m r of ased and he sald harangue by > be S baing blackmailed, and had to go = witness ought not to be subj ' . That.Letter to 34 Soho. was it that he sald he had to nave T LErape el 1o B0 |ty bt azainet the rulee. T can't doit that this winee o ants to, can walk His Nephew, Himself and Three A : A9 u geve yesterday th 3 hen he got it from 2} e R e e S e say? e eald: | tor anybody.”” I rald: “L am very anxio Witness, '} e reason Why he is ¢ : : Suliiva R e ¢ 1t from Mr. Ruef and he weulln't | vou KNOW. vou have got those powers of at | ghs“out, and the estate s hoing 6 ovirh: N, SR SHE. SEE cason ] Others Arrested for Disturbing iare was untrue? N A ol e Fkiaiie. | I8 0lnE: fo kRt Khe ns about e havip & | Well. O he anid; - Rl 1n all righe T - Jgl0ing . the Peace. womet ) s - vour first money from Rauer be- | man’ impersonating him." - And then T saw the was for application for letters ' S Court—And that Is why T believe that | ., = a ® R -~ e | Wbt JeORMLIVH Joun talant Atte: lipow: that- 1 %eax 1o . ministration, or something.” AT ot il mow answer the question. The S Wiktass Michaalaiss pe - v » he qame in he did taken z £ the estate is ahout to be cle M& Rogers will Bow A of busi. | Graef: Wi n Michaelson, propri yous got was tbb, The Power of Attorney. S10041. ‘within ‘& month’ 6F tw s b oty Bty rma "8 | the Saratoga Stables at Larkin and Gear t assignment in the es before that ti that you had “If the account closed downstai Ho ey —Any testimoi that this wit- | ctreets; John Keane, who claims is a eoge | 1 t ¥ n him about being in the fix of havs no money oe 18 no.objesty e etees 11 this investigation 1s pursly voln- | syjesman. and Richard Garrit 3 2 nexer sent ame of hat $300 e power of attorney? it. You can o right downstairs and ask.” | ness €USE D (8T T ompulsory process that can | employe f Rauer, engaged in a brawl | at n St e, T T s ;- tarTh any witness in this matter. Mr. Rogers | tvening in Michaelson's stable is not here to be subjected to disrespectful allu- } GECaier wnd charged with disturbing the ash fer 1o give to Jyhn Sul- @ | sion or any manner of alsrespect. and 1 ciatm | DN er” Michaelson put up % 0 show you that he was dhe ptatentiin 8 I St Seiton in Pail for each member of the party - | I Mr. Ruef b - e Rauer and Graef drove into Michael- e it to Dutchy, and he S h it b swered. Mr. Beckett is one of my empioyes. P R ~ ge. < The. Court—Mr. Rogers will be exonerated [ SON'S stable to put up their hors s n th it with John Sullivan? b erated | They were coming out Garrity made an | ¢ criticism on the part of Mr. Backett N 2. L. "The Unaeretant P o ybody else In connection with an attempt | Sulting remark to Rauer. Graef jumy e e ooy oy A @ | o throw light on the proceedings In tiis qe- [ at Garrity and then Keane tock 4 Dutchy to do? Dutchy | @ D e *s nephew was getting the worst of t or any other department. I desire to | Rauer’s @ fellow so that he would not | | DT 'all the light I can of Mr. Roers concern- | it when Rauer joined in. Rauer struck he would have him whenever R o7 . it Keane on the jaw and knocked him sens ing these matters, and there is ar y h - u - e & % # % . v v such inducements to anybody I|less. At this moment Michaelson appear- - Tt e S knewe of the exitence o the WOULD like to say after this very serious and thorough investigation that I am grateful to the reald ke to know It, In the interest of public g.{qr:andAjn:;ed the Raver forces. Garrity . . wha Dutchy say ould do fo i

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