"Mr. Heney--Q. At the time that Mr. Phelan agreed to contribute the $10,000, Mr. Spreckels, what did you say, if anything, about contributing yourself? A. That was in the first meeting, I think, Mr. Heney, and I told him that I was ready and willing to contribute a similar amount: that I believed it would be possible to get others to join and contribute. "Q. At that time was anything said by any person about prosecuting Mr. Calhoun? A. Absolutely no. "Q. Or any person connected with the United Railroads Company? A. The discussion was entirely confined to the administration, the corrupt "Q. At that time did you have any purpose or intention of prosecuting Mr. Calhoun? A. I had not. "Q. Did you have any reason to believe that Mr. Calhoun at that time had committed any crime? A. I had no indication of such a crime. "Mr. Moore--Was that time fixed, Mr. Heney? "Mr. Heney--Yes, it was fixed; the first conversation, and he has fixed it as nearly as he could. "The Court--Have you in mind the testimony on that point, Mr. Moore? There was some reference to it in an earlier part of the examination. "Mr. Heney--Q. When you had the talk with Mr. Heney in April, 1906, did you say anything about prosecuting Mr. Calhoun, or anybody connected with the United Railroads? A. I did not. "Q. Did you at any time tell Mr. Heney that you desired to have him prosecute Mr. Patrick Calhoun? A. I did not, at any time. "Q. Did you tell him at any time that you desired to have him prosecute any person connected with the United Railroads Company? A. I did not." See transcript The People vs. Patrick Calhoun, No. 1436, page 3730. [84] Rudolph Spreckels testified at the trial of The People vs. Patrick Calhoun, No. 1436: "Mr. Perry was employed to get information in regard to Mr. Abraham Ruef and the city administration as early as June, 1906, and his efforts and of one other man employed at that time were directed toward that and that only." [85] See San Francisco newspapers, November 1, 1906. [86] Gallagher's statement was in full as follows: