The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-21
FOOTE SCORED THEM HARD.
His DenunCiation of Bruner
and the Boodlers.
Crowds Throng Judge Wallace's Court tc
Witness the Closing Scenes Of the
Famous Trial

Attorney Foote talked all day yesterday
TO the twelve men who are now about to de-
eide whether Elwood Bruner, the Doodle
Assem- blymsn, is guilty of soliciting bride
for his official vote and influence.
Mr.. Foote wasn't as eloquent yesterday
as he sometimes is. Only once he emulated
the immortal Shas Wegg by dropping into
poetry. But what he lacked in eloquence
he more than made up in plain speaking.
He hit right out from the shoulder in his
address to the jury and said things that
were sorrowfully true with wonderful
eaTneStneSS.
81 ask you not to be swayed by sympa-
thy for the defendants wife and children
and family ties said Mr.. Foote. ''Remem-
Der that he was undertaking to stab his
mother State. You have higher duty to
perform TO society than to any individual.
81 ask you, in the name Of the law. IN the
name of honesty and for the preservation
Of good government TO give this DEFENDANT
the justice that he deserves. which Will
clothe him in penitentary stripes Tor Jour
teen years"
Elwood Bruner, sitting at his counsers
elbow, turned shade paleT.
Theoretically the law looks alike on the
rich and the poor" continued toote. put
| unfortunately in its administration the
| is often punished because he has not the
means to protect himself with the safe
| guards that money wiz procure.
VILLAINS in high places unfortunately.
| have come TO believe themselves beyond the
| reach of the law. Plate sin with gOld.' says
| Shakespeare, and the strong arm of justice
| breaks
81 admonish you that our politics must be
! purified and our public servants held TO the
| strict letter of the law. Because OF Bru-
/ ner's intelligence and responsibility is his
! crime a hundTedfold more heinous than
! that OF the man who steals your watch.
"Bruner was selling, lot only his own
I honor and manhood when he tried to secure
: bride from OttiDger, but the honor of q
! high public office, the honor OF the State
! itself. II is time for juries to 10 their duty.
| When bOodleTs are allowed to go free then
our institutions and laws t0tuer."
Throughout the day Mr.. Foote'S scathing
denunciatiOns and skillfui analysis of the
testimony were listened TO by an audience
which taxed even the standing capacity Of
Judge Wallace's ample courtroom.
Mr.. Foote denounced in the r0undest
| terms Attorney Reddy's attack on Barclay
! Henley. He had known Henley from boy
| hood, be said. aud had never before heard
a single word against his honor and integ-
! rity. He believed that Mr.. Reddy himself
would see the wrong be had done Henley
when the ardor for his client had died out.
w Z nave IdiiFu OH cfIi tilHcos nc oalus
''and the Legislature of our State has be-
come q den of thieves-fOrty of them In the
Senate aud eighty in the House. Talk of
the thirty tyrants of Athens" Attorney
Reddy had so characterized the Citizens
Defense AssOclation-"but what Of the tale
of the forty thieves?
81 had always thought ii we're commend
able for private citizens to give their time
and money to the suppression of crime and
the punishment of public criminals. But
Mr.. Reddy says it Is crime. II remained
for him to put such a construction on so
high purpose"
Late in the afternoon. when Mr.. Foote
| had concluded his telling speech, Judge
/ Wallace announced that as his instructions
were too lengthy to be delivered before ad-
| jouTnment time the case would be cOntin-
ued until Monday morning at 10 O'CLOCK.