Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-21
RUFF EXPECTS ARREST
Believed That the Grand Jury
At San Francisco Has AL
ready Indicted
GRAFT SCANDAL EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE
GRAFT
Testimony Indicates That the Power
Behind the schmitz Throne Can Not
Escape-Dr. e. T. Devine Says He
Believes schmitz Did Not Profit
General News.

San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 21.-The
grand jury is establishing record for
doing the unexpected. Instead OF tax
ing up the Belvidere Music hall or re-
lief fund graft, it went into details OF
petty grating in furniture by Super
visor Fred Nicholas and Peter Duff
fy formerly an elevator operator in
Hall of Justice. Indictments were
found against each.
Nicholas was found guilty of accep-
ting from Holmes Bros, furniture deal
ers, s26.10 with the understanding that
he was to influence supervisors to pur-
chase desks and chairs, amounting to
1851. Duffy was found guilty of per-
jury before the grand jury when 1t
was investigating the Nicholas case
November 16.
In the afternoon the grand jury spent
several hours taking testimony of Ed
die Graney and j. w. Coffroth in the
Belvidere case, in which Ruef received
one quarter of the stock and profits
for the sake of his influence in getting
the license for the dive and seeing
that it was allowed to run wide open.
From the fact that Heney came out
of the jury room late yesterday aft
ernoon and then returned it is believ-
ed the jury found an indictment
against Ruef. but that it will not be
announced until today.
Abe Ruef was desperately nervous
when he learned that Graney had beer
called as a witness in the Belvidere
dive case. Graney has said several
times lately that he would tell the
whole truth about the case. Graney's
attitude has thoroughly frightened the
once formidable Ruef. Twice since
Graney made the statement that ne
would tell the whole truth" has Ruef
called him to his office and talked
earnestly with him. Graney insisted
he would tell all he knew.
The other members of the Belvidere
Music Hall Company all swear they
knew nothing Of Ruefs connection
with the corporation
Colfroth declared he would testify
that Graney held twenty-five shares OF
stock in addition to his own, and that
dividends on these twenty-five shares
were paid to him. 1t is believed that
Graney yesterday told when. how and
why that block of shares passed from
his hands to those of Ruef or Ruefs
agent, Cert, and that he told also
whether it was not shortly after the
police raided the basement of the re-
sort that an agreement was made witt
Ruef and the police called off.
MYRTLE Cert, who appeared at a
meeting Of the board Of directors OF
the Belvidere company after the fire
and demanded % per cent of the In
surance money for Ruef, also appeared
before the grand jury. He stated last
week that Ruef owned % per cent Of
the Belvidere stock and he was prob
ably called upon yesterday to give all
details of his knowledge of Ruefs IL
Iicit profits from this notorious dive.
1t is known that the police de-
partment is to be Investigated by the
grand jury, and every official in it,
from Chief Oman down, made an OBJ
ject of the closest scrutiny. There are
several scandals attaching to the de-
partment, and in it's sweeping work
Of moral cleansing the grand jury will
not pass them by. Detective Burns adj
mits that this has been resolved upon.
He said yesterday:
1.-The police department Of this city
is certainly in a rotten condition.
hope before long to pay my respects in
no uncertain fashion to this branch of
city government"