The San Francisco call., 1906-11-02

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formed. With the ordinance and added
in his. reports Il am of the opiriion
that this place could never be- made
to comply. with ordinance So unless
such ordinance was amended,
The details of the SUBSEQUENT trans;
actions. as in: the possession: of Heney
and Detective Burns, are SO complete
that they may be given herewith with
accuracy.
When Manager Tiffany learned OF
the adverse report made by Fitzsim-
mons, he appealed to Abe Rqef
4 can do nothing for you" said
Ruef.:*<.
TIffany. urged Ruef to say word for
him to the Board of Public Works.
Il is useless. said: Ruef. The eX=.
pert's reports is fnal.r 4. ...:..:
A very short time after this. Ruef
was engaged as: attorney for =. the
Baldwin Theater. r Alterations were
made in the building, but in no way
was it made: to CONFORM with. the orr
dinance. 1t continued in violations of
the. law. The Board of Public. Works;
conscious !. of the fact allowed :. the
theater to open and resume business.
Investigation showed that Tiffany
had reorga anized: =his company and.
made of it q, corporation of 100 shares:
1t was shown that of these shares#9a.s5
SIOOQ IN the name OF Ruef ana 5.b In
the name of; Marcus Blum, the Mayors
messenger. Thus. .Ruef had, held up
the concern for nearly half Of its stock.
When confronted with the evidence
Ruef claimed that he had paid for the
stock. Tiffany. has stated that Ruef
paid about $4,000. The. repairs on the
building alone cost $4,000 and Ruefs
profits were something like $4,000 a
year from. his investment. -:
CHINESE. WERE SUFFERERS.
The Chinese Theater was also Vic
tim. The manager was Informed by
the Board Of Public Works. that his
theater did not comply with the build
ing ordinance. The Chinese. therefore
desired to have the needed alterations
made. 1t was made plain to him that
the Deneen Building Company. should
be selected to do the work. According
ly the Deneen Company made the alter
ations and sent in bill for SIS, 900.
The money was paid. Architect Tharpe
examined the work and gave 1t as his
professional opinion that 1t was worth
$4,000. The difference was $4,000.
The Deneen Company few years
ago was rated low on the financial
scale. 1t thrived wonderfully after 1t
had drunk of the bowl of administra-
tion favor. Heney had hearsay evil
dence that Mayor Schmitz was a part
neI IN the company however, IQlS mas
been stoutly denied by the friends OF
the Mayor Just what evidence he has
on this point. Heney refuses to say.
Be all this as it may, the fact re-
mains that the Deneen Company and
the Mayor thrived together.
In fact, the Mayor and ]. A. Deneen
live in mansions which face each
other on Vallejo street. Next to the
Mayor dwells one OF the members of
the firm of Hilbert Bros, in which
concern, it is charged, that the Mayor
had an interest. Police Commissioner
Leahy. another of the Mayors pals,
lives in the same neighborhood. All
reside in beautiful homes erected by
the Deneen Company. The fact that
Mayor Schmitz paid $4,000 for his
$4,000 house was mentioned in yes
terday's Call. The price was so rea-
sonable that the Mayor at once ex-
pended $4,000 for furnishings. 1t may
be seen that the Mayor was reckless
with his $4,000 salary. He considered
it his duty to- live up to the position
he held, and 1t mattered little how
he did It,
More amazing than these incidents
are the cases which are said TO have
come to Heney's notice, wherein bufld4
ings in way conforming to the
statutes were permitted to rise within
the fire limits. Much evidence ION this
score was swept away by the fire. The
buildings themselves were the evil
dence. However, Heney has mass of
documentary matter which will serve
his purpose almost as we'll as the
buildings themselves. 1t was simply a
system of "sees Ruef' all the way
through. Ruefs o. k. would be suf-
ficient for the most palpable evasion of
the law. These little transactions on
the part of Ruef are said to have been
the largest factor in that $4,000 a year
law practice of Which he has boasted
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Ruef also worked the little game of
holding up people for tidy sums before