The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-26
TRIAL OF RUFF
IS POSTPONED
nefenSe WithdraWS Application
hU. S. Supreme Court for
Writ of Error.
GRAND JURY IN SESSION
.rNsATloNAL TESTIMONY Elk
pEcTED FROM LOS ANGELES.
Cases Dismissed.

Washington. March 25.-On motion 4
~ the attorney for the regular cOun- q
eel of Abraham Ruef of san Fran
is.o the habpaS corpus proceedings y
h. Ruefs behalf were today dismissed =
In the supreme court of the United =
StateS The attorney made no ex-
nIsnstiou of the motion The court =
. dsdered that the mandate in the case =
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e.r Francisco. March 25.-Abraha m Ruef
.rd Chief Of Police Oman were in Judge
t1,,1re's court this morning on the in
-tn7eDts charging conspiracy and eS-
,,-tiou They were to have entered their
IS IN rha indictments but Heney and
Errns being busy on the work of the
-an5 iurv which was resumed at l.30
ssgjoek This afternoon, the cases were
r,srnoned fuI one week by consent OF
The nrose.utiOn views the action of tho
ssfsnse i'm withdTa wing from the United
states supreme court the application Tor
-15t of error as a final laying down OF
g-ms against the prosecution Of Ruef on
-be exTortion charges before Superior
fr5ge Duuua That is to say, the defense,
s-.5r,lins 10 the view of the prosecution.
roU expects TO so forward with the trial,
u svoid which Ruofs attorneys have bent
IN their efforts and expended all their
resources.
Little Accomplished.
ItHe was accomplished by the grand
i5,,- today. owing TO the failure o. inn
;;..rtaur witnesses from Los Angeles To
1,,.ri,-e in The citv No indictments We're
Icrirued during the one session that was
held and only two Witnesses were exam
med These were Samuel Jacohy, fiscal
.raur for the Independent Telephone COM
1,58v. which operates in the northwest.
and James T. Adams. OF the Adams-Phil-
Inns company. of Los Angeles, bankers
and brokers who handled Home Tele-
rhOue securities. The subpOenaIuE of ia
CODY. acc0rdIng to statement made by
Assistant District Attorney HeneX at the
close Of the grand jury session had moth
ing TO do with bribery. lie merely tes-
Tilted that his company was anxious TO
lid on telephony franchise, and would
have bid the price up mad II known that
one was to be advertised; his company
ras under the impression that the earth
ddake and fire had led to an indefinite
p5stponement of the proposed bidding.
An lhat Mir. Heney would say regard
tie the testimony given by Adams was;
"He had whit 1 wanted. l knew he mad
ID and I got IL.
The grand jury viii resume its sittings
81 f.51 Ococz tomorrow afternoon. 1t
Is expected that before that hour the wit
Hesses from Los Angeles subpoenaed last
week by the grand jury. VIII have reached
This CITY They are a. 3. Cass. president
Of the Home Telephone company of Los
Angeles. president of the Cass-Damarell
Hardware company of that city, bank di-
rector member of the chamber of COM
mcrce, the Merchants ard Manufacturers
association, and other important bodies.
and IN his own name millionaire; VIII
Fam Mead. president of the Central Bank
Of Los Angeles. and q StOckhOider in the
Home Teleph lue company; ". G. Patter-
son. vice presiden of the First National
hank Of Los Angeles and director and
stoeshOlder in several other banking in
stitutoqs, j S. Torrance and Frank NJ.
Brown. brokers'. From these men the
gAnd jury. 10 is stated. expects to gain
much Information respecting the alleged
wholesale bribery OF a majority of the
San Francisco supervisors by the agents
Of the Home Telephone company.