The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-13

! 4 nave spoken TO Mr.. Burns ABOUT
| this case, but only two or three times
| Where were you last night?' demand
! ed Mr. Campbell sharply
AT home" answered Ruef serenely.
''In the company of William J. Burns
from $50 to 7:SO p m. and from $50 TO
What was said last night about the
Anything said Sunday night?'
"Yes-Sunday or Monday"
'All right, Burns was with you that
| night until 3 o'clock in the morning
NO. | think he left between 100 and
Q"
You were talking to him about the
| testimony
cit was being discussed. yes"
Admits Many indictments.
Mr.. Ruef." asked Mr. Campbell, COM
| ing about abruptly on a, new tack, you
are under indictment, are you not?'
II think so-yes, sir" said Ruef. hes
answer out. Yes, 1 am under indict-
/ ment."
About one hundred times, eh?"
well a very large number of times
Responding to other questions by Mr.
Campbell, Ruef said that during the last
| sixty days he has been guarded in the
| Fillmore street prison house by Ellison
| Buggy and eight guards. He named over
shifts.
Mr.. Campbells attempt to show by Ruef
/ that the prisoner boss knew that Guard
! Foley was employed by Rudolph Spreck-
els was blocked by an objection from He
ney, which the court sustained.
You are going too far afleld, Mr..
Campbell" said Judge Dunno.
But we are leading up. We propose to
show that the Witness is testifying under
pressure" retorted Mayor Schmitz' attor
ney
Then ask him if he is" directed the
court
we will at the proper time" replied
Campbell.
The latter then questioned Ruef as 10
how many times he had been talking to
Assistant District Attorney Heney and
Mr.. Burns, He said Mr.. Burns had access
to him whenever he wanted to see him.
Was Mr.. Burns in the habit in the
middle of the night of waking you up?''
Not since I left the st. Francis
Did he ever wake you up?''
Il can't say that he did, but | was
walked up by others to see Mr.. Burns
Did Burns say to you that if you tes-
| titled in this case it would go easy with
your
He did not put it that way. He said
if l would make a full statement, he
would do what he could to secure leniency
for me. Langdon and Heney also prom
ised the same thing
Did Rudolph Spreckels make any
promise?"
NO, 1 never spoke TO Spreckels."
Did you not at first refuse to give
| testimony in this case. saying If you tes-
titled it would be to acquit the mayor
Il did not put it that way. j did not
want to testify and said that some parts
of my testimony would be favorable to
the mayor. l said if ] gave the facts IN
detail as they were. the larger part would
be favorable to the mayor"
State the facts
Here Heney objected and said that if
the defense insists, we will go further
into all relations between Ruef and
Schmitz If they want to make Ruef
their witness, all right"
Judge Dunno sustained the objection,
and Campbell asked:
Did you tell Burns all the facts?''
Il did. told Heney and Langdon also.
I told the truth. I made my statements
to Heney, Langdon and Burns at the
same time"
AT this time did they say they would
do all they could to secure leniency?''
mo it was a more prior
rs it a fact that you would expect
these men to use their influence on other
ION my testimony fully and fairly as
TO the truth of these matters. yes
who is to be the judge as to the
TRUTH"
Il shall insist 1 am
What is the situation of the prosecu-
tion?"
Il don't know. but 1 presume that,
knowing me as they do, they will take
my word. The testimony l am giving is
true, and 1 expect that the prosecution
will believe it, and will carry out their
promise and assist in obtaining leniency
for me-
Did you tell them you wanted complete
immunity
Heney objected TO this question, and
Judge Dunno sustained the objection, say
ing the witness had already answered
three times and that was sufficient
Talks With Burns.
Mr.. Campbell resumed:
Mr. Ruef, you had q talk with Burns
before. you changed your plea in this
case?"
yes, several"
Was it about what they would do?"
Yes"
The. Then you changed your plea?"
Did you state as follows: I am not
guilty of the Offense charged in this in
dictment.' "
Yes"
''Was that true?"
Heney objected and was sustained.
Why, if not guilty, did you change
your plea after your talk with Burns,
when you were promised 1eniency2'
Heney objected and offered to open I'D
everything. Dunno shut him up and said
that he did not want to hear from any
body including the state. The objec-
ton was sustained.
Mr.: Campbell then produced an affida-
Wit dated Nov. 2, 1906, and asked Ruef if
his signature was on it.
ut is" said Ruef.
You were a defendant In this case
of LangdOn VS.. yourself and certain men,
bers of the board Of supervisors
Yes"
You filed an answer to the case?"
Yes"
You sWore to this Affidavit
Yes. it was true"
Campbell started to read the affidavit,
but Heney objected
Campbell said he offered the affidavit
to show that Ruef's present testimony
was given under coercion. The objec-
ton was sustained.
Continuing the examination Of Ruef as
to his statements made in Judge Dunno
court the day he pleaded guilty. Mr.
Campbell asked him whether that part
of the statement was true which declared
as follows:
In my political affiliations until the
last election no act of mine ever gave
just ground for adverse criticism or de-
served censure?'
1T was true-in my judgment" replied
Ruef hating little between each word
At the time you say you gave the
$3.50 to this defendant what did you say
to him?''
Il said" answered Ruef after a mo-
ments consideration, Mr. Mayor I re-
ceived $500 from those restaurant cases
as my fee and if you will take half of
I mill tri ~rN