The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-09
AConvicted Mayor Of San
Francisco Given Five
Year Sentence.
CROWD CHEERS
IN 5COU RI ROOM
Great Demonstration Follows An
nouncement-Prisoner Rcsents
Lecture by Judge Dunno,
and Appeals for His
Rights-Appeals
for New Trial

SAN FRANCISCO. July s.--Mayor
4 Eugene Il. schmitz, convicted of ex-
4 tortion. was to-day sentenced to five
| years in the penitentiary. The sem
| tence followed the recent conviction
OF schmitz for extorting sl,175 from
French restaurant Keepers of San
! Francisco.
AS the last words fell from the
/ Judges lips the great crowd that had
I stood throughout the dramatic scenes
! sent up a thunderous cheer. Good
1 for you!" shouted man in the back
| OF the room. His ejaculation was
| echoed and re-echoed by one after
! another of the spectators.
Judge Dunno, In pronouncing SEN
| tence on Schmitz, said:
1T can be said that the verdict of
the jury in this case had a deeper Sig
4 nincance than ordinarily attaches to
the finding of guilt. 1t Is message,
to all the people in the city Of San
Francisco that law and order are SUI
prerne; that no man. however exalted
his station or how strong and power
fnl the political, social and financial
q influences which surround him, Is
above the law.
Eugene +. Schnltz. you have hereto
fore occupied the highest office which
tho city OF San Francisco can confer;
OH one Of It's citizens, You We're
elevated to that position because of
the confidence and trust reposcd In
you by the mass OF the
schmitz Resenss Lecture.
"J an, here y INTERRUPTED SchmtZ. in
voice. though quiet and controlled.
4 that carried to the far corners OF
the room. ITO receive sentence at your
hands-arld not to be Inundated by a
lecture which the newspapers can re-
"a peat IN print"
Judge Dunne paid no attention to
the interruption. "Tou were elevated
to that position, l say. because of the
confidence and trust reposed In you"
Attorney Metson interpossd: I'VE are
here 10 take sentence, noS to be lee
tured. We
Mr.. Metson,'' said Judge Dunno
warmly, "if you interrupt these pro-
cecdings again I will send you to jail.
You would be in far better business X
you were here begging for a day IN
court TO answer the charge that you
wilfully and Improperly attempted to
tamper with juror in this case
HAD Confidence OF rne People.
Turning To- Schmtz, Judge Dunno
resumed: You were elected to posi-
tion because of the confidence and
great trust reposed in you by the mass
of the people. You have. by your will
ful criminal act, SO a jury Of your fell
low-citizens has declared. broken that
confidence and betrayed that trust"
Here Schmitz again protested against
The lecture Judge Dunno took no
notice.
Therefore" the judge continued, II
may be said that the penalty which
the law permits in this case is insuf.
tcient to meet the demands of justice
TT may be suggested, however. that
BY your conviction you will lose the
respect and esteem Of all good citi-
gems and men; that you will suffer the
humiliation OF knowing that your ca
reer of hypocrisy. duplicity and dis.
honor
Prisoner Demands His Rights.
II stand here as an American either
to demand my rights" interposet
Echmitz. I'm not asking any leniencS
at the hands OF this court II am pre-
pared to receive sentence. ] ask. .tha
your honor do your duty and pro
nonnce it Immediately, and that l b'
not subjected to humiliation and de
grading remarks which the papers arr
honor has any sef-respect, you vii
proceed with the sentence" =
HIS Brnzen IsTrontcry.
ut Is not unusual, was Judg
Dunne's reply, "for courts to bt
y brought into contact with such brazel
acts of effrontry as yours In the pres
ent instance.
1T is the duty Of the court in sucl
cases to view the conduct of a con
vlcted felon with patience and tolera
ton, not to say pity. BY your con
viction you will lose the respect an
esteem of all good men and citizens
You will suffer the humiliation o
knowing, I say that your career o
hypocrisy, duplicity and dishonor ha
been exposed, and that you stand be
icre those who believed in and hon
ored you. morally naked. shamed an
dlsgraced.''
II deny that" cried schmih. eth
people of San Francisco know how
was railroaded through"
@ Morally Naked ana DisErnced.
Judge Dunno resumed; Moral
rsked. shamed and disgraced 1t Is q
the knowledge of these things rathe
than in any mere term, of imprlson
ment in State penitentialy, that tn