The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
Six Indicted in San Francisco
 for Bribery
WITH RUFF AND SCHMITZ
Capitalists Fix Gas Rates and Super vlsors-Mayor Called On for $780, GOO Additional BalI-lnno-
 cent, He Says.

Sdn fTdnClScO, h1dy ZOs-Iue BIhliu Jury this afternoon indicted six millionaires on charges of bribery and attempted bribery and returned additional indict- ments against Ruef and Schmitz Frank G. Drum, Eugene D. Sablo, John Martin, Abe Ruef and Mayor Schmitz were in dicted on fourteen counts charging that they jointly bribed fourteen of the super visors in the sum of s750, to fix the gas rates for 1906 at S5 cents, instead of 75 cents. G. H. Umbsen, J. E. Green and w. l. Brobeck and Ruef were indicted on fourteen counts, charging that they joint ly attempted to bribe fourteen of the supervisors in the sum of $1000 each to vote trolley franchise to the Park Side Transit company.
 Judge Coffey fixed ball at 5000 on each of. 126 counts contained in the twenty eight indictments
 The grand jury adjourned until June 10, when investigation of alleged bribery by officials of the Home Telephone company and other persons will be resumed.
 Felony Indictments.
 Millionaires, multimillionaires, presi- dents and wee presidents and lesser of heials of great corporations today thronged Judge Coffey's court room with their attorneys and attendants. They had been summoned to give bail in excess of half million dollars to insure their per- sonal liberty pending trial on felony in- dictments returned against them by tho grand jury yesterday.
 First came Louis Glass. vice president of the Pacific States Telephone and Tele- graph company, to give bond in the sum or $20,0OQaon the charge of bribing two of the supervisors to vote with their asso- ciates for the granting of a competing telephone franchise in San Francisco President Pat Calhoun and assistant to the president, Mullally, of the United Railroads, and Geenral Counsel 11erey l.. Ford and Assistant Counsel William L. Abbott of that corporation, each of them indicted on fourteen counts on the charge or bribfng thirteen supervisors, Mayor Schmitz, to grant trolley franchise un- der which the United Railway system was electrified and is operated, appeared
 Crocker Gives Bail.
 William H. Crocker, president of the. Crocker bank of the city, and reorganized as the foremost capitalist of San Fran cisco, and President Henry T. Scott of the Pacific States Telephone and Tele- graph company, were in court to furnish PCioOlietl Ddll-tdSl or DOnuS-in the sum of $56O,O00 for MT. Calhoun, MT. Mullally MT Ford and for MT. Abbott. Arrange ments, however, had already been made with the Metropolitan Surety company of New York, and today Attorney Earl Rogers handed to Judge Coffey fifty-six separate bonds for s10,OOO each. After Judge Coffey had signed his approval ffty-six times, he nodded to the million aire defendants and said:
 Gentlemen: That is all." And the lat ter with their counsel, withdrew.
 Attorney Schlessinger appeared for The odore V. Halsey of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company, in- dicted upon the same charge brought against Vice President Glass.
 'Is there any one here to represent Mayor Schmitz?" inquired Judge Coffey
 No one answered.
 Schmtz Shows Up.
 Schmitz is called upon to give $160 900 bail in addition to the $5O00O bonds al- ready put up by him on five indictments charging him with extorting money from French restaurant keepers.
 As Abraham Ruef is @ prisoner on charges of extortion, to which he has pleaded guilty, and as 1t is understood that he prefers the safety of Elisor Big gy's Fillmore street prison house to lib- erty, his failure to appear in court today created no surprise.
 Later. Mayor Schmitz, accompanied by two of his attorneys and by President Thomas Williams of the New California Jockey club, and President Dingey, en- tered the court room and offered sixteen bonds for $10,000 each.
 They were accepted by the court.
 Before leaving the court room. the may or said:
 q have no statement to make at this time further than this: The charges brought against me are absolutely false and malicious. I shall prove my entire innocense in court"