The San Francisco call., 1907-06-07

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paper talk about it,"
did you take any action?"
Il went to the mayor"
"Who went with your"
There was Malfanti of Marchand's
and Pierre Pieret of Delmonico's. We
went TO the mayors office. IL was two
or three days after New Year."
What did you say to the mayor?"
"Pieret was doing the talking. He
asked the mayor to protect our IL
censes. The mayor said he would have
a meeting of the police commission and
that he would be there"
Did the mayor tell you what would
be his attitude toward your places?p
y don't remember that. There was
meeting of the commission and /
went there with Pierre and Malfanti,
but the mayor did not come
what did you do nextg"
After that meeting Eugene Loupy
came to see me. He told me to go to
Adler's to a meeting the following day.
No, he told me nothing more.
! Did you go?"
Yes"
Whom did you find there?"
There was Loupy, Adler, Malfanti
and Pierre. Loupe suggested that we
must hire an attorney
Did he suggest whom you should
hire2"
He suggested Mr. Ruef He said he
would see Mr. Ruef and see what he
could do. He saw Mr.. Ruef and three
or four days afterward we met at
/ Marchand's. That was Pierre Mi
chelle Malfanti and myself. he said
he had seen Mr.. Ruef, who would de-
fend us for $4,000. This wa= to be
paid in installments-s5.0 900 for the
first year and $4,000 for the second
year"
/ .rrr,a r1,,1.- -. s,fa apy.bino about
| the price?' asked Heney.
"Loupy said something about $1,000
replied the witness, over CampbelPs IS
| objection, but Pierre said he would go
/ and see Ruef himself, and he told US at
the second meeting $4,000. | was to
pay $l,1z5, and were the rest except
Loupy. who said his business was bad.
He was to pay $500, which would make
up the $1,000
did you pay your share?"
Yes. I paid si.175 to Malfanti."
BUYING A POLITICAL BOSS
What was the purpose of the pay
ment?"
This from Heney brought Campbell
to his feet with an objection. There
was a brief tilt at counseIs table and
the witness was permitted to answer.
The idea of paying the money was
to get out licenses. I had an invest
I mG1I OF SZOt.VVU. ne continued, IN an
/ swer to Heneys questions, and If /
could not get a liquor license it would
be impossible to run the place profit
ably"
did you have an attorney?"
Yes. Harry T. Creswell was my at
torney for years."
why did you go to Ruef?"
Il didn't go to Ruef myself. Loupy
| suggested him"
Another series of objections from
Campbell resulted in the witness fall
ing into the hands Of Judge Dunno, to
whom he said:
"Ruef being the political boss we
thought he had enough influence over
the commission TO get the licenses"
Was that the only reason you went
/ to him?" asked Heney.
Yes. That was the only reason" re-
piled the witness, who, in response to
( succeeding questions, said that he had
paid $1,000 to Malfanti the following
year for the same purpose and for the
same reason-the purchase of Ruefs
influence.
On cross examination Blanco said ne
had never been subjected to any threats
of the loss of his license If he did not
employ Ruef, but on the redirect ex-
animation he. testified that had he
wanted a lawyers services he would
not have employed Ruef.
81 would not have paid the S1,175 IL !
was not afraid that would not get my
license. he said. 4I understood that
was buying a political boss"
On the redirect examination Blanco
knocked down another of the pegs on
which the defense had hoped to hang
the fee" theory. He denied that to his
knowledge the proprietors of the
French restaurants had formed an as
sociation, and insisted that If there had
oh, af-xaf to-,
) nothing of it and had never attended
any of its meetings.
TESTIMONY OF POHEIM
The testimony of Dr. Joseph F. Po.
helm, whom Schmitz put on the police
commission when he ousted Hutton
substantiated clearly enough the prose
cution's claim that Hutton was oustee
because he refused to sanction a re-
newaI of licenses for the French res
taurants. Poheim told about the CON
versations he had had with Ruef befors
his appointment, when he assured Rue
that he favored the licenses. He tols
about the Sunday meeting at Schmitz.
house, when the mayor acknowledged
that he could not whip Reagan into lin,
! and announced that he would renov'
Hutton. He told the jury how he ha,
Joked with Ruef about the charges
against Hutton and carried the remoya
/
had been prepared, to the mayor. H;
/ testimony was fully corroborative o
the evidence given by Reagan. He sal.
that he and Ruef had considered tn
} regulations for French restaurants pro
l posed by Ruef as a joke-that the,
: meant nothing and required no chang
in the method of conducting the places
Heney had to combat a running fir
of objections in the examination OF Pc
helm. Campbell objected to testimon.
calculated to show that Poheim owes
his appointment to Ruef. He objecte
to the recital of conversations betweel
Ruef and Poheim and raised sundr,
other objections, which, almost withou
exception, were overruled.
Poheim said he believed he owed hi
appointment TO the board OF health il
l904 to Ruef and that subsequently n
had become intimately friendly Wit
Ruef, whom he met almost nightly a
the Pup, where Ruef maintained a sor
of political levee and where he FIRE
quently met the mayor. Ehs term q
health commissioner expired in Janu
airy, 1905, and he was then appointed {
the police board.
Prior to your appointment to tn
, police board, did you talk with Rue