The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-28
ENORMOUS SUM
IN AGGREGATE
Bail Bonds Calling for $780,
600 Put Up by Indicted Men
in San Francisco.
RUFF IN COURT FRIENDLESS
DELMAS TO APPEAR IN ONE
CASE.

San Francisco, May 27.-Abraham Ruef,
the indicted ex-boss of San Francisco. ap-
peared as his own lawyer in one of the
many criminal proceedings pending
against him. Seated alone in one of the
crimson cushioned pews of the Jewish
synagogue that is Judge LawlOr's tempo
rary court ROOM he looked deserted and
tor1orn. He was unShaVen and not as
neatly dressed as is his habit His face
showed sleepless nights and long days of
nervous dread of the ordeals he set for
himself when, two weeks ago in Judge
DUNES bare and shabby court room, he
changed his plea to guilty, turned states
evidence, and declared in a speech broken
with emotion his intention to lead hence
forth an honest life and to bend his ener-
giles ito undo as far as possible whatever
of wrong he had done in the past
In the pew back of Ruef sat his guard,
ElIsor Blggy: and deputy. Directly
Mayor Schmitz, Ruef's fellow defendant
on many charges brought and on many
others to follow-at liberty under 10000
bonds.
DeImas in the Case.
lawyer who attracted worldwide atten-
ton to himself by his defense of Harry
II. Thaw for the murder Of Stanford
| White, has been retained to defend two
of the men entangled in the bribery graft
| dragnet of the Oliver grand jury. The
announcement that Delmas will help TO
defend President Louis Glass and Agent
| Theodore V. Halsey of the Pacific States
| Telephone and Telegraph company was
| announced in court this morning by T. c.
| CoOgan, who thus far has appeared for
! Glass, and by request of the latter Mr..
Delmas was mustered as additional attOr-
! ney of record.
The first cash bail to be offered by any
| of the nineteen men thus far indicted by
/ the grand jury was q $1,000 certified
! check on the London, Paris and American
bank. rendered to Judge Coffey today by
| Frank q, Drum, indicted on fourteen
! counts charging the bribery of super
| visors in behalf of the San Francisco Gas
& Electric company.
Millionaire in Court.
This was arraignment day for the mil
llonaires and lti-milliOnaires in the
| Temple Israel. President Glass and Agent
| Halsey of the telephone company were
arraigned before Judge LawlOr on addi-
tlOnal indictments charging them with
bribing supervisors to vote against the
| issuing of q competitive telephone fran
| chise. President Patrick Calhoun, Vice
| President ThOrnwell Mutually and AttOr-
neys TREY l.. Ford and William NJ. 40
bolt. of the United Railroads. were called
for arrangement on indictments charging
them with having bribed supervisors to
award the trolley franchises under which
the United Railroads system is opera ted.
They were given until Saturday morning.
June l. to answer. In the afternoon RUef
and SchmitZ were arraigned on indict-
ments charging the same crime in con-
nection with the supervisors and the
United Railroads. The same disposition
was made.
Bail of $4,000.
Bail in the total sum of 100000 was Civ
. en- today by six millionaireS and Mayor
Schmitz. Frank G.. Drum gave $4,000 cash
bail. and SchmitZ, Eugene DeSabla ami
John Martin $4,000 each in bonds, all on
indictments charging them with the brib-
cry of supervisors to fix the gas rate for
1906-19G7 at s. cents instead of 10 cents. G.
II. Umbsen. Joseph r. Green and W. I.
BrObeck gave bonds in the sum of $40. 0l0
leach on indictments charging them with
offering to bride supervisors to grant a
trolley franchise to the Parkside Transit
company.
President H. Williams of the New Cali
fOTnia Jockey club. and William J. Din
gee, a wealthy capitalist. signed as sure
ties for SchmitZ. r. NJ. HOtaling. a mil
lionaire liquor merchant, and Leon Sloss,
of the Alaska Commercial company quail
flied for De Saba. Louis SlOss. of the
Alaska Commercial COMPANY and r. NJ.
Hotaling Qualified for Martin. Leon and
Louis Sloss are brothers of Justice Max
SloSs. of the California supreme court.
William II. Croker and Charles +. Green.
president and cashier of the Croker Ma
tional bank, put up personal bonds for
Umbsen. Wellington Gregg, OF the Crock
er National bank, and A. b. Morrison. of
the law firm of Morrison. Cope & Bro
beck, qualified for Green and BrObeck.
With the exception of MeSsrs. Calhoun
Mutually Ford and Abbott. whose bonds
were given by the Metropolitan Surety
company. of New York. all of the accused
friends. milliOnaires and multi-milliOn-
aires. who have stood good for their per
sonal liberty pending trial.
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