The San Francisco call., 1907-06-14
Jurors All Assert That
Mayor Had Fair Trial
Only One Says Testimony
of Ruef Was Needed
to Convince Him

The following are the views that
they returned verdict of guilty last
night:
Charles s. capp, foremah-There was no doubt
in my mind as soon as the evidence had all
been heard / chilled the jury to order and
we entered an informal ballot. discussed the
case Thoroughly and then cast the first official
vote. The voice of the jury was unanimous.
The case was complete without the testimony
of Ruef- His testimony did not affect us at
all we did as we were instructed and believe
have nothing but praise for the way we were
treated by Judge Dunno. the attorneys for
either side and Elisor Biggy.
George de urioste-The verdict OF the jury was
unanimous. We were all of the same mind.
We selected Charles s. Capp foreman, he
was the Oldest member and was experienced.
lie took his scat In the chamber and pro-
ceeded to consider the case in an orderly
manner. He suggested that each express hi his
case in all phases for an hour. when Capp
called for a ballot. The ballot showed a
do what have done, but saw other way.
l believe that the defendant has had a fair
trial and that the jury was one of the most
representative in every respect that could have
been picked
In every respect we were representative. In
ages we varied from 80 to 70. We were of
American, myself; two Germans one Austrian,
Irishman and seven Americans We rep
testants. two Catholics and two Jews. We
were also of varied occupa ti0ns. want to
say also that we have been congenial IN
every respect from the start to the rendering
of the verdict. We have been well treated
and feel grateful to Biggy and all who have
come In contact with us.
there was any chance in his favor We would
certainly have given another verdict l
thought that the % case was was poor untn Kusf
We knew nothing of the outside world. /
hesitated the informal ballot, as / mis-
a technicality regarding the matter OF guilty
knowledge, but the other members OF the
jury explained it satisfactorily to me. )n
evidence he was guilty
Thomas Elrick-I did my duty as citizen of
the United States. There was no doubt In
my mind as soon as the evidence was all In.
I believed the man to be guilty.
James h. Benson hate to send any man 10
Jail, but when any man TO whom the people
of the city have been SO good has betrayed
the trust of the working people, who would
have given him anything had he been honest,
| don't think 100 years would be too long Pr
have done nothing. 1t was Schmitz who made
possible all his schemes. heard all the
evidence and believed that he was guilty
Leopold WE'LL followed up all of the evi-
dence and did not have the least doubt IN
my mind to his guilt. I have been on
many juries. I believe that we could have
returned verdict in FIVE minutes, but we
greement before we cast the ballot. On
the informal ballot taken on first entering
the chamber. Burns misunderstood the ln-
structions of the judge technicality.
Theodore Deilwig--2he evidence showed that Re
got money illegally and we brought in a
verdict accorifngly.s ] am sorry for him 1nd
sorry for his family, but we had to do our
duty. We decided after carefully Weighing
all the testimony.
Royal w. Cudworth-We did not know the
opinion of the outside world, but we felt sure
that we had done right when we came out
there quiet and orderly. This demOnstra-
tion alone proved to us that we had met with
what was the general verdict Of the people of
the outside world. although we had been so
cut on from the newspapers that we did not
know what the voice of the people might be-
We simply did our duty
James s. Fitelberg--We did our duty and that
is ALL We knew nothing about what those
outside thought, for we were denied all