The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08

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"Loupy said Ruef would take $1,000
a year for two years protection
Did you make the deal with Loupy?''
'Loupy went to Ruef first, but Priet
said he wouldn't trust Loupy-he would
go and see Ruef himself, He came
back TO the second meeting and said
he had an agreement for $4,000 a
year
What was your share?"
Il paid $1.175 to Joe Malfanti."
why did you pay that money!?
Because l couldn't run my business
without a license. Ruef was the only
man that could help us. I thought I
would lose my business if 1 did not
pay
Heney attempted to show that Ad-
Ter submitted to the first installment
because he was deeply in debt, and
that when at the end of the year he
had got out of debt he refused to pay
the second installment. The court sus-
tanned CampbelPs objections, but the
chief counsel for the defense in his
cross examination paved the way for
the admission of the testimony, which
Heney subsequently ELECTED from Ad-
ler.
GOT PROTECTION AFTER PAYING
There was no equivocation about Ad-
ler's testimony. He said he knew what
he was getting. He was forced to pay
for profession and he got protection,
but not Until after he had been com
PEELED to call on Ruef He told Heney
that he paid his share on January Z
with check on the Central trust COM
pany. His license was not forthcoming
and he called on Ruef to protest
bat did n c1x ad
Heney.
Il called on Mr.. Ruef two weeks
later. The commission had a meeting
and I did not get my license. 1 told
him, Mr.. Ruef, / am without license
am losing money He said he would
have good news for me in two or three
days. Then Mr.. Hutton was removed.
got my license
Were you ever asked to pay again.
Yes. The next year Malfanti asked
me to pay, and l refused because l
was out of debt. The first time 1 was
heavily in debt and I wanted to pro-
tect my credit did not want to be
shut up"
Campbell took the witness again and
permitted him to deny that he had
ever heard of a French restaurant
keepers association.
II never knew anything about an
association a president" said the
witness. 'All 1 know was I gave my
money
He explained the unequal division of
contributions to the fee" by saying:
The division was simple enough.
Loupy said he was hard up and could
not pay so much l was hard up. too,
but 1 was the first man to need a Ii
cense and / had to put up
ADVISED CLIENT TO SEE RUFF
Marcus Rosenthal, who has been
Adler's attorney for 20 years, said he
had gone before the police commission
TO present Adler's petition for a re-
newal of license. The commission had
refused to hear him. Adler had been
ordered to appear at the meeting and
show cause why his license should not
be refused The refusal of the board
to hear him in compliance with its
own order and his observation of the
methods of the administration : con-
vinced him that Adler needed Ruef, not
a legal adviser. After leaving the
meeting with Adler and the other res
taurant men he said he advised them
not to spend their money for a Sawyer
but to see Ruef.
Michel Debret is the surviving owner
of Marchands. His partner, Pierre
Prlet. who completed the deal with
Ruef, died in France, and it was by
Debret that Heney got in the state
ments made by Priet after he had seen
Ruef.
Debret said: "I never had any
trouble about my license from 1883 to
1904. Then Loupy came often to our
place and talked about the trouble for
French restaurant keepers. We could
see that we were going to be held up
and we had a meeting"
What was done then?" asked Heney.
"Priet went to see Ruef after we
had talked the matter over. We saw
that we could not get away without
seeing somebody, so Priet went to
Ruef."
KNEW RUFF COULD FIX 1T
Because he was the only man who
could fix it,
We'll, what did Priet report?''
When Priet came back he said Ruef
would take our cases for $4,000 year
for two years"
did he say how it was to be paid?''
Yes. He said Ruef would take no
check, no gold; that it must be cur
rency and that he would give no re-
ceipt-"
Then came the wrangle over the
proof of agency which continued over
the noon recess and until nearly 8
o'clock. In the afternoon Heney, hav-
III 3 won HIS cOntenllOn, fecdIleu OeDrel.
What" said Heney, did Pierre say
to you when he returned from Ruef?"
"He told me that he (Ruef) was to
get $4,000, $4,000 the first year and
$1,000 the second. 1t was to be paid
in greenbacks and there would be no
receipts. There was no agreement
signed that I know about"
Did your firm put up some money!"
The first time $1,175 Priet died be-
fore the second payment was due. L
personally made the seaond payment
of $1,000 to Joe Malfanti'~
why did you agree to the payment
OF this money to Ruef?' &1..s&
II agreed to the payment because
after our conferences we decided there
was no way to get out of it unless we
paid Ruef, as he was the political boss
who could protect u.s.
would you have paid that money to
Ruef If you had not thought your fail
ure to do so would ruin your busi-
ness?"
No, sir
sCHMITZ KNEW OF DEAL
Did Priet ever tell you anything
about what the mayor had said to
him?"
yes, he said he went to the mayor,