The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-09
'flcidtesh Sensation Sprung in Case
Then Of Noted Political Boss
Ster of Frisco.
ELIS0R NAMED
TO FIND THE FUGITIVE
punsel Adiudged in Contempt
Declares Action of Court
an Outrage.

WIG can FRANCISCO, Mar. s.-Shcriff
ans a,Neil and Coroner Walsh having con
e'~ .sd their inability to find. arrest aud
e Iii Ear into court Abraham Ruef. the IN
= wa n hired lawyer and political boss, who
,od0ts.s bcen declared by Judge Dunno TO
= so,I ~ fugitive from justice, it devolved
tsrtnon State Senator WI. Biggy,a local
~ sor e Sh.iuess man and formerly Chief OF Po'
NJ San Francisco by appointment
he ,arinp the interim between the admin
lie Ettr.rious of ChiefN Lees and SULLIVAN,
pSs pios, discover the whereabouts of the de
lesss ,s ,ndant in hiding and take h'm INTO
: =, fnstcdy. Id h..
az r{nerior Judge Dunne late this after
ces q Ion. and Mr.. Biggy was appointed ehsor
mnsllnl sworn in. The power conferred
d tpon Bppv authorizes HIM to take the
as q KAN of Abraham Ruef, defendant In
-ts, IL case of the people against Abraham
n. moi for extortion, and 10 arrest and
as Spld in custody said Ruef until the next
tnsi fsssion of this court, when You are dl-
S,s .s..ktted TO bring said Ruet into the pres
|, tsHuged. Z" As elisor Mr.. Blggy has
sa,ni4o full authority to deputize as many
,oh p5ber persons as he may require to help
:. i'm nrosecute the search for the miss
,ur ~ AZ LAWYER; and as the charge Is
ysstseiouy charge he may nse 'all force
d az rlecessarv" TO effect Ruef> s arrest.
ly tsiucf's hiding place Is supposed to be
yss.! ss isco' o. Ni'"'D =" 's" ~
nss nS Will Certainly Bring Him
he y .If I can find him.. said Biggy i'm
nediatelv after he mad been sworn IN,
N01jfI will bring him here. That much
rou may count on.
This was not the only sensational de.
IND 4feopment in today's proceedings IN
70. he Ruef ease. Samuel NJ. Shortndgc,
ttforney of record for Ruef, incurred
l7.ievere rebuke from Judge Dunno dur
i. Ing an examination by Assistant Dis
.,,siritt Attorney Hency into the incompe-
:, e. Iency Of Coroner Walsh-appomted by
.sils-i he court ms substitute for the disquall
III, ..a He'd Sheriff o 'Neil-to locate and ar
''1 est the indicted politician. Shortridge
49,. )ersisted in an effort to enter objection
!. Mo- question put by Heney, and would
~ lot be silenced by the court. who finally
Isos iS.s ldiudged him guilty of contempt and
l,as Rntenced him to twenty-four hours I'M
S, ., -prisonment in the county Jail.
10 Shortridge however. escaped lmmcd1-
~, ~ Ne Incarceration by applying TO the
ed < lIs3SSnet Court of of,Appeals for writ of
e S@ corpus, on the ground that no
TUE ul:L1, lL1,lkanpt had been committed, The
leNts of the controversy will be ar
? khcd before Justices Cooper, Hall and
!. 5.0 -kerrigan Monday morning, In the in
~ terim Shortridge is at liberty on his
ogs.pwn recognizance.
atl'nf The ordering Of Shortridge to Jail
Treated sensation in the city As a
. hC' s jawyer he is well known throughout the
no,l State. To the Associated Press Mr.
III ~ pbortridge said:
Calls Sentence an Outrage.
- "Tbe action of Judge Dunno is ar
urrontragc, committed not so much upor
MlImysclf as upon the legal profession anI
fhe citizens Of California. The law
Afs n1pressly provides that a defendant
,idy Das the right to be heard by counsel,
and the objection sought to be mad,
'",.I1by me and to which Judge Dunno
feok snch indignant exception wa:
ny' us onered by me in the interests and be
o. o.. 1alf of Abe Ruef, my client. My con
"s an ouct instead Of being boisterous an,
onensivc, as stigmatized by the court
~ sIrr was precisely the opposite. ! was act
= Z a. ing wholly within my rights as attor
~ y nsy of record for Ruef -
''a Judge Dunno said:
';;ai Mr.. Shortridee brought his pun
liza lshnent upon himself. In the matte
aud 1IIaa 'me Nc enaminatl9n e OF tne coroner III
1ne merest spectator. The examination
Vi inc Coroner was not part of tn
+, q, Erlal of Abe Ruef, but was n judicia
usrY ~ inquiry by the court To dctermin
SsnI%nether public Official had performe
ms duty. Mr.. Shortridgc was i'll cour
= legal representative Of Ruef. not O
Ken. Inc Coroner. By his iDsistent and gra
is mand his refusal 10 observe thc silcnr
lat gslcnloined upon him by the court, h
ng N was guilty of conduct both boisterou
h'" lenu offensive, and | ordered him TO ia