The San Francisco call., 1907-06-14

Ruef simply guaranteed protection for two years.
he guaranteed that two members of the board
should not vote against the licenses.
Why did not you, gentlemen of the defense.
body and soul Why didn't you put him on II
you were not afraid of his testimony? You put
Loupy on, and ever since the mayor took office
he and Ruef have been dining ar Loupy's Loupy
said that Ruef demanded 81 600 for two years In
advance, according to Mslfantfs testimony. MT
that he would take the case. but that he de-
manded the money.
But they were afraid To trust Loupy. Priet
Rue said to- Loupy w III sea saS w SOu
RUFF KNEW OF HIS CRIME
Why only with Loupy? Because Ruef knew
he was committing crime; this lawyer. keen OF
intellect, knew that Loupy would testify as he
wanted him to-
What else did Ruef say, Il want no checks.
currency only" why not checks? Isn't Ruef
a man with a bank aecount' Why not checks?
isn't every transaction between lawyer and client
paid for In checks? Because every check is re-
ceipt. Why didn't Ruef want check Be
received 81 If necessary. He was prepared to
deny that he had been paid a dime for his in
fuence before the police commission.
We have heard a great many denials from
Ruef. Ruef said to himself. Il don't know Priet.
Priet doesn't owe money; can't trust him,
get something to show that this is an attorneys
Zee L must get behind that burglars mask"
Here it Enes eontract n with the
French restaurant association
POINTS TO LYNCH AND METsON
In every case where man seeks to protect
himself he does some little thing that stamps
instance. who ever heard Of the French restad-
rant keepers association? There was no such
iiere cd,n MAS seepes as
restaurant keepers
Was this contract made in duplicate? Ruef
says, To the best of my knowledge" 10 dodge
perjury. There's fraud on the face Of this con-
tract
indorse everything Barrett has said about him.
did not bring him here as witness. 1 haven't
done as they have. As Billy Metson sent Henry
Pacific to Tim Sullivan to have him pull down
Reagan, to pull down the they feared.
wouldn't you have Burns burn midnight oil to
that they didn't tamper with Ruef. (Metson
here denied Heney's CHARGE
He (referring to Metson) didn't dare to take
the stand and deny ii. am within the record
tHere Metson said, Il win take this up with
You know where I live." responded Heney.
and then he continued:
BURNS MIDNIGHT OIL
Now. I'm tell you why Burns burned the mid
night oil with Ruef. If you had been told that
Billy Metson had sent Henry Lynch, the United
Railroads superintendent, who is also railroad
attempt bad been made to tamper with the best
witness the state had; il you had found that
this continuance over night. wouldn't YOU have
wouldn't you have sent Burns there to burn the
m1QQ1gnr Oil with that witness and that he
was not tampered with?
Now to the burglars mask again.
Heney picked up and read the agree.
ment entered into between Ruef and
the restaurant men, At the conclusion
of the reading he exclaimed:
Gee whiz, Ruef was certainly tying himself
rate of compensation. I'd hate to do It, But then
they haven't shown that Ruef had done any work
sion on the night of the 18th and the night Of
the 1st- I'd be willing to make those two trips
for 5000 and 5000 night That's almost as
taurant keepers association was a bunko organl-
zation. How did the restaurant men get into II?
They went to Ruef. the big high priest. and he
So the only other man besides Priet who got
in was Camille Mailhebuau- He went up there
In the interests OF those other three restaurants
which were held up. Did Ruef tell him he didn't
care how much OF a fee he paid No. He asked
him hi, how how much he could pay Camille les said that
asked how they would divide up- Camille said
that he would pay $40, and that there would be
$175 for the old Poodle Dog and $50 for Jacks.
Ruef wouldn't take the bigger amount OF
none money yin in anythins but currency. but he took
$500 in coin is easy to handle. while 5000 in
gold would not be. In fact. this $500 was so
easy to handle that Abe forgot to whack up with
Then Ruef says he gave Camille one Of these
contracts, or at least he thinks he did. He
might be cross ross questioned about It later. la agree @
with Campbell. do not believe all that Ruef
says But the restaurant men remember about
this, and they know that they didn't get any
such contracts. And, now, welcome to the in
teresting part of the ease.
Heney described in full the further
actions of Schmitz and Ruef in refer
ence to the police commission. He told
of Poheim's appointment, of Malfantfs
appearance before the commission and
T.
mento on other business and failed to
appear before the commission as he
had promised to do in Malfantfs be
half. He traced the course of the per-
mits up to the time that Schmitz