Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
GUILTY WILL BE
FULLY EXPOSED
BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION Is
ENDED.
THE SUSPECTED GO ARMED
IT is SAID EVERY MAN IDENTI-
FLED WITH THE PROSECUTION
. GOES AROUND. LIBERAL DONA
TIONS BY THE PUBLIC.

San FranciSco.-In the grand jury IS
investigation into the alleged bribery of
and Home Telephone companies, seven
and Tome Telephone companies, seven
teen of the eighteen have confssd. The
investigation of this subject has resulted
II the indictment of various corporation
officials and several members of the mu-
nlclpal administration. 1t is understood
that no more indictments will be return
eG this week.
Rudolph Spreckles, who by backing the
prosecution in the graft investigation
with his fortune, made the present inves-
tigation possible, gave the Associated
Press statement in which he said:
Contributions from citizens to the
fund of 100000 guaranteed by ME be-
fore the commencement of the bribery
graft investigation are coming in stead
lily, though slowly. They are in amounts
ranging from $40 to $1,000 and more.
If 1t costs more than 100000 to COM
plete this prosecution that will make
no difference. Those engaged in it will
never be hampered by lack of funds, Nc
AiANtIOA hASAb AAlC Jill may SC"
''The work OF investigating viii not
be suspended until every bit of rotten
ness has been fully exposed. We fully
expect to land in the penitentiary every
giver of bribes and the higher up the
offender, the more vigorous will be his
pursuit
'FWe do not, however, expect to send
every bribe-taker to prison. Some oI
the miserable men who sold themselves
to the corporations must be granted i'm,
munity in return for their testimony
which is worth good deal more to use
than the evidence of the high corpora
ton officials than their own inca. cera-
alton would be.
Every department of the county and
city government will be thoroughly ex-
arnined, the department of police along
with the others.
"'No set of officials will be overlook
ed.''
Since the arrest of Abraham Ruef
at the Trocadero, a month ago, rumors
have been rife that an attempt would
be made to rescue him by force from
Elisor Biggey and his guards either dur
ing a session of court or while Ruef
was being taken to and from court.
"'Though I think the matter should
not be exploited, it is a fact that every
man openly identified with the prosecu-
tion of the bribery charges and grafters
is ''heeled,' and that some of the more
prominent of them are employing body
guards Though it may sound sensa,
tional to those not familiar with the To-
cal situation, it is a fact that for a
month we have been keeping special
lookout for an attempted rescue of Ruef
and we shall be happily surprised if
these Investigations and impending pros
ecutiOns end without gun play.
"Several times when Ruef has been
in Judge Dunne's court, a sudden move
ment toward the prisoner, of men, some
of whom we knew to be reckless of per-
sonal consequences has been checked
quickly and quietly by the interposition
of officers and deputies.
"We know that should Ruef be res
cued-a seemingly impossible feat-it
would not be a difficult thing to hide
him securely right here in San Francis
co that to find him again would practi-
cally be an impossibility. The prosecu-
ton and the elisor know it, and neither is
taking any chances.
cit is stating a literal fact to say
that each one of Biggey's seven guards
is instructed in the event of serious
o++o,,,+ ~ +b ,oeo,,o h., fo-ao o,4ho, -,
court or elsewhere, to shoot Ruef and
turn their attention to his would-be lib
orators afterward. Ruef has been ae-
quainted with these orders. AS he is
not the type of man to consent to any
plan of escape through force, it is only
his rough and reckless friends on the out
side who would attempt to devise such
coupe. Ruef might try to regain his lib
erty by strategy but not otherwise.