New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-04-03
TO RESCUE
BOSS RuEf FEARED
EVERY MAN OPENLY IDENTIFIED
WITH PROSECUTION GOES
ARMED.
HGun Play" Is Expected-Guards
Ordered to Shoot Prisoner First II
Liberation Is Tried Spreckels
Willingly Paying for Probe.

Willingly Paying for Probe.
San Francisco, March 30.-Slnce the
capture and arrest of Abraham RueIs
at the Trocadero, a month ago, rumors
have been rife that an attempt WOULD
be made to rescue him by force from
Elisor Buggy and his guards, either
during a session of court or while /
Ruef was being taken to or from court,
from his prison chamber in the st. |
Francis hotel.
An officer prominent in the bribery
graft investigation was asked Friday
if it is not true that every person 1den-
titled with the prosecution is going
armed and was questioned about the
significance of this. He said:
Though | think the matter should
not be exploited, it is fact that
every man openly identified with the
prosecution of the bribery charges
and grafters is going heeled' and that
some of the more prominent OF them
! are employing body guards. Though
it may sound sensational to those not
familiar with the local situation, it is
a fact that for month we have been
keeping a special lookout for an at
! tempted rescue of Ruef and we shall
| be happily surprised if these investi-
cations and impending prosecutions
end without gun play.
Started Several Times.
Several times when Ruef has been
| in Judge DUNES court on one or 9TH
er of the preliminaries that precede a
trial a sudden movement toward the
| prisoner of men, some OF Whom we
know to be reckless of personal con-
sequences, has been checked quickly
and quietly by the interposition of Of
t1cers and deputies in the employment
of the prosecution.
"We know that should Ruef be res
cued-a seemingly impossible feat-it
would not be a difficult thing; to hide
him so securely right here in San
Francisco, that to find him again
would be practically an impossibility.
| The prosecution known this, the elisor
knows it, and neither Is taking any
chances.
| Told to Shoot Ruef First.
1T is stating a literal fact to say
that each of Biggy's seven guards is
instructed, in the event Of serious
attempt at rescue by force, either in
court Or elsewhere, to shoot Ruef and
turn their attention to his wouldbe lib
orators afterward. Ruef has been &C
uuainted with these orders. AS he is
not the type of a man to consent to
any plan of escaping through force,
it is only his rough and reckless
friends on the outside who would at
tempt to devise such a coup. Ruef
might try to regain his liberty by
strategy, but not otherwise
spreckels Paying Willingly.
Rudolph Spreckels, who by packing
the prosecution in the graft invsstiga-
ton with his fortune made the present
investigation possible, gave out a
statement Friday, 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
steadily, though slowly. They are in
amounts ranging from $40 to $1,000
and more
"In the event that the ultimate tota,
of subscriptions falls short of the
100000 guaranteed will you make
the deficit good?' Mr.. Spreckels was
asked.
: He replied: II certainly will, and il
it costs more than 100000 to com
plete this prosecution, that will make
no difference Those engaged in its
furtherance will never be hampered by
D lack of funds, no matter what the bill
5 may be.
S Hope to Get High Officials.
. "The work of investigating will no
be suspended until every bit of rot
r tenness has been fully exposed. We
fully expect to land behind the bar:
of the penitentiary every giver O
= brides and the higher up the offende
e the more vigorous will be his pursuit
t 1--WE do not, however, expect to sent
f every bribe-taker to prison. Some Q
t the miserable men who sold them
i selves to the corporations must b.
granted immunity in return for thei
\ testimony, which is worth a great dea
y more to us as evidence of the gull
It of high corporation officials than thei
5 own incarceration would be-"
q In conclusion Mr. Spreckles said
r every department of the city an
: county government will be thorough
- examined into before the investigation
= is completed, the police department
4 along with the others. No one will b
= neglected, no set of officials will b
v overlooked"
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