Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-28
-FOUR ARRA|GNED
ON INDICTMENTS
UNITED RAILROAD MEN ARE
GIVEN TIME
Have Until Saturday Morning to AM
swer to Charge Of Having Bribed
Supervisors to Award
Franchises
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the United Railroads system is ope-
rated.
They were given until Saturday morn
ing. June l. to answer In the after
noon Ruef and Schmitz were arraigned
on indictments charging the same crime
in connection with the supervisors and
the United Railroads. The same dis
position was made.
Bail in the total sum of 100000 was
given today by six millionaires and
Mayor Schmitz. Frank G.. Drum gave
$4,000 cash bail, and Schmitz, Eugene
De Saba and John Martin $4,000 each
in bonds, all on indictments charging
them with the bribery of supervisors to
fix the gas rate for 1906-07 at S5 cents
instead of 70 cents.
Big Bonds Furnished
G. H. Umbsen, Joseph Green and w.
/. Brobeck gave bonds in the sum of
$4,000 each on indictments charging
them with offering to bribe supervisors
to grant a trolley franchise to the Park
side Transit company. President Thos.
H. Williams of the new California
Jockey club and William G.. Dingee, a
wealthy capitalist signed as sureties for
Schnitz. r. M. Hotaling, millionaire
liquor merchant, and Leon Sloss of the
Alaska Commercial company qualified
for De Saba.
Louis Sioss of the Alaska Commercial
company and R. M. Hotaling qualified
for Martin. Leon and Louis Sloss are
brothers of Justice Max Sloss of the
California supreme court.
William H. Crocker and Charles e.
Green, president and cashier of the
Crocker National bank, put up personal
Gov. WaI1iI1Otnp CNraQO Of
the Crocker National bank, A. F. Morri-
son of the law firm of Morrison, Cope &
Brobeck qualified for Green and Bro
beck.
With the exception of Messrs. CAL
houn, Mutually, Ford and Abbott, whose
bonds were given by the Metropolitan
Surety company Of New York, all of the
accused men have come into court with
personal friends, millionaires and multi
Inillionaires, who have stood good for
their personal liberty pending trial.
The only man of them all who has
made no effort to offer bail of any kind
is Abe Ruef His bail was originally
fixed at $4,000 on the five extortion
charges first brought against him. The
additional indictments returned against
Ruef have piled up his bail require
Inent to the appalling sum of 1,125,000
bonds or $685. cash.
Ante Too High for Ruef
Ruef was asked today whether he
intends to make any effort to give
bail and regain his liberty in case
Judge Dunno for his own part were
willing to accept bail now that Ruef
has convicted himself by pleading
guilty and is actually in custody pend
ing sentence.
He replied that if his premonitions
were correct there were so many more
duplicate indictments forthcoming
against him that it would take many
millions to set him temporarily free.
Attorneys Campbell and Fairall en-
deavored today to secure a reduction
of the $4,000 bail demanded by Judge
Coffey on each of the last fourteen in
dfctments returned against the mayor.
They called attention of the court to
the fact that this made a total of $40O,-
900 required of Schmitz to assure his
appearance for trial. and they de-
nounced this as excessive and vio-
lative of the constitution"
Judge Coffey intimated that he would
confer with the district attorney, but
as Mr.. Langdon has already said that
he considered the bail entirely reason
able the attorneys took away with
them little hope of reduction. T. Fl.
Williams and w. J. Dingee are the
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Dingee was formerly park commits
sioner by Schmitz' appointment. Both
he and Williams have for long time
been close friends of the accused.
Judge coffey iailed
Judge Coffey usually unruffed and
urbane under the most trying circum-
satnces, showed resentment today
when compelled to wait on the bench
for hours for the appearance of the
gas company officials to present bail.
They were to have appeared originally
at 10 a. m. The time was extended
to IL.
Another delay was granted until 2.
When 2:3O came without bringing De
Saba, Martin and Drum, Judge Coffey
sent his bailiff to find out why. He
returned with the information that
De Saba said that it was impossible
for them to come to court before 4
o'clock that they had arranged that
matter with Assistant District Attorney
Heney.
''I thought that I and not Mr.. Heney
was Judge of this court. presumed that
was understood" said Judge Coffey.
'It may be, as you say, that these
gentlemen guaranteed to be here at 4,
but I have not guaranteed to wait here
till a. Still, am in the habit of maxi