The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-28
RUFF REQUIRES
$I,l25,OOO BOND
FOR HIS RELEASE
MTLLloNAIREs ARE ARRAIuNED
ON FELONY CHARGES IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
SIX HAVE GIVEN ENORMOUS BAH
Deimas Retained BY Defense-One
hundred Additional indictments
70 BE Returned.


/ SAN FRANCISCO. May 27. Abra-
ham Ruef. the indicted sx-political
boss Of san Francisco. appeared as
his own lawyer today in one OF the
many criminal proceedings pending
against him. Seated alone In one Of
the crimson cushioned pews Of the
| Jewish synagogue that is Judge
lawlor's temporary court room. he
| looked deserted and forlorn. He was
unshaven and not as neatly dressed
as Is his habit. His face showed
/ sleepless nights and long days OF
nervous dread of the ordeals he set
Tor himself, when, two weeks ago in
Judge Dunne's bare and shabby
court room, he changed his plea to
guilty. turned states evidence, and
declared in speech broken with
lemotion his intention to lead hence
lrortn an honest liie, and to bend his
/ lenergies to nuosda hThdJhl 81
lenergies to undo as tar as possible
whatever Of wrong he had done in
the past.
| In the pew back of Kuef sat his
guard, Elisor Biggy, and a deputy
| Directly across the Isle in another
pew, sat Mayor Schmitz, Ruef's fell
low defenadnt on many charges and
on many charges to follow--at lib
erty under 100000 bonds.
| Dolphin Nj. Delmas, the San Fran.
cisco lawyer, who attracted world.
wide attention to himself by his de-.
| tense of Harry K. Thaw. for the
murder of Stanford White. has beer
RETAINED to defend two of the men
entangled In the bribery-graft drag
met OF the Oliver grand jury. The an
nouncement that Delnias will help Il
defend President Louis Glass and
| Agent Theodore v. Halsey OF the Pa
| cific States Telephone and Telegraph
company, was announced In cour,
this morning by T. G. Coogan, whs
thus far has appeared for Glass ant
lby request Of the latter Mr. Delma.
was entered as additional attorney O
record.
| The first cash bail to be offered b.
Iany of the 19 men thus far indicted
by the grand jury was $70, 0,00t
certified check on the London, Pari
and American bank rendered 4
Judge Coffey today by Frank G
Drum. indicted on A counts charging
the bribery OF supervisors IN behal
lof the San Francisco Gas and Elec
ltric company.
This was arraignment day for mil
| lionaires and multi-millionaires Il
1.-THE Temple Israel. President Glas;
and Agent Halsey of the telephone
company were arraigned before
Judge Lawlor on additional indict
ments charging them with bribine
suing competitive telephone fran
chiEe.
Patrick Calhoun, vice President
Thornwell Mutually and Attorneys
TREY Ford ana William M. Abbott
|of the United Railroads, were called
for arraignment on indictments
charging them with having bribed
supervisors TO award the trolley
franchise under which the United
Railroads system Is operated. They
we're given until Saturday morning,
June 1st, to answer. In the after
noon Ruef and Schmltz were ar
raigned on indictments charging the
same crime In connection with the
supervisors and the United Rail-
roads. The same disposition was
made.
Bail IN the total sum OF 100000
was given today by six millionaires
and Mayor Schmitx. Frank G. Drum
gave $4,000 cash ball and sehmitz,
Eugene De Saba and John Martin,
$4,000 each In bonds, all on in
dictments charging them With the
bribery OF supervisors 70 fix the gas
rate for 1g06-07 at p1 instead OF rs
cents. q. H. umbsen, Jose Green
and w. |. Brobock gave bonds IN the
Sum of $4,000 each on indictments
chnrginR them with Offering 10 bribe
supervisors 10 grant q trolley fran
chIae to the pafknide Transit COM
pany. President Thomas II. VIII
llnmn. OF the New California Jockey
club. and William ]. pInsee. a
wealthy capitalist. signed sns surety
for Hchmitz. II. Nj. nonfciinks mill
llnnnlro liquor merchant. and Leon
sIosa OF the Alaska Commercial eom-
nany. qualified for De Saba. Louis
alo6a ~ the Alaska Commercial euIas
nany ana Il. N. fIuatollng qualified
tor Martin. Leon and Louis H|osn
are brothers Of Max s'0aa Of The Cali
fornIa supreme conTl. William II.
crncknr aad Charles r Greene. pre-
si6nuf and cashier og the CfoQkff*
WnnIMofIh National bank. put ~
personal bends foF umfacn. WniIink-
ton ufnf4 Of the Croker #npfHoflh
National hank. A. r. Morrison Of the
law hfm nf Morrison. Cape = Bro
beck qaaliied fof nreene ana Bro
with lha exception Of NssaIs
Calhoun. Mutually. Ford and Abbott.
whoef h1n1A Nefe HiFfH ~ the Mot
.epoi'sas Surety eenpanf ei New