The San Francisco call., 1907-01-30
HENEY REVIEWS
-SGHMITZ
METHODS
"Details Of French Restau-
rant Holdup Given in
a Hypothetical Statement
PLAIN EXTORTION,
NOT LAWYERS FEE
Avaricious Mayors Part in
Conspiracy Made Plain
by Special Prosecutor

In the form Of Hypothetical state
ment. Assistant District Attorney
I7raHcis J. Heney yesterday outlined
the entire coBsPiracy BY which Mayor
Eugene T.. schmftE and hiS boss, Abe
Rucf. working with the plant Police
commissioners. held up the French
restaurant keepers Of this city for
$4,000 by threatening 90 deprive them
Of liquor licenses. This was the SEN
sHtion OF the sixty-ninth day Of the
4 Ernft Investigation.
= The history WIS complete, the char
acters stood out I'm relief through the
thin vel Of hypothesis with which
Heney decentIy draped them, and there
could be no mistake. Mayor Schmitz,
manipulating the Commissioner and
hnaIly removing HuttOn, who had re-
fused to change his vote at the caprice
OF the "sezafnissratiOn''; Abe Ruef, tax
ing the 5000 from the restaurant men
Hs the FIRST nBnuEI fnstallment Of the
cKtOrted sums Jean BOURy, agent of the
big" restaurant men, and c. Mall
Iovs"-the cast WINS complete, and into
the very face Of Ruef, who sat near
Ifeney IN the courtroom, the prOsecu-
tor flung back the cunning, protective,
rapacious zemarI< which 2uef had made
10 the men who came 10 him TO ar
runee Tor the graft payments
Il can't give any receiFfs, bOys-I
wr-r-rT .-hp-I-~
WORSE THAN EARTHQUAKE
And when the recital was finished
I5eney turned TO the court and in i'm
passioned tones cried
do you mean to tell me that n those
facts exist they do not mean extortion?
from something that IS worse than fire
and earthquake. from something that
fre have with rs now"
Heney and johnson had devoted yes
fterday to answering the arguments
made on Monday by J. J. Barrett for
lschmitz and by Henry Ach for Ruef
n support Of the demurrers filed to
the indictments brought against the
grsfters IN the French restaurant cases.
johnson had spoken in the morning,
presenting a calm. well-based exposi-
sion OF the legal points involved. and
IIeney followed in the afternon. Heney
first entered into the legal questions
snvolved. and for a time the crowd
that had forsalSen the htful sunshine
of outdoors FOR Judge DUNES court
room found little entertainment. The
assistant District Attorney quoted
legal authorities TO Overwhelm the con-
tention OF the defense that the state
ments alleged in the indictment did not
constitute the public ofense OF extor-
Ition. Then he suddenly changed the
manner OF HIS argument and the drowsy
courtroom awolxe with a start and sat
at rapt attention.
HISTORY OF THE CRAFT
Suppose" Heney began, that a
man named Constantine ran Tortonis
restaurant and lost his license TO sell
Iiquor through complaints which were
FLED against It by two walters, who
swore before the Police Commission
that the place had been conducted in
a disorderly manner. Then. suppose
that the license OF the Bay State Res
hurant was about to expire and had
70 be renewed before the Police Com
missioners.
Suppose that charges were fled
against the Bay state Restaurant at
the instance Of the Mayor. by one OF
the Police Commissioners. who owes
his appointment to the Mayor and to
the political boss who nominated the
Mayor And suppose that the licenses
OF other restaurants had shortly 70 be
renewed or the places could not con-
tinue business; and that the word was
PASSED around among the restaurant
keepers that they had better pay
900 to the political boss. or that
lau would be closed up; and that an
agent Of the Mayor and the boss sees
ali the restaurant-keepers and tells
them the same thing, and that they
read the fact in the newspapers.
BOSS ASKS FOR $4,000
suppose the restaurant men talked IL
over among themselves and one Of them
said that it was better that they should
NOT do business through the agent Of
u h boss. but that he would go to the
Gess personally. Suppose the boss
said. If you pay me $4,000 now and
promise to pay me $4,000 next year I
might be able 10 90 something for you.
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