The San Francisco call., 1907-06-14

ordered the comns sSionerS to let the
restaurants run, and then he threw
Schmitz character into the limeIight:
WILLING TO SELL OUT
This man Of virtue. this paragon Of purity
was Nli1ng 70 nave immoral places 70 run
II tne businessmen wanted them to run. lie
was willing to sell you out He was willing
70 oetray his trust II the businessmen wanted
ann 10 and II 1t would help him politically
houses OF prostitution run In the residence dis
set ,slet Ii u would hurt him politically to close
tnem We might infer that he would keep
! IN ofnee chief OF police ne knew to be =
thief II It would hurt him politically to dsnsss
M nim We might infer that he would allow the
worst dives to run If it would hurt him politi-
ssnv 70 stop them But he would not take
money from anybody but Abe.
again call your attention to that Ss,naav
.. s.'erInoon, Scnmltz with Reagan and DrinkhOuse
ss,anse n1s nome and roheim dining with Ruef, then
ANY n mat sunday afternoon Schmitz was
otfcs and hg ,has Said; ~. II appoint my friends
LOU see after he had the s.. 600 he wanted
Wan va, 70 ensnge his vote twice in a week
:. Wual was the mayor swearing around abon.s
X mas not been denied that he was swesrine,
ssn srr 'ast ne was angry. Why didn't thcy
MIN 70 n5,r Snn eo'nmisSloner Drinkhouse and get
II II tney claim Ii for grating wbv was
aUep,ns and ws saia about 1t when he was dismissed
attorney? Why was Huttod dismisseds YSn
sr,Ss nov, but they wouldn't let it 20 into the
As 50 70 the charge that Reagan wrote insurance
on the saloons, il might nor have hen o..e,t
never s"ii. a lt Is not denied that Reagan
nceuss ISse0nnes, so Reagan never held up single
| monice,s ror the Insurance. There was Del
ne mad the insurance in his poeket
that of : viii VII put Mr.. Reagsns testimony against
sna. VI any man of men. for Rea1ar
Is the noblest Of Gods works-an honest man 5'l
this Ongs1 nirat,e cast we wonder how be got in with
tnst ne remained long as he aid
tas,;No INV we II drop Reagan and go back to the
TO go over ii all. N'S "31
rue nnsi was giving the rush act to Reagan H.
said 70 the mayor in Reagan's hearing ssTon.s
fv,ns 20 vote Tor the licenses Wednesday night
lust because Tom was honest he answered Hsxo
m not. He never took program from Rrsf
1nank God. ne Is bona dde union labor man
ana ana an honest one He said to the maTor.
You got me into this / believe it's rigbt ana
I'm IA gong s 60 stay I won't stultify myself be-
get Reagan to come his way whenever he ssiS
the word but he found out that he couldn't 40
ne decided to hx up the removal of Hutton
sCHMITz NOBoDY's FOOL
schmitz is nobodys fool and here is point
.. .nst you may have overlooked He said IF
on that French restaurant money I may never
get II Note this. that sehnitz got his share
for Hutton's removal. On January % the dsv
ne 1 signed that order and made 1t possible for
the restaurant keepers to get the renewals OF
their permits he got his share OF the spells
But they say we axed Ruef. Yes. We s4ed
nim with a hundred indictments. Do You
mink that we are such poor workmen that n
we could have fxed Ruef we couldn't have
fixed him to tell better story than the one
FairalI had him / won't vouch for I mean no
reflection on Mr. Fsirall by this. He had the
advise him what to do and I have nothing to
say against Mr.. FairalI.
Early in December Campbell. the mayor Fair
all and Ruef talked this ease over. Did tbev
then know Ruef's testimony? Why didn't they
put him the stand. We didn't want him
know his storyf Didn't they know ''W when IN" he
was telling them the true blue stur7 You can
see for Yourself why they did put Ruef
on the stand
In regard to Ruers testimony. you must
weigh that In view Of the fact that he pleaded
guilty and then said be wasn't guilty Would
ne ever have said ne was guilty II ne wasntl
The fact that Ruef paid Sehmftz was the
strongest evidence Of his guilt Why does sn
attorney divide his fee: Do lawyers divide
DEFENDANTS TACTICS
II they were 1oekeying 10 extort this money
Of course the mayor would want his half for
bis a share Of the work And ,R II Ruef had bee, been
dividing this money. for he would have followed
the law OF self preservation When a guilty
defendant goes on the stand. what does he take
the stand for2 He takes It to lie himself out
OF his guilt If defendant is guilty there
guilty and throw up the sponge and the other
Is to manufacture defense. Is man who
has been committing penitentiary ofenses going
to stop at little white lie when he believes
that lie will save him from the penitentiary?
Mr. Ruef. who. the attorney for the mayor
admits. is a Napoleon Of crime In this
munity, Mr.. Ruef, overwhelmed with evidence
of crime. says. like every other criminal brought
TO bay, "Pl take my chances with the prose-
cution and get on lightly i cam
Since courts have been established. where
secret crimes have been committed like bribery
In the privacy Of room. with no way to gain
the proof except from OF the principals.
the law recognizes. as does common sense. that
the people are entitled TO let one have lighter