Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
VERDICT PLEASED
Audience Chsered When Schmitz
r. lived Sentence
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
Mayor Tried to Check the Flood of
Oenu,ciation Uttered by Judge In
Pronouncing Ser tence For Extor.
ting Money From Restaurant Men

ting Money From Restaurant Men
San Francisco, July 9.-Eugene f. ,
Schmitz, thrice elected mayor of San
Francisco. was sentenced by Judge
Dunno to five years in San Quentin
penitentiary for eXtorting money from
keepers of French restaurants. Be
fore passing sentence the judge made !
Schmitz stand up before Il crowded
courtroom, while the judge scathngly
denounced him as a rascal The audi
ence cheered the condemnation Of
Scbmitz and threw hats and canes in
the air.
When Judge Dunno called from the
calendar: "1slc people VS.. Eugene f. /
Schmtz." District Attorney Langdon
and Attorney Falrall answered in uni
son: Ready"
The large, ck-bearded prisoner
arose at tile counsel table. His face
was the color of ivory. His lips were
pressed tightly together. He bent his
eyes in a piercing glance on the judge
ard never once during the dramatic
moments that followed did he drop
them. His shoulders WEI thrown
well back and he held his head high.
Judge Dunno proceeded: In pro
nouncing Judgment in this case, the
court has but very little comment to
make. 1t can be said that the verdict
Of the jury in this case has deeper
significance than is ordinarily attached
=, In Of trt1f1t II IL a
to all the people in the city of San
Francisco that law and order are SUI
preme; that no man, however exalted
his station or how strong and powerful
the political, social and financial intiu-
erces which surround him. is above the
law
Eugene L. Schmitz, you have hereto
fore occupied the highest office which
the city of San Francisco can confer
OH one of its citizens. You were ele-
waited to that position because of the
confidence ANA trust rerosed in You by
the mass of the"
Il am here" Interrupted Schmitz,
ito receive sentence ut your hands
and not to he Inundated by lecture
which the newspapers can repeat in
print Beyond pausing, Judge dunno
paid no attention to til" interruption.
You were elected to the position be-
cause of the confidence and great trust
reposed in you by the mass of the peo-
pie. You have by your wilful criminal
act. so a jury Of your fellow-citizens
has declared broken that confidence
and betrayed that trust" Here Schmitz
again protested against the lecture"
Dunno took no notice.
"Therefore," the judge continued
at may be said that the penalty which
the law permits in this case is insult
6cient to meet the demands of justice
II NAV be suggested. however, that by
your conviction you Will lose the re-
spect and esteem of all good citizens
and men, that you will suffer the hui
initiation of knowing that your career
OF Hypocrisy, duplcity and dishonor-'
Il stand here as an American citl-
zen to demand my rights" nterposed
Schmitz. I'm not asking any leniency
OF the hands of this court i am pre-
pared to receive sentence. | ask that
your honor do your duty and pro-
noWcc it Immediately and that | be
not subjected to humiliation and de-
grading remarks which the papers are
copying and will print"
ut is not unusual" was DUNES re-
ply. for courts to be brought into con.
tact with such braZen acts Of effrontery
as yours in the present instance. 1t Is
the duty o. the court in ssch cases t
tod f..I
with patience and liberation. not to say
pity. BY your conviction you will los,
the respect and esteem of all good mel
and citizens. You will suffer the hu
initiation of knowing, say, that you
career Of hypocrisy, duplicity and dis
honor has been exposed and that vol
stand before those who believed in ant
honored you, morally naked, shameC
and disgra ced."
Il deny that" cried Scnmitz. "1'h
people of san Francisco know how
was railroaded through"
Judge Dunno resumed: Moral.
raked, shamed and disgraced 1t is l.
the knowledge of these things rattle
than in any mere term of Imprisonment
i'll state pententiary, that the flu
measure of your punishment may b
found. 1t is the judgment of this couI
that you be confined in the state prise
q: San Quentin for a term of five years.
Schmitz Is Refused Bail
San Francisco, July 1O.-Judg
Dunno refused to admit Mayor Schmit
t. bail and denied him the privilege {
visiting his attorneys. Schmitz al
peared in court yesterday to ask for ba
md 10 ansMcr the indictments char