The San Francisco call., 1907-06-14
Continued from Pas. !. Coils. 4S

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there was a stiffness. portentous. per-
rneated with the grim majesty OF the
law invoked for an outraged people Ii
the streets men shouted-ran, crying
aloud. Guilty, Guilty! Schmitz is
guiltyr
Hats were thrown high. Cheers rent
the air. They were not cheers OF exulta-
tiou. It was the rehabilitation OF san
Francisco, not the downfall OF the
wretched Schmitz, those cheerlng'
dancing men proclaimed
sTAREs AT JUDGE AND JURY
Within the courtroom men sat as IL
stunned. Schmitz stared at judge ana
Jury with unbelieving eyes. The hand
of sympathy was not extended to him
by counsel or the political underlings
at his back. Behind that judge ana
5ury Schnitz and the seemingly breath
less crowd saw prison bars, the uni
form Of shame waiting for the public
servant who had fed his filthy aYarice
on the wages Of vice
Judge Dunno completed his charge to
the Jury at 6:2l o'clock Twenty min
utes were consumed in clearing the
courtroom. which was to serve as
Jury room The court had announced
that he would return in an hour to
render any assistance the jury might
require OF him.
BEFORE Ilal IVuI ndQ t4dPSC0 q
gle formal ballot had sealed the fate OF
Schunftz Almost as soon as the doors
Of the Bush street temple had been
closed behind the crowd that had filled
the building since morning, the street
began to Ill with crowd which, un-
like that which had seen the case
given 60 the jury, expected an immedl-
ate verdict In little more than half
hour after he had left the courtroom
Schmitz had returned and stood win
the expectant crowd.
CROWD FIGHTS TO ENTER
Schnitz came in the red automobile
which Barrett has said the city OF San
Francisco owns. He was accompanied
by his attorneys, Fairall, Barrett, Met
son and Drew.
Judge Dunno had been notified that
the jury had agreed upon Verdlct-
lie entered the temple by side door
AZ 7:45 The hurried return of the court
told the crowd its expectation or an
Immediate verdict had been realized
Men fought TO force an entrance to
the building with Judge Dunno and
were repulsed by the police. when
the doors were thrown open to the
public at 1855 not third OF the crowd
was able to jam it's way into the court
room The suspense of the less fortu-
nate was brief
Judge Dunno ascended the bench at
SOC. The courtroom was oppressively
still as the jurymen filed to their
seats.
At one end Of the long counsel table
sat Schmitz. surrounded by his attor-
neys Immediately to the rear Of the
mayor was grouped coterie OF ms po-
Iitfcai followers and appointees, headed
bv School Director Thomas Boyle and
Superintendent of Schools Roncovieri.
At the other end Of the table sat Dis
trict Attorney Langdon, Special Counsel
Hiram w Johnson and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Cobb, who were joined
by Rudolph Spreckels just as the jury
fled into the box
VERDICT Is RENDERED
Gentlemen, have you reached YER
aict2" asked Judge Dunno, addressing
the jurymen.
There was pause. Foreman Charles
+. Capp rose to his feet as II with an
effort He hesitated, and then his voice.
weak with age and the nervous strain
Of the situation, replied:
I'VE have, your honor.
Schmitz. making a desperate enort 10
maintain his poise, stared at the elderly
foreman as If he would by a mental ef-
fort beat back the fateful words ne
knew were about TO fall from the lips
of his judges
what is your verdict2" demanded
the court.
Guilty Of the crime Of extortiOn as
charged"
So still was the courtroom that the
thin voice Of Foreman Capp was dis
tinctIy, even sharply, audible in the
fartherest corners of the room.
While the clerk polled the jury
Schmitz sat as If stunned He seemed
not TO hear the replies of the II jurors
who in turn assured the clerk that
guilty was their verdict. His face
betrayed none Of his emotions. The
only nervous exhibition of his pertur-
baton was an uncomfortable, perhaps
unconscious, twitching Of his fingers.
He forced his gaze from the faces Of
the Jurors. He turned dull eyes to his
attorneys. For minutes he did not at
tempt 10 speak to them. He seemed un-
conscious of the formal words OF the
court discharging the Jury. But he had
complete control Of himself when a few
minutes later Judge Dunno directed
that Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted pris-
oner at the bar, be surrendered TO the
custody Of the sheriff. That friend of
the convicted mayor was not in EVIL
dence and II was not until $50 o'clock
that O'Neil appeared and almost imme-
dfately slipped out through q rear door
with his prisoner, ostensibly on the
way to the common jail; in fact, bound
Tor the mayor nome.
DAY OF TENSE SITUATIONS
without its fitting climax speedy
conviction of the disgraced mayor-the
last day of the Schmitz trial would
have been long memorable in the an
mails Of the courts Of San Francisco. II
was a day of tense situations OF alb
sorbing interest II was the day OF
Schnitz' trial and conviction. 1t was
the day Of Heney's trial and vindica-
tion.
Had the jury failed TO agree upon a
verdict Francis J. Heney nevertheless
would have stood today in the eyes Of
those who heard him close his case
yesterday a master among prosecutors
of crime
Rudolph Spreckels. District Attorne,
Langdon, Special Counsel Hiram w
johnson and Secret Service Agent VII
liam J. Burns by their splendid assist
ance, made Heney's victory possible
But II was Heney himself who proved
his right to the splendid reputation h
has made.
Mems estimates of Heney the man
Heney the lawyer. were changed yes
terday-changed by Heney. He uncov
cred the secret of his success yester