The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
MILLIONAIRES
ARE INDICTED
Frisco Grand Jury Still
Busy.
SCHMITZ NOT REPRESENTED
Court Room Packed With Western
Money Magnates.
Charged with Brfbing Board Of So
pervisors to Fix Gas Rates for
1904 at Eishty-Five
SCHMITZ NOT REPRESENTA-

San Francisco, May 25.--The grand
jury this afternoon Indicted six mil-
lionaires on charges of bribery and ats
tempted bribery, and returned addi-
ditional indictments against Ruef and
Schmitz.
Frank G. Drum, Eugene d. Saba,
John Marin. Abe Ruef and Mayor
Schmitz were indicted on fourteen
counts. charging that they jointly
bribed fourteen of the supervisors In
the sum of $3.50 to fix the gas rates for
1904. at IS cents instead OF rs cents.
q. ii. Umbsen. J. e. Green and w. L.
Brobeck and Ruef were indicted on
fourteen counts, charging that they
jointly attempted to bride fourteen OF
the supervisors In the sum of 1000
each to vote a trolley franchise 10 the
Park Side Transit Company.
Judge coffey fixed bail at st,eeo on
each of 1876 counts contained in the
twenty eight indictments
The grand jury adjourned until June
10, when investigation of alleged brfb-
cry by officials of the Home Telephone
Company and by other persons will be
resumed
Mfllionaires, multi millionaires,
Presidents and Vice Presidents and
lesser officials OF great corporations to-
day thronged Judge Coffey's room with
their attorneys and attendants. They
had been summoned to give bail in ex-
cess of half a million dollars to fn-
sure their personal liberty pending
trial on felony indictments returned
against them by the grand jury to-
day. Al
Louis Glass Makes Bend.
First came Louis Glass, vice pfesit
dent of the Pacific states Telephone
and Telegraph Company to give bond
in the sum of $4,000 on the chargs.
OF bribing two of the supervisors tS
vote with their associates for thu
granting of competing telephone
franchise in San Francisco. President
Pat Calhoun and assistant to President
MuIlaly of the United Railroads, and
General Counsel Tierey T.. Ford and
Assistant Counsel William L. Abbott
of that corporation each of them IND
dicted on fourteen counts on the charge
of bribing thirteen supervisors and
Mayor Schmitz to grant a trolley fran,
chise under which the United Railroads
system was electrified and is operated
appeared.
william II. Crocker, president OF
the Croker National Bank of this citxt
and recognized as the foremost capiz
talist OF San Francisco and President
Henry r. Scott of the Pacific StateS
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
were in court TO furnish personal ball
cash or bonds--in the sum of S560.000
for Mr.. Calhoun, Mr.. Mullaly, Mra
Ford and for Mr.. Abbott.
Arrangements, however. had already
been made with the Metropolitan Sure@
ty Company of New York and today
Attorney Earl Rogers handed to Judge
Coffey fifty-six separate bonds for
10000 each. After Judge Corey hal
signed his approval fifty-six times he
nodded to the millionaire defendants
and SAID:
Gentlemen; That is ALL" ana the
latter with their counsel withdrew.
Attorney schiessing appeared foA
Theodore v. Halsey, of the Pacific
states Telephone and Telegraph Cons
pany indicted upon the same charge
brought against Vice President Glass.
sehmitz Not Represented.
rs there any one here to repreBenA
Mayor SchmitzY' inquired Judge Cof=
fey.
No one answered.
schmitz is called upon to give $685.
900 bail in addition to the s5o.000.
bonds already put up by him on five
indictments charging him with extort-
ing money from French restauranG
keepers. 4,
AS Abraham Ruef Is a prisoner on
charges of extortion to which he has
pleaded guilty and as ii Is understood
that he prefers, the safety of Eliser
Biggy's Fillmore street prison houses
to liberty. his failure to appear in
court today created no surprise.
Later Mayor Schmitz, accompanied
by his two attorneys and by President
Thomas Williams. of the New Celifor-
mia Jockey Club, and President VIII
liam A. Dingey. of the Contra Costa
Watch Company, entered the court
room and offered sixteen bonds for $l0,4
900 each. They were accepted by the
court.
Before leaving the court room the
mayor said: Il have no statement I'd
make at this time further than thiss
The charges brought against mo are
absolutely false and malicious. / shah
prove my entire innocence in courts