The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-09
FAIL To PUNISH
NEWSPAPER MEN
Ruef's Counsel Present Aflida-
Wit, Charge De Youngs
, With Contempt.
INDICTED BOSS TAKES
0FFENSE AT EDITORIAL
Court Disregards Matter and
Orders That Trial Pro-
ceed Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO, April s.--An un-
successful effort by the defense TO have
newspaper men punished for alleged
contempt of court in publishing sLric-
lures on the court conduct OF counsel,
and an endeavor by the defense to as.
certain whether it is the purpose OF
Judge Dunno to redisGnahfy the Shcr-
iff and the Coroner for the personal in
terest and direct the elisor to draw a
special venire from tho body of the
county, instead of selecting another
panel from tho regular jury list, were
the features of today's trial of Abra-
ham Ruef for extortion, which listed
only thirty minutes, when adjournment
was taken Until tomorrow morning on
the plea Of Henry Ach that he was suf-
fering from severe heada ,bo and was
not in physical condition to proceed
with the examination Of talcaman.
BY consent the case against Chief of
Police Dinau for perjury and the case
against Rucf and Dinan for conspir-
acy were continued for two weeks. The
four cases of cxtortion against Mayor
Srmnitz CHE fifth i, IN the Supreme
Court on application for habeas corpus) ,
were called, and both sides answered
ready. But as these cases follow
the Ruef cases in order of trial they
were continued for two weeks.
Ruef's Move Blocked.
"Before we proceed with the trial, -
said Sch, of counsel for Ruef. when
the five probationary jurors and the
nine unexamined talesmen had been
polled, "we desire 10 present an affida.
w.t. and he made ready TO read aloud
INF ,nh ha Ill l. -. ]
Special Prosecutor Johnson was on his
feet at once, objecting TO the reading
IN the presence of the jury Of any.
thing, the purpose Of which the prosecu-
tlon was in ignorance.
Ach replied that ii was an affidavit
IN support of an application which was
about to be made for an order adiudg-
ing certain persons guilty of contempt.
Give it to me, ~ said Judge Dunno.
81 will read it,
The affidavit alleges that NJ. H. De
Young, as proprietor, and John P De
Young, as editor of the San Francisco
Chronicle, committed contempt of court
IN publishing in that paper last Satur.
day an editorial severely arraigning
the attorneys for the defense with inn,
proper and insulting conduct in court,
and asking whether "pull' was inau,
enclng the Appellate court to delay the
oeterimnatlon OF an appeal from a lail
sentence for contempt.
Judge Dunno said he saw no reason
why he should be swerved from his
course in conducting the trial, before
taking a purely side issue. lie init.
mated he would consider the affidavit
II hled, but not until after the trial
or Ruef had been concluded. Ach said
that would be too late. The affidavit
was filed.
In asking for an adjournment of one
day, owing to his indisposition. Acb
coupled Herewith 2 motion for the sum.
moning OF an additional panel of 100
yeniremen from the regular iury LIST,
declaring, that the defense will exer,
cIse al of its ten peremptory challenges.
10 this complexity of motives" the
prosecution rose objected spiritedly, The
tlon, but granted the motion for a
continuance. {"