The Glenwood post., 1907-07-13
SCHMI1z GETS 5
MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO GEN.
TENcEp TO PENITENTIARY,
WILD SCENE IN COURT ROOM
Trial Judge Numerically Scores Con-
demned Mayor Despite Protesta-
tion from Attorneys.

San Francisco, Calm the Superior
Court July Sth, Judge Dunno SEN
fenced Eugene E. Schmitz, mayor of
San Francisco, to serve five years in
the San Quentin Penitentiary. Sen
tence followed the recent conviction of
Schmitz for eXtorting $1,175 from
French restaurant keepers of San
Francisco.
AS the last words of the sentence
fell from the judges lips the great
crowd that had stood throughout the
dramatic scene sent up a thunderous
cheer.
Good for you," shouted a man in
the back of the room.
His ejaculation was echoed and re-
echoed by one after another of the
spectators. Several threw their hats
into the air. Many mounted upon
chairs to look over the shoulders of
the crowd. The greatest confusion pre-
vailed.
Attorney Fairall for the defense,
raiing his voice above the din, called
out to Judge Dunno:
Your honor, this ch, ering is very
unseemly occurrence"
Well" retorted Judge Dunno with
spirit, ''if We had sheriff worthy of
the name 1t would nave been stopped
instantly
Sheriff Thomas O'Neill was standing
inside the rail. He turned to the court
ana protested: Nobody could have
stopped that, your honor"
Special Agent Bruce of the prosecu-
ton led number of bailiffs and said :
Clear the court room, clear the court
ROOM" But only a few of the hun
dreds of curious and apparently de-
lighted men obeyed the sharp order
Some of them We're hustled uncere-
moniouSly out into the Railways.
About 100 others kept their vantage
places around the counsel table, where
Schmitz sat debating a statement to
the newspaper men.
The dramatic atmosphere was
heightened by a staff of newspaper
photographers who exploded flashlight
after flashlight till The court room was
SO filled with smoke that it became
sitting.
The sentencing of the convicted
mayor was in one respect without a
parallel in the criminal annals of San
Francisco. Half dozen times Judge
Dunno was interrupted by Schmitz.
who protested in strong words against
the delivery of a lecture" instead of
the pronouncement of judgment. He
accused the court of unnecessarily hui
initiating him and giving opportunity
for further humiliation by the report
ing of his remarks in the press. Once,
replying to the prisoner. Judge Dunno
said, Such brazen effrontery" was no
more than should be expected and it
was the duty of the court to bear it in
patience.
At another time Attorney Nelson of
the defense interposed vigorous OBJ
lection in support of his client "to the
courts lecture" Judge Dunre's reply
was that Mr. Nelson. instead of inter
rupting the proceedings, ought to be
beginning day in court to answer the
charge that he had attempted to tam
per with the jury which convicted
Schmitz. Metson, restraining himself,
calmly answered with the same spirit,
saying that he was ready to answer
any charge that was made against
him. Judge Dunno warned Nelson that
another interruption would provoke a
Jail sentence for contempt.
When Judge Dunno, having disposed
of some matters preliminary to the
trial of other bribery-graft cases,