The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-29
ELY WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA. FRIDAY MARCH 49,
SChMITz HOME
RUEF'S PRISON
Interesting Turns to Graft InveS.
tigatiOn at San Francisco.
DetWeiIer Found

San Francisco, March 2S.- No in
dictments were returned today fol
graft or bribery by the grand iurs
and only six witnesses were examin
ed. Mr.. Heney stated that subpoenas
to appear on Saturday were served
today on officials of the Western Ma
tional bank and the United States Ma
tional bank of this city. He would
not say TO what they had been expect.
ed to testify.
Thus far Supervisors Charles BIZ.
ton, A. w. Coffey, ID. G. Coleman
Sam Davis, J. j. Furey, j. h. Gala
CHER. C. J. Harrigan, }. +. Kelly, T
F. Lonergan, Max Mamlock. p. M
McGuichen, f. P. Nicholas, l.. a. Rea,
w W Sanderson. f. l. Walsh and A
NJ. Wilson-l7 of the total Is com
prising the supervisorial board-have
confessed TO the grand jury their ac-
ceptance of bribes. The only super
visor who has not confessed in eX-
change for promise of immunity is
George +. Duffy. Indictments charg-
ing Vice President Louis Glass of the
Pacific States Telephone company
with bribery of nine of the superVis-
ors in the sum of $4,000 each Blk
ion, Coffee, Coleman, Lonergan.
Mamlock. Nicholas. Phillips. Walsh
and Wilson already have been re-
turned and the statement may au-
thOritatively be made thai the grand
jury is now prepared to indict Glass
for the bribery also of Supervisors
Duifey. Furey and Sanderson.
Detective Burns, who with Assist
ant District Attorney Heney, have
worked up practically all of the evil
dence i'm the graft bribery. stated to-
night that Abraham x. Detweiler
whom the grand jury has indicted on
Ii counts for bribery of administra
ton officials in behalf of the Home
Telephone company, is secreted in a
few miles of Toledo, comforting with
friends as 10 the advisabilty of Civ
ing himself up,
My men know where Detweiler is
located. said Burns, and are pre-
pairing to produce him as soon as the
prosecution is ready TO attend TO his
case"
Superior Judge Lawlor today i'm
mediately after the arraignment of
Glass issued l3 fresh bench warrants
for the arrest of Detweiler and fixed
bail at $4,000 on each of them,
total required surety of $130,00o.
Abraham Ruef was today removed
from his prison chamber in the fash
ionabIe ST. Francis to Fillmore street
which curiously enough is the res
idence owned and formerly occupied
by Mayor Schmitz until he moved re-
Gently into the more expensive home
on Vallejo street, which he built for
his family The entire second floor
of the Fillmore street dwelling has
been leased by William j. Biggy, the
court elisor, for his prisoner. himself
an dthe guards employed to assist in
the custody of the indicted boss Big
gy has also rented a room on the
ground floor which the mayor for
merly used as his den, and in which
many secret administration confer
cnces were held.
Speaking of this coincidence. De-
tcctive Burns said:
When Ruef was being escorted TO
his new quarters today this den was
pointed out TO him and he. smiling
grimly. remarked: Yes, that's the
room That's where the boys used
to take their orders.
A somewhat sensational incident
In connection with this former home
OF Schmitz came TO light today in an
announcement by Burns that while
mlnutely examining. the premises for
possible loopholes of escape he dis
covered by turning back the carpet
In the chamber once occupied by the
mayor as his bedroom secret plush
lined chest, fitted securely with a
lock The top of the recess was Il
section of the floor and upon prying
this up the lined box was disclosed,
get In between two sills of the floor
1T was l2x2 feet and nearly one
foot dep" said Burns. 'and unques-
tionably was used by the mayor to
conceal sums of money stocks and
valuable papers of n secret nature.
This was undoubtedly depository
the use of which saved the mayor
from many banking transactions. We
found the chest empty
The grand jury adjourned until
Saturday afternoon.
Another Aultman Street Building.
f.. B. O'Connor has let contract
TO w. W. Thompson for the erection
OF a business building 25 60 feet tC
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