The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-25
One Sensation Promises to Fol.
low Another in Further
Probing of Graft.
DECISION AS TO RUEF'S
WRIT OF ERROR TODAY
Arrests of Other Prominent
Men Under Indictment Elk.
pected Soon.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.-The
tive as the past one In sensations relat-
ing to the investigation of municipal
corruption that is being prosecuted by
a grand jury ,
IT is expected that a decision will be
rendered tomorrow by the United States
Supreme court on the petition of Abra-
ham Ruef for writ of error. If
Ruef's petition is refused the prosecu-
tion will proceed in Superior Judge
Dunne's court Tuesday with the i'm .
parchment of jury TO try Ruef on the
charge of extortion in what is known
as the French restaurant cases. II it
is granted the trial of Ruef will be
postponed while
Tomorrow afternoon the grand jury
will resume its probing into the al
legged bribery of the board Of the super
visors by the Telephone and other pub.
lie service corporations
1t is announced that the prosecus
tion has retained an attorney 10 pro-
ceed to Honolulu and intercept Theo,
dore " Halsev, who has been indicted
on eleven counts on the charge of brib-
cry, for the purpose Of endeavorlng TO
persuade Halsey to appear before the
grand Jury on his arrival here. Hal
sev is now en- route from Manila IN
charge of detective.
Awaiting Other Arrests.
The prosecution is momentarily ex-
pecting 10 hear of the arrest OF Louis
Glass, former manager of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany. and Abraham K. Detweiler, OF
Toledo. O., against whom Indictments
for bribery were returned yesterday.
| In addition 10 the revelations coming
from the grand jury room, public inter
est is directed toward the moral regen-
Grafton of the city investigation IN
view OF the alleged confessions Of cor.
ruption by the members of the board
OF supervisors. One story is TO the
effect that tbe supervisors before sp.
pearing before the grand jury secures
pledges from the prosecuting officials
that they would neither be prosecuted
nor removed from office in return for
their evidence. An intimation that
those back of the prosecution were
planning to assume control of munich
pal affairs by virtue of their power
over the supervisors is strongly denied
by the District Attorneys Office. AS
sistant District Attorney Heney saldi
Making Them BE Good.
can we intend TO do is TO see that
the Supervisors behave themselves
properly in their official positions. We
do not intend to try TO legislste through
them for any purpose. We shall simply
force them to be good and to discharge
the functions of their Office 70 the best
interests of the people. Personally, [
believe it is right to give men chance
10 rehabilitate themselves If possible,
and [ think that if the Supervisors
wish to become better men, as they
have expressed desire to be, they
should have chance
As to the prosecution controlling the
municipal commissions and other de-
partments Of the government through
the finance committee of the Board of
Supervisors, Heney declared that there
will be no attempt to do this.
Those who favor reorga an zatlon OF
that ii would be a lengthy process TO
bring it about through The courts, but
are hopeful that PUBLIC opinion WIZ
force wholesale designations, thus ssAs'
ing an embarrassing question.