The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-03-29
SCHMITZ HOME
May BE PRISON
OWNER Is TRYING TO RENT IT
TO RUEF'S ELlsoR AS PLACE
OF DETENTION.
ENTERTAINS AND Dimes THERE
Political Boss and Mayor Laid Many
Of Their Political Campaign
Plans In the Executive
Residence.

a Francisco-It may be the irony
of fate that the former residence of
Mayor Schmitz, in which he resided
when elected, and often entertained
and dined Ruef, and where the mayor
and the political boss laid many of
their political campaign plans, may
become Ruef's prison for some months.
The present owner is attempting to
rent it to Ellison Buggy as a place
OF detention for Ruef when he takes
the latter away from the st. Francis
hotel.
Abraham Ruef said that he is con-
sidering the preparation of a state
ment to the public and declared that
when he tells his story it will contain
sensations equal to the disclosures
made by the alleged confessions of
the supervisors. He expressed the
opinion that the investigation now CO.
ing on was in furtherance of an or
ganized attempt to seize the munich
pal government and asserted that it
was government by indictment" in
stead of government by Injunction"
Railways President May Testify.
1t was stated that Patrick Calhoun,
president Of the United Railways Co.,
would be given an opportunity to ap-
pear before the grand jury in con-
nection with the alleged bribery Of
the board of supervisors in the mat
ter of an overhead trolley franchise
granted the United Railways last May.
1t was also learned that 4 number
of indictments, which have not even
been trusted to secret file for fear
that their contents might leak out, are
not all against one person, but are
said to contain the names of several.
Ruef Preparing Statement.
SiXty-siX charges of bribery against
Ruef were assigned by Presiding
Judge Coffey to Judge DUNES depart
nent OF the superior court. They will
be placed on the calen-lr and ar
raignment set for some day early next
week. To avoid possible conflict be-
tween the chief of police, sheriff or
Elisor Buggy, 40 bench warrants will
be issued on these warrants.
Reason Action Is Delayed.
The true reason Cor the determine
ton of the prosecution to take no i'm.
mediate steps toward removing from
office the supervisors has been dis
covered. District Attorney Langdon
stated hat in order to emove them
IL would be necessary to prove the
charges against them. This would
compel the prosecution to bring for
ward all its evidence and thereby dis
close its entire hand before the trials
OF those who are or will be indicted.
1t also developed that the district at.
torney would run counter of the same
law that defeated the attempt of Ruef
and Acting Mayor Gallagher last fall
to remove District Attorney Langdon
and put Ruef in his place. While
summary proceedings could be taken
to remove the mayor, the issuance of
a writ of probfble cause by some
Judge would act as a stay of proceed
lngs during an appeal and by resort
ing to technicalities the settling of
the appeal might be delayed until the
mayors term of office had ex-
pired.
The grand jury did not meet yes.
terday, but will hold a shcrt session
today, at which time the Investigation
of the alleged telephone deal will be
resumed. No indictments are expect.
ed to be filed today.
Jury Will Also Be Guarded.
The same care and watchfulness
that has marked the custody of Ruef
VIII be exercised in guarding the
jury against any possible outside in.
fuences when his trial begins. In.
stead of a bailiff or the sheriff hav-
llg charge of the jury, District Attor.
ney Langdon stated that he Jury
would be placed in charge of Elisor
w. j. Buggy. This is said to be the
first time in the legai history of the
United States that an elisor has been
appointed by a court to apprehend a
defendant and given such power to
keep him in custody during trial.
Inc present appointment of an els
or extends only to the one charge of
~extortion, on which Ruef is on trial,
n does not apply to the other indict-
ments In order to reappoint the
elisor to a k charge of Ruef during
the trial of the other charges, it will
be necessary for the prosecution to
show again that the sheriff and 9TH
er regular officers are disqualified.
When told that Mayor Schmitz's
former residence may become his tenn.
porary prison, Ruef jokingly said:'
Why no take my house? / offer
the elisor my home for the purpose"
Constable AGAIN Inuades QakIauu,