The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-30
FORD AND RUEF
TOGE Their WHEN
BRIDE PASSED
Heney Springs Sensation
by Connecting Boss and
Calhoun Man
MAY FINISH TO-DAY
Case Probably Will Be in
Case Probably Will Be in
Hands of the Jury
by Friday
TWIST IN DEFENS Sc
Rogers Hints of Effort tt
Show $500, 900 Was for
Interest on Bonds

The trial of TREY L. Ford which
has proceeded on its even way. took
sensational turn yesterday when the
prosecution placed on the stand a
witness who supplied the link con-
meeting the defendant with Abe Ruef.
The witness was Robert A. Perry. an
assistant of William ]. Burns, who
had been shadowing Ruef for five
months in 1906 before it was an
nounced that an investigation into
civic corruption had been undertaken.
Perry testified that on August %, 1905.
the day Ford drew 100000 from the
mint, he had traced Ruef to Ford's of
fee and that the two remained together
for almost an hour. Perry referred to
a memorandum book and was able TO
give the exact whereabouts Of Ruef
every minute of the day.
In addition to this the prosecution
produced two walters who had been
employed in the. Cosmos club, at sutter
and Octavia streets. Both testified that
Ford and Ruef with two compa Mons.
had lunched there together during the
month of Mas. 1906 This was the
month in which the trolley deal was ar
ranged When the defense showed a
disposition to combat this evidence
Heney offered to corroborate it, stat
ing that he had been a guest at the
Cosmos club on the day in question
and had seen Ford and Ruef together.
Just as the day was drawing to
close the defense shot one of its arrows
that had been held in reserve. Broad
intimations were thrown out that the
claim would be made that the s2o0. 600
sent to the mint from the east had been
used to pay interest on the bonds of
the United Railroads held by Brown
Brothers. the New York bankers The
remarkable theory, as far as 1t was
elucidated yesterday, was that the
money was sent from New York to the
San Francisco mint, withdrawn in cur
rency by Ford and sent back to New
York.
WILL CLOSE TO-DAY
According to a statement made in
court yesterday by Heney the prosecu-
tion will close its case after an hours
session this morning The tip from
both sides late last night was that
Ruef would not be called as witness.
Earl Rogers of counsel for the de-
Tense declined to say yesterday whether
Ford would be placed upon the stand
The impression about the courtroom
is that he will not. In case the de-
fense calls no witnesses all the testi-
mony will be completed today and ar
guments will be begun before night
fall. The case may. therefore, go to
the jury tomorrow or Friday.
A noticeable feature of yesterdays s
proceedings was the comparatively
small part played by Earl Rogers. Dur
ing the first trial of Ford. The Call
stated that some dissatisfaction had
arisen in regard to the manner in
which Rogers had conducted the case
and that henceforth he was 20 occupy
a less CONSPICUOUS position. Inc C0dnBe
was not made abruptly, but gradually.
Attorneys A. A. Moore and Stanley
Moore have assumed a greater .part of
the work Rogers efforts yesterday
were confined to the brief cross exami-
nation of three witnesses, while the
leadership was intrusted to the two
Moores. The dissatisfaction with Rog-
ers followed his cross examination of
Frank Leach in the first trial. during
which he repeatedly insulted the di-
rector of mints.
Fourteen witnesses were examined
yesterday. The attorneys on both sides
were in good humor and smiled kindly
upon each other. Heney was in poor
voice from the strain of the evening
before. The witnesses examined in
cluded II who had testified at the pre-.
vious trial. They were George A. Will
cutt secretary OF the United Railroads; !;
A. M. Dahler, assistant treasurer Of the