The San Francisco call., 1907-06-13

. "Rea gan said he would investigate
the French restaurants, and he Went
to the Poodle Dog at p. m. He re-
ported that he saw nothing wrong, amt
then he dropped the subject Reagan
told this because he had to account
for the fact that he was with the
French restaurants from March until
taurants had their licenses renewed
several times. He was confronted with
the fact that he voted for them then,
and he explained that he went to tho
Poodle Dog-that most notorious CT
French restaurants--and saw nothing
wrong. What a favorable time he
chose, What an effort he made. He,
a police commissioner, Did he not
know a bed when he saw it? He went
there at o'clock and reported that he
found this restaurant all right! Why
didn't he go at l o'clock in the after
noon?
Would you be convinced that Mayor
Schmitz was guilty of extortton in this
case if any portion of it depended on
the testimony of Reagan? Reagan was
ignominously removed from Office by
Schmftz. He was a grating fire in
surance police commissioner, was Mr..
Reagan. How would any of you like
TO have your liberty taken away ana
your good name dragged in the mire
by man you had turned down as
Mayor Schmitz turned down Tom Rea-
gan? Reagan tells you of going into
the insurance business after he was
thrown off the police commission, and
he couldn't remember the name of a
single one of his customers who was
not either a saloon keeper or the keeper
OF house of prostitution-
There is Reagan. He admitted that
he had 10 or IL per cent OF the inslr-
anee business of the tenderloin. What
an innocent. unsophisticated police
commissioner! And how easy for
Schmitz TO use him, If Abe Ruef COM
mitted extortion in exacting fee,
didn't Reagan extort every time he
wrote an insurance policy2
HENEY INTERRUPTS
Well admit he did" cut in Heney,
IF he held up a single license until he
got the insurance, and We'll bring him
up before the grand jury and prosecute
him If you will furnish us with the evil
dence''
The court will rebuke you If You
don't stop" said Barrett, in hurt tone.
That didn't stop you," commented
Judge Dunno
oh | didn't say he would stop" said
Barrett
men, and it is true that the French res
taurants gave him insurance. but Tom
Reagan didn't know that the Poodle
Dog was a French restaurant. Did he
think it was church? Ruef got $1,000
for "a fee. Reagan must have made
$4,000 off his insurance, and we have
$4,000 Tom for a witness.
We have here the mayor trying to
hold his own against that prosecution,
n rai iFc h1f Dtr-xr of na NJ Han do 90
league. and, gentlemen, as Mr.. Johnson
says, looking forward TO a new San
Francisco-politicaily
who was the great arch con-
spirator? Who comes to the stand in
the second act?"
Barrett then read from Reagans tes-
timony where the ex-police commits
sloner said that the French restaurant
matter was first called to his atten-
tion in March but that nothing had
been done until November.
Don't you think it strange that
Schmitz made UP his mind in March on
the French restaurant question and
never mentioned it to his innocent,
weak tool for months?" he asked.
Don't you think the mayor could have
gone to Reagan and taken him in on
it?
Reagan suspected there was money.
He told the mayor there was $2S,000 in
it. How, then, did he lend himself to
be tool? Can't you see that the tes-
timony can be split up, piece by piece,
and will not stand examination?
'.All they have to show conspiracy
on the part of the mayor is that the Ii
censes of the two restaurants were put
over for a week in January. The res
taurant men met outside the door and
Loupy suggested Ruef. Did Schmitz
suggest Ruef when the restaurant men
saw him?
HURLs BACK TAUNT
Every case in which a conviction is
asked for ought to have one clean wit
ness, oughtnt it? Is the defense asking
too much of you when il says you
should not convict without the testi-
mony of one clean witness? My convic-
ton about the matter of the fee is that
these Frenchmen got scared too soon
and went up to Ruef with some easy
money. L don't believe there is any
testimony which could even convict
Ruef to say nothing of Schmitz. If
Ruef said he divided this money with
Schmitz, what about that other state
ment he made to the attorneys for the
prosecution that IL he told all 1t would
acquit Schmitz?
Don't you remember when Heney,
Johnson and Dwyer stood UP in chorus
and asked Ruef to tell all he knew
about this case? OF course not. 1t
didn't happen. I hurl back in their
teeth that taunt that they made because
we did not allow Schmitz to testify fur
ther than he did, We let Schmitz tell the
truth about only those matters which
were testified to against him, and when
he took the stand the only matter
worth his testifying about was that he
had told Reagan to hold up the French
restaurants. We had Schnitz give the
lie to ex-Police Commissioner Reagan,