The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-31
ABE RUFF GETS
HIS NERVE BACK
Almost Gives the Lie Direct to
District Attorney Langdon
in the Court Room.
GIVEN EXTENSION OF TIME
STRONG REMARKS OF CAL
HoUN'S ATTORNEY.

San Francisco. Jan. 30.-What virtu-
ally amounted to the passage Of the lie
between Abraham Ruef and District
Attorney William H. Langdon occur
red in Judge LawlOr's department of
the superior court this morning, when
Ruef denounced as untrue the state
ment just made by the district attor-
ney that counsel for Patrick Calhoun
and the other United Railroads de-
PENDANTS had had dealings with Ruef.
Incidentally II was the first verbal
clash in open court between Langdon
and Ruef personally. and indicated
somewhat the intensity of the hitherto
suppressed feeling and resentment be-
tween the district attorney and the
former political boss since the annul-
ment by the former Of the immunity
contract
Statement by Ruef.
Half an hour later, in Judge DUNES
court, after the passage of sentence
upon Ruef on a charge of extortion to
which he pleaded guilty. but practi-
cally nulli1ed by the decision of the
appellate court in the Schmitz case,
Ruef dictated a statement to the news
paper men in which he again de-
nounced the district attorneys state
,
published in a local paper this morn
ing about an alleged plot on the part
of Ruef to escape, which he declared to
be $50 ridiculous that even one in my
present serious situation cannot re-
frain from laughing at it."
When Ruef, former Mayor Eugene
f. Schmitz, Patrick Calhoun, president
of the United Railroads, and the 9TH
err officials of that street railway sys-
tenn, charged with bribery in connec-
ton with the obtaining of a trolley
franchise, appeared before Judge Law
Tor to have their cases set, State Sen
ator George B. Keane, on behalf OF
Ruef, secured another extension of
time until Saturday morning upon the
showing made that Henry Ach, lead
ing counsel for Ruef. would hot return
from Los Angeles until today and that
associate counsel had been secured sub
ject to Ach's approval.
Opposed by caIhoun's Counsel.
Without our consent, so far as our
cases are concerned" interposed A. a.
Moore. ST., chief counsel for Calhoun,
who opposed the continuance of the
cases of the United Railways defend
ants, along with that of Ruef Moore
then stated that he would serve no.
tice upon the district attorney that the
defense would again avail itself of the
constitutional provision OF trial with
in sixty days, waived on Dec. .. on
condition that Calhoun's trial should
begin early in February.
Chief counsel for the street railway
magnate then took strong exception 10
a statement in a local paper this morn
ing, sarcastically referred to by Moore
as tactical organ of the prosecu-
ton" which recited as proof of Ruef's
alleged dealings with the United Rail-
roads defendants that Earl Rogers, Of
counsel for the defense. had during the
second trial of TREY L. Ford. openly
congratulated Ruef upon his refusal to
take the witness stand and an incident
last week when Stanley Moore, also
of counsel for Calhoun, had greeted
Ruef heartily and conversed with him
in court
Gives Due Notice.
II want to give notice." said Moore,
now that Mr.. Ruef is out of his for
mer quarters and is in the county jail.
where there are not supposed to be
peepholes, that ] or any other NOM
Der of our counsel, or any one of the
defendants for whom we appear, vii;
visit, confer with or call upon MIR.
Ruef whenever we deem 1t necessary
and whenever Mr.. Ruef will receive
us.
why shouldn't we? He is Jointly
indicted with the other defendants, and
as yet we have had no opportunity 10
confer with him or even speak to him
about the cases in which he is q Joint
defendant with those for whom 1 ap-
pear"
THE incident referred to when my
son. Stanley, walked over to Mr.. Ruef
and asked him a question as tc the
setting of these cases in which he is
jointly indicted occurred right here in
open court. Why should we not be
permitted to speak to him."
Denied by Ruef.
That would be nothing new" in
terpOsed District Attorney Langdon
1T is not the first time that these
defendants have communicated with
Mr.. Ruef, and I presume it will occur
again"
THAT is not true, and you know it
is not" holly retorted Ruef from his
seat in pew on the left hand side of
the Temple auditorium
I'VE know different" replied Lang
don.
You do not" declared Ruef
81 know better was the district at
torney's rejoinder, as he got up and
walked into the chambers of Judge
LawlOr.
Later Ruef appeared in Judge
DUNES court, where the passing Of
sentence was continued one week.
Detective Burns asserts that he has
located Alexander Latham. former
chauffeur for Abraham Ruef, an i'm
portant witness in the bribery-graft
cases, who mysteriously disappeared
several days ago, though he refuses to