The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
POLICE WILL GUARD
COURT WITH CARE
Detectives Will Exclude All Sns.
picious Persons When Rnef
Trial Resumes
Great Pains Taken to Prevent
Violence to Curly Boss,
Ach or DOzief ~

UnobtrusiveIy. but none the less
ereetixely. a body OF plain clothes men
will be disposed In and around Judge
Iawlor's courtroom when the trial OF
Ruef is resumed tomorrow morning
charged with the duty OF preserving
strict order and decorum, preventing
the entrance OF any armed man and
dispeHing crowds gathering in the "
cfnity of the court. Complete and
elaborate arrangements were made in
a conference between Judge Lawlor
Chief OF Police Biggy. Captain Gleason
and Chief Deputy Sheriff Heggarty
held in the judges chamber yesterday
morning and lasting an hour and
half.
A different spirit will dominate the
Ruef trial from now on While the
public will be freely admitted and ac-
commodated TO the capacity OF the court
room the most rigorous care viii be
exercised to exclude suspicious char
acters. Policemen whose acquaint-
.snce with the disreputable elements OF
the community is extensive will be sta
toned at the courtroom door and in
the streets. instructed to refuse admit
tance to all OF questionable record or
appearance, and TO take every pre-
caution against the entrance OF any
person carrying concealed revolver
or other weapon. The corridors will be
kept cleared all the time. No lettering
in the vicinity OF the building will be
tolerated
These plans will not be carried out
with Ostentation and the intention is
to conceal from the jurors that any
thing in the way OF unusual care is
being adopted. The wish OF the judge
is to have a perfectly judicial trial
without passion. tumult or sensation
A vast crowd Is expected to attempt
TO gain admission tomorrow morning.
/ Only a sufficient number to MI the
seats will be allowed in, and the Judge
has decided that the gallery shall not
be opened.
Besides these arrangements for the
policing of the court and its precincts
a detailed plan was decided upon for
the protection OF Ruef and his attOr-
neys. Ach and Dozier. A policeman
has been detailed as bodyguard to Aeh
and another in the same capacity to
DOzier. The attorneys will be accom-
panied everywhere by the officers until
all danger OF attack is considered past.
As to Ruef a reserve plan. complete
down to minute details, has been
mapped out for his protection in case
OF attack. While the details have not
been divulged, for obvious reasons, 1t
is known that place OF safety to
which he shall be removed. in the event
OF an attack on the county Jail has
been determined upon. In these mat
ters the police department and the
sherin's once are acting in the great
est harmony. and if public violence
should be generated the line of action
determined upon at the conference will
be put into effect at once.
Ruef, IL has been decided shall be
brought into the courtroom from the
county jail in a covered wagon, but
not tn the heavy barred vehicle ordi-
narily used by the sheriff for carry
ing prisoners TO and fro. Beyond
doubt, Ruef will be kept in custody
during the remainder OF the trial, al
though no authoritative statement TO
this effect was made yesterday. The
prosecution will demand that he re-
main under arrest.