The San Francisco call., 1908-04-24
May COMPLETE
RUFF JURY TODAY
Only Two Men Are Needed to
Fill the Vacancies in
the Box
Each Side Exhausts All but One
of Its Peremptory Chal-
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sworn in yesterday, making total OF
10. The defense exercised two OF lts
peremptory challenges, leaving poth
sides with only one remaining Tor use
upon the new venire of so, when mas
been ordered into court for this morn
ing.
Valentine Franz, a contractor and
F. ]. w. Anderson, manufacturer
were accepted yesterday, although AT
torney Ach for the defense endeavored
to disqualify them. Ach used peremp-
tory challenges upon Thomas Connell'
retired engineer, and Leon Blancharo'
| saloon keeper. Ruef's attorney pro-
fessed to see something Significant In
the fact that Connell had stopped to
speak to a friend yesterday In the cigar
stand at the entrance to the Deloert
block in Van Ness avenue. The once
of William ]. Burns, 1t appears. is In
the same building.
Heney passed Anderson, the manu-
facturer, after few questions. Ach
challenged after an hours examination
In the questioning which followed, Ach
asked Anderson if he did not have a
definite opinion as to the graft prose-
cutions.
"Yes." he replied, 'I am opposed to
the prosecution at the present time"
''I'll pass him If you'll withdraw your
challenge" said Heney.
Ach refused, but his challenge was
not allowed.
MANY TALESMEN EXCUSED
The usual run of talesmen were ex-
amined and excused. P. Gartland said
he did not blame man for taking
money for doing favors" for people.
Fred Werner, a cooper; ]. v. Eagles,
waiter: p. III. Hardiman, a paver; j.
Muchio. carpenter; Charles HI. Meul-
Ter, grocer; ]. Daniels, vice president
of the Parkside company, and ]. F.
O'Connor, retired merchant, had fixed
opinions.
Joseph Leveari, a grocer, said that
Ruef had been his attorney and that
he was too friendly to the former boss
to act as juror robert McGahey, an
engineer at the Sheldon building, said
that he would make a desperate effort
to set aside his prejudices, but added
that he was pretty certain that Ruef
had robbed the people and the tax
payers and had put money into his
own pockets which should have gone
into tho treasury OF the city" He was
excused.
Ruef's motion for a change Of venue
was formally made and will come up
FOR consideration at a later date. 1t
was accompanied by his own affidavit
and those Of some 100 friends. Ruef
set forth at length that the published
accounts OF his career had been such as
to cast reflections upon "his honor.
reputation and integrity" In this
statement he was supported by the
following list of his friends:
Jack G. Contraras, Chris Olsen, Frank Peters.
p. A. Tuttle, Bernhardt H. Baumeister, Gus
Born, l. O. Gull, n J. Raiston Isaac Cohn.
Z. Gsnnon, J. Il. Floyd Frank ]. s1s, Mexros. sno NJ
Bolkin. Bernard n: Weiners, Michael oConnor.
1er, w. 8. Lewis, Ralph Friedman C. Cooper,
George silberstein, F. 9. oasiey. Irving cohn.
NJ. Gallagher, p. yeitch, M Poulter, Christopher
O'Brien, Joseph Basch, ID. c. Herlihy, Joseph
Roccatagliata, Alfred Auerbach. Emanuel 4.
Levy, Thomas Frawley, A. E. Dutary, Frederick
Bonetti, Joseph H. Burg. Henry Rosenblub A.
schubener, John G. Desmond, ]. G. Burful, L.
NJ. Cowan Joseph Tagnetti, John L. Damozonio,
r. w. Moller, W. C. Rains Gustav Fox, Joseph
n Hall Hall, r; pemsrtini, % J. A Baumsartsn s =, John
L. w. Allison, William Joseph Glennon, L. A.
Canepa. John L. Hughes, Michael Tiernard. Ed
conroy Henry y't Cohen. % e. ". Miehesen % Herman
Lederer Frederick Lerond l.. Nigel, Samuel
s. Leopold bosch a5nGa
B. King, Joseph Aufenger, John Butler. Sol de
H. Levy, J. ]. Redmond, William Davis, Charles
Edmund Marks. Fred de Ferrari. J. S. Beagley
Gustaye Schnee, Charles Gilbert, Frank Peters,
Frank = Meiyoy afss Samuel Aerams G. Goodman
J. P. zugelmann, NJ Bolhi, John Fl. Floyd, Ben
jamin +. johnson, John }. McGoyern, Peter Men
yon, William Bester, John Helm, August Cas-
tagnetto, Harry o. Irwin, Isadore Glass. Valen-
tine Kehrlein F. Knoniller, ]. Brocato, Will
liam F. Riedel. Eli Elkins, S. Goodfriend, B.
Fink, Fred Blank.
TO BE EXAMINED TODAY
The venire of so ordered into court
for this morning follows
Moriz Abt. 1890 Ninth avenue.
Joseph Watts, 342 Shotwell street.
Fred II. Rowe, 2023 Van Ness avenue.
Christopher Branagnn, 1853 Chattanooga street.
Frank Pauson, 1901 Pacific avenue
Antoine Masserschmidt Az StRnyan street.
Richie L. Dunn 2516 Fillmore street.
II. G. Guittard, $500 Van Ness avenue.
Henry l.. Petermann. 4119 Twentieth street.
George Batinich. 1S4T McAllister street.
j. H. Richards, 150S Point Lobos avenue.
Albert Walterstein. 2l18 Baker street.
Adolph Isaac, 764 Larkin street.
Arthur H. Jordan 29l3 Steiner street.
r. j. Robinson, 1880 Mission street.
Andrew Jackson 1431 O'Farrell street.
William P. Redington, Second and Stevenson
streets.
John Magnus Nelson, 1415 Valencia street.
Henry Bohs, 1886 Fell street.
William Il. Roeder. 1889 Turk street
David Adler, 478 Duboce avenue.
Henry Hip, 1915 Jackson street.
Abraham NJ. de Sola& 1915 Castro street.
Henry A. Zellerbach. 111e Masonic avenue.
Moses Levy, 1902 Devisadero street.