The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
CONFESSION BY
BLAKE IS FEAR
OF HIGHER UPS
Ruef's Attorneys Try to Brace
Courage of Convicted
Jury Fixer
Isaac Jacobs, Who Held Out for
Acquittal, Is Friend Of
Newburgh
Takes No Part in Discussion or
Arguments Until Last Bal
lot Is Cast >

a. S. Newburgh, understudy foa
Henry Ach and second assistant time
killer for Abe Ruef, win be the next
defendant brought to trial on the
charges of attempting to bribe pros-
pective Ruef juror. District Attor-
ney Langdon announced yesterday
that the Newburgh case would be pus
on the calendar for trial at the earliest
possible date and that it would be fol-
lowed by the trial Of Frank ]. Murs
ply on the same charge.
Already smitten with the fear that
z. A. S. Blake, the convicted tool
through whom they attempted to
reach John Martin Kelly with a bribey
will break down and make a completes
confession OF the bribery transactions
in the hope Of securing lenisnt sen-
tence. Ruefs attorneys have taken
steps TO brace his courage and prevent
the admissions from his lips that would
make their own conviction doubly sure.
Word has gone forth that Blake need
have no fear of ultimate consequences,
as his freedom Will be secured through
appeal and he has been warned to
stand fast
That a verdict OF guilty was nes
returned by the jury in Blake's case
within five minutes after the case was
left IN their hands was due to the
stand taken by Juror Isaac R. Jacobs
of SCI Hayes street. the proprietor OF
a household bazaar. From the minute
the jurors entered the jury room for
deliberation the guilt OF the defendants
was not questioned and a ballot taken
L a. a. -
for conviction, Jacobs standing for an
acquittaI. A second ballot was taken.
with the same result, and then the
argument, or rather rehearsal OF facts,
began Jacobs took practically no part
in the discussion and did not voice
any arguments in favor or verdict
of acquittal
JACOBS FRIEND OF NEwBURGH
The whole mass OF evidence befors
the jury was gone over in detail and
three more ballots were taken before
and after the jury went out to dinner.
Jacobs, however. did not change his
vote. Finally Jacobs was charged with
being a bosom friend of AS. New
burgh and admitted it. 1t was the first
time during the trial that this fact
had come out, but mo accusation was
made against Jacobs by his fellow
jurors on the ground that tho friend
ship was influencing his verdict. How
ever Jacobs refused for some time
/ longer to change his vote, but shortly
/ before the time when the jury was
! to have been locked up for the night
asked for a sixth ballot The ballot
was taken and his vote fell with the
/ IL Others Jacobs made no explana-
tion of his stand. but urgently re-
/ quested the other jurors 10 refrain
1 from telling any one that 1t was his
vote which had delayed the verdict.
he inn rbar fhea aH
Friday afternoon the attorneys for
Blake exhibited mystifying confidencs
| in the outcome and at no time were
willing to concede any result but a
mistrial- Newburgh, who was in tho
vicinity of the courtroom all day, did
I not appear 10 be worried, and even
Henry Ach dropped q hint in the Ruef
I trial that there would be no convic-
tion in the court across the way.
In District Attorney Langdon's once
! the telephone was busy all day yester-
day. congratulations pouring in upon
him from all parts of the city on the
/ successful termination OF the first step
in the fight to cleanse the juries In
I the graft cases of brfbe takers and tal
bring the bribe givers to justice.
LIE Is NAILED
/ The lie was nailed yesterday to tha
/ account Of the Blake case published in
1 the Examiner, in which an attempt was
made by innuendo to vilify Judge
Dunno and Assistant District Attorney
L Ferrari by charging them with having
\ discussed the case in loud voices In
4 Judge Dunne's chambers while the jury
4 was celebrating In the adjoining room.
Il The lying account was based on noth$
4 ing but the fact that during the even-
Il ing several attorneys called at Judge
i Dunne's chambers and conversed in a
friendly manner on several topics that
in no way touched on the Blake case.
Not only was all reference to the case
refrained from, but Attorney Carl Lind
say. chief counsel for Blake. was HIM
self in the chambers the entire time
and heard and took part IN all that