The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

short morning session OF the Ruef
case. in Judge DoOling's court yester-
day resulted IN no progress toward the
completion OF the jury, although the
remaining Calesmen on the original
Venire were Weeded out and six found
who successfully passed Z preliminary
examination With the original panel
q tslesmsn exhausted and with six
stil in the tury box for examination
Monday. new Tenire OF 80 names was
drawn. and the fresh supply Will be on
hand Tuesday morning.
Eleven talesmen We're examined yes
terday. Five OF them declared al the
outset that they were biased TO
such an extent that they did not feel
able 10 give RUef an impartial trial.
and were excused. while the other six
hv District Attorney Langdon without
Developing any cause for. legal chsi-
lenEe. and were retained. subject 70 a
fuller inquiry by the prosecution and
cross animation b. the defense
Patrick Connolly, the first man
called. was the only one whose exami
nation was completed by the prosecu-
Eioa- and he was being questioned by
Henry -zch for the defense when ad-
1urnment was taken until Monday
morning Connolly made an effort 70
describe his state Of mind and told his
story with q good Irish accent. He was
the sUner q a small saloon ~ shipley
street and Elizabeth place until some
u3lths after the FIRE. when he was
forced out of business by the raise OF
license ordered by the Schmitz board
u supervisors He then served as g
Waterman fer the san Francisco gas
ard electric company for several
months. but is now out OF employment
KNEW TOM LoNERGAN
Connolly said that. IN common with
most of the saloonmen- he supported
Schuitz al the time OF the iatter's last
election He knew Tom Lonergan well
UP 70 the ttnne OF his election as super
VISOR. and stated that Re often "joshed"
him during the campaign. telling him
that e5. per cent OF the voters we're
strongly II favor ot Samuel Braun
hart and that he had 10 chance at all
against such an opponent
7 never saw Tom after the day he
was elected added Connolly
Connolly said that he did not believe
the Olt Schmitz board OF supervisors 10
. be honest, but that this belief did not
exteEd 20 Ruef. concerning whose par
- ricipation IN graft he knew nothing.
Most. Of his old customers. he said. were
steamship Eremen and sailors. who felt
farorabIy toward Ruet. and he had
often heard them discuss the defend
ant As q Juror IN the Tevis-BuIletin
libel case. Connolly said he doubted the
truth of al the testimony given By the
former supervisors, and was suspicious
cepted by the prosecution and was IN
Ger examination by Ach when adjourn
ment was taken
RUFF FAILED TO HELP CARR
Edward Bear Of s2s Noe street, a
blacksmith. declared on his preliminary
examination that he was e policeman
from 1851 70 1881. and that prior "a
-Schmitz' second election he had done
Blacksmith work for the board OF su-
pervisors. He feared at that time that
he was about 70 lose his contract and
called on Ruef 20 help him, but Ruei
failed 70 save the work for him. Since
then. he said. he had done work for the
sheri1s ONCE while the latter was IN
der the control OF Thomas O'NeiL His
examination BY the prosecution was
not concluded The other four tales
men whose examinations were begun
but not completed were John -OCon-
nell z te2nster. Of 1705 Broderick
street. John Bowes. retired iron worker
7Os Twenty-second street; William
rre-tsch. wagon manufacturer 46-
Page street, and Charles Brown, retired
merchant. 2z12 Devisadero street
The taIesmen who were excused on
the ground that they held q set opin-
ion concerning the guilt or innocence
OF the defendant were George Young
son. z painter. 2e1s Folsom street
William John. retired cigar merchant
1918 Cough street: Emil Girard. wine
merchant, 1897 Union street; Albert W
Anderson. proprietor OF q planning mill
zz2z Jones street, and George Z. Lynch
accountant. s16 Steiner street
r-rr-rr Earrx-S nuAUN
The so names drawn for the jur,
nanel ordered into court Tuesday morn
ing are as follows:
Andrew G. Rooss. 81 Walter street
2. james Deely- 20 Fourth avenue
Charles T. Parent. 2624 Nineteenth street
WnIisn 3. NcGeT-y. l7Tf Bush street
Henri Rarhten. 1lo3 Lombard street.
lshsrses T. Athera. lozf Treat avenue
John J. Meyer. Gss HAYES street
Frederick Tilmsn. 1000 Washington street
Thomas g. Coghlin. Oak and Stenya1 streets
william F. Ffimer IL Scott street
. oliver ChristeDon FgZ Hayes street.
Jens Hanson. 50 Dame street
T.sseer Stsrnrler6eld f537 Octavia street
= Resss I245 Fraaklin street
Al Appleton. 1910 Ellis street
ar~trss Iafee 1866 Bnsh street
Jesse c. Peterson y. y Heron street
I.ucien J. Aubert. l33e Q arrell street
Pos,erf wallace e. Fair Oaks Street
7rff-f-r, n RarfecE. 1859 Waller street
r.eo-pe Fenry Eo-stt- 116 Fourth avenue
John. croals 2ssl &c oallfo-2la ,ss11;l, street %
Jsmes Afrz1dFe. I7os Turk street.
0r,eriee Tflle Pny and Webster streets.
Jo-Ten O. W sTendsen. 500 Eighth avenue
william =. Leeersne; lze4 Railroad avenue
Ioln A. Mcconnell. 40 short street
er-urI n Heller 201e Pacific aTenue.
Apdrew 3. Knox; ~ Dolores street