Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-08
RUFF TRIES
TO ESCAPE
JAIL CELL
FORMER BOSS WILL JOIN
SCHMITZ AND GLASS
Change in Administration Takes Place
In San Francisco Today, and
Favors to Indicted Man
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| by Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. with the
| change of municipal administration to-
| morrow will come the transfer of Abra-
ham Ruef from the custody of Ellison
w. j. Buggy to that of Sheriff Law
renee J. Dolan.
This will mean that Ruef will be
taken from his present comfortable
quarters at Fillmore street and Pacific
avenue, where with his guards and a
cook he is occupying an entire house,
to the county jail near Engleside. At
the latter place the former political
boss viii become a member of the col
ony now residing there, consisting of
former Mayor Schmitz Louis Glass,
former general manager and vice presi-
dent of the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph company; Walter j.
Bartnett former vice president of the
Western Pacific railroad, and involved
In the wrecking OF the California Safe
Deposit and Trust company; ]. Dalzell
Brown, general manager, and James
Treadwell. director. of the same bank.
1t developed today that the proseca-
tion I'm the bribery-gr cases was ex-
erting its influence to the utmost to-
prevent the sending of Ruef to the
county jail. being apprehensive. it was
said of the results. If the former boss
and his chieftain. Schmitz, come inI
daily contact and are able to freely
confer with each other.
Dunno Is obdurate
Superior Judge Dunno who disuuali-
fed Sheriff ONeill and appointed AMI
elisor, however. had proved obdurate TO
any suggestion that Ruef be allowed
to remain at his present quarters
Il shall make an order tomorrow
afternoon placing Ruef in the custody
of Sheriff Dolan,' said Judge Dunnel
this afternoon He can keep himI
where he wants to-"
Ruef. 1t is known, is bitterly opposed |
to being sent to the county fail andl
his friends were very active today TO
prevent him from being placed behind
bars until after the trials in which it |
Is believed he will be the star witness
for the prosecution.
The biennial change in the adminis-
tration of San Francisco will take
place tomorrow and with it will be
swept out of office what is left of the
lnion labor administration, which
dominated the politics of the city for
.hree terms.
Tomorrow at noon the various Off
'ials elected last November will assume
-nelr duties and many OF the munich
BAL offices will have an entire new STAFF
IF clerks and appointees.
OF the old administration District
Attorney William H. Langdon and
County Clerk Harry l. Mulcrevy were
he only municipal officials vino were
'e-elected. Mulcrevy made his entire
stan Christmas present of their re-
for this term on Christ
mas morning.
Bribery Case Goes Over =
When the Calhoun bribery case came
Up for trial before Judge I.awler this
morning the defendant was not present.
being still on the trip east which the
'ourt allowed him to take with the con-
ent of the attorneys for both sides.
The whole matter, together with the
est Of the trolley bribery cases, went
ver until Friday, when a date will
,robably be set for the actual trial On
friday Judge Lawlor will have a venire
+ jurors drawn and ordered to appear
n court ready to go on with the trial IL
he defendant and Assistant District At
orney Heney are ready to have the is I
ue proceed to a hearing.
Schmitz was in court Neither MuIlaIy.
-bbott, Ford or Ruef the other defend ,
nts, put In an appearance.