The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-30
jury Fxer A. s. Blake Confesses: Refused 900 to
Keep Silent: CrminaIity Of Abe Ruefs Lawyers Shown
What Blake'S Confession Means

= ONFESSING his Blake the jury ber lays bare the ulcer thai
away the vas of popular government He explains why the San
Francisco graft has yet put anybody the pntenty
He makes why not in stripes He why mo
be convict rich He the familiar question, What's the mat
with San Francisco?'
On his way prison Blake pus and gives the people of
San Francisco the favor of the graft
that they have had the bodied supervisors told their of shame and
Rue confession since Blakes revelation the
of which begins this page of mmabe value the of
dCy Opporney he scenery and lets the people
what goes on behind the snowy pre of the graft defense In the nick time
he of the that saa comedy which might well be
called To Hell With the Law-Money Is Above It.
Behind Blake Murphy and Nwbwg Judge Carroll Cooks
oy and chief the shiny rascal Ruef These figures Blake
reveals Behind them takes second sight the who bought the
supervisors with Rue broker; who bought Rues recantaon the
who bought the that acquitted Ruef the who reached into
the higher plane OF justice and procured the shameful decisions that set Schm
liberty and left Ruef free sell himself again his former purchasers 1T
need Them They named by the grand that heard
Ruef confess.
business every Fanscanevery Californian
g the confession of Blake Read what Blake Murphy said him.
WFENWE GET UP INTO THE HIGHER COURT 1T WILL Be
THROWN OUT"
Blake might have relied on that promise He had seen other promises
phad the goods delivered He had Smz and Rue
bail after their had been thrown out by the specious reasoning
the higher court for which Murphy assumed to speak
Read Bes confession you and then say whether you
doubt that the other jury which acquitted Ru brbd what you think
the matter with the Ford 1t knowledge if legally
pobe that of the Jurors who acquitted Ruef brbed and that
Of them fell down. that the money which bought them from
e but from the graft defense fund which the United Railroads dsbuse
What done with the first Ruef jury Blake have helped do with
the second Ruef jury. there anybody San Francisco stupid enough
believe that Ruef is bribng Jurors with his money!
Behind Blake the men, the interests trying keep
Judge Dunno off the bench and the Infamous Carroll Cook Murphy
for Carroll Cook and Dunne and Newburgh So actively
and extensively Rue And the and are
identical with the and the interests behind Cook and against Dunno You
San Franccans ought know who they Their
ds OF the criminal courts You them when ride the
when you light your when switch your electric
when you your telephone off the hook Most of them
from for less and They need They keep
Rue out prison that they keep prison They
ed pay Iaman Kelly $1,000 for Ruefs acqua wanted
Blake $4,000 by them with ST 90 month for his while
he the rock pile IN the jute mill.
figure for yourselves, you of San
why Murphy Nevuh and uef the foreground of
and Patrick Calhoun al the background of Cook the bench
Dunno off the bench Figure what Carroll would
had been the judge instead of Dunno when Blake chance
do you there would have been jury bre And it, by
chance he had been convicted Carroll Cook judge would
have let him beray Carroll Cooks friends and suppoterso
You San Fanans have been taught believe that the of trial by
fundamental liberties What good men are
tried by and rich accopces by
bought ues? The who bnb destroy primary
liberty. You strike back courts Will
hen their control of the Cook the
who bnbe They him the bench
look Cooks record They Dunno off the bench you know
why, look a Dunnes record
Blake Murphy Newbmgh and Ref have been caught jury bbmg
Blake going the penentia So be hoped and believed
other three After them outraged has deal with the bigger
the authors of the criminal the prosecution YOU