The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19

to the other alternative, to wit, leave
| 1t to the board of supervisors. So that
he captures it going and coming. And
II that is the fact, the letter of March
2 / absolutely convicts him now, because
1T shows TO a certainty that Mr.. Calhoun
at that time was dealing with Mr.. Ruef
and it accounts for the fact that some
of these supervisors say they were
first going to get $4,000. How does it
account for 1T? Why, the evidence in
this case shows right along that these
supervisors were getting one-half of
the total amount that was going TO
Ruef If Ruef got 100000 they would
get $4,000 apiece, instead of the $4,000
apiece If Ruef got 5000 900, they
it. $4,000 to Gallagher; if Rea got his
share $4,000, that would be $50, that
would leave $1,000 of the half. OF
course, George Keane was overlooked
the clerk of the board of supervisors,
and it, would be unfair to make even
a guess that George got the other S1O,-
900. George, who attended these eau
cuses and kept the minutes every Sun.
day night; George, who had been at
the right arm Of Sehmitz while the
French restaurant extortions were TAX
ing place: George, who had been in
Abe Ruef's office before he went to
the right arm of Schmitz to sit there
and see what was going on and report
to Ruef. IT would be Infamous to sug-
other 10000, while Ruef and Schmitz
split equally the other 100000.
SOUGHT CORNELIUS INFLUENCE
Well. about April, some time in April,
what do we find Mr.. Calhoun doing
We find him two or three weeks be-
tore the earthquake seeking Mr.. Cor
neliuss Who is Cornelius? The presi-
dent then of the street car mems union.
What did he want Cornelius to do?
He wanted him to line the street car
head trolley. Why? Because Mr.. Ruef
was going TO risk political prestige for
this money; he was going TO kill the
goose that was laying the golden eggs.
II Mr.. Ruef lost the next election and
didn't have the board of supervisors
he could not sell any more franchises.
Mr.. Ruef was not going to kill the
goose that laid the golden egg in prize
less he got pretty well paid for it, and
then he didn't want to kill 1t if he
could manage to keep i alive.
When Ruef went to Gallagher before
the fre and said to feel the boys out
on the proposition. it'was necessary to
feel them out. The newspapers were
every one of them opposed to the over
head trolley. Mr.. Calhoun, as / have
shown, was trying to line up the labor
unions back of 1t. Why? So Ruef could
90 1t and not destroy himself, and not
XIII the goose that was laying these
golden eggs; and Mr.. Ruef undertook
70 DO It then, and that is the time that
Mr. Phillips got the word from Gal
lagher there was $4,000 apiece in it,
ana ano that would come out Of the $780,
600 Ruef was to get, plus the 100000
That was going to the Park Panhandle,
provided those other people would
stand in for the purpose. And that
Mr. Calhoun had declared off because
he found the Suffer street club wasn't
gong for 1T, was Immediately arranged
70 be turned over TO Ruef because OF
would meet with. And that is what
accounts for the fact that Mr. Calhoun
put up any money after the fire. Why
from the facts in this case and the
way the board of supervisors stood
after the fire, as they have themselves
was, don't you know that Mr.. Calhoun
was not held UP after the IRE for 5000,
600 by Abe Ruef? Don't you know that
Mr. A. A. Moore admitted it to you?
CALHOUN AFRAID OF RUFF
There. is no question about 1t that
Mr.. A. A Moore was careful and DELHI
crate in the statement and stated posi-
lively and emphatically to this jury
MI. Calhoun was not held up. There
can not be any question about it. Mr..
calhoun was not held up. That was
be read by Abraham Ruef out at the
county Jail. so he would not get 1t into
his head again that he wants to tes-
tify for some sort of consideration
Ihey don't dare accuse Abraham Ruef
or holding them up. They don't dare
make Abe Ruef stand in worse posi-
ton. with the public of San Francisco
for fear that Abe Ruef might come and
lsteil the facts.
No, sir Mr.. Calhoun, who defied
Mr.. Spreckels and his crowd, the fight
ing Mr.. Calhoun, who defed the car
men union and fought them to a fin
ish; that destroyed their union, didn't
! let that Iitfla curly headed ra seal hold