'The System' as Uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution
by Franklin Hichborn
2020-05-08 04:48:07
'The System' as Uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution
by Franklin Hichborn
2020-05-08 04:48:07
This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTSI. The Union Labor Party Movement II. The Ruef Board of Supervisors III. The San Francisco Ruef Ruled IV. San Francisco After the Fire of 1906 V. Graft Prosecution Opens ...
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This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTSI. The Union Labor Party Movement II. The Ruef Board of Supervisors III. The San Francisco Ruef Ruled IV. San Francisco After the Fire of 1906 V. Graft Prosecution Opens VI. Ruef’s Fight to Take the District Attorney’s Office VII. Oliver Grand Jury Impaneled VIII. Ruef Loses Fight for District Attorney’s Office IX. Ruef and Schmitz Indicted X. Fight to Evade Trial XI. Ruef a Fugitive XII. The Trapping of the Supervisors XIII. Confessions of the Bribe-taking Supervisors XIV. The Source of the Bribe Money XV. Ruef Pleads Guilty to Extortion XVI. Schmitz Convicted of Extortion XVII. Schmitz Ousted from Office XVIII. The Real Fight Begins XIX. The Glass Trials and Conviction XX. The Ford Trials and Acquittals XXI. The San Francisco Election of 1907 XXII. Higher Courts Free Schmitz and Ruef XXIII. The Defense Becomes Arrogant XXIV. Jury Fixing Uncovered XXV. The Shooting of Heney XXVI. The Calhoun Trial XXVII. The San Francisco Election of 1909 XXVIII. Dismissal of the Graft Cases XXIX. Ruef’s Last Refuge Fails XXX. Conclusion APPENDIX.Judge Lawlor’s Ruling in Motion to Dismiss Graft Cases How the Supervisors Were Bribed Gallagher’s Order Removing Langdon from Office of District Attorney The Ruef “Immunity Contract” “Immunity Contract” Given Supervisors District Attorney Langdon’s Plan for Reorganizing the Municipal Government Roosevelt’s Letter to Spreckels on the Graft Situation Governor Johnson’s Statement Regarding Ruef’s Imprisonment Schmitz’s Attempt to Control San Francisco’s Relief Funds Receipts and Disbursements of the Graft Prosecution
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