The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 15, 1907, Page 1

THE — | Last Edition Sensational Scene In Court Room In San Francisco---Fallen Po- - fitical Boss Breaks Down As He Enters a Plea of Guilty and Begs the Court For Mercy---His Lawyers Withdraw From the Case---Jury Is Discharged Upon Request of Ruef. ; (Scripps Telegraph Service.) 4 SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.—After one of the most desperate legal battles fiquor licenses revoked. The plea came as a thunder clap, following the defeat of the defense in its stand in an effort to secure a change of venue At the expiration of half an hour Ruef and his counsel, who had withdrawn $o the judge’s chambers, reappeared. "oF After the attorney had concluded his statements, the prisoner, hollow eyed, and trembling, arose with a manuscript in his hand. He appeared hardly dle to stand, and while reading from his manuscript his voice faltered and his fee twitched. He frequently broke down completely. | We drank cup after cup of water and spoke very slowly. 4 * The statement was a lengthy one and began with an apology to his attor- D pes for what he was about to do. | faa state of almost complete collapse. hange my plea of ‘not gullty’ and - t of ‘guilty lability of the editte Rerhe Statement substitute ¢ ne of former 188a- Soet! SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1907. wer brought to avoid the punishment for a crime in the history of California,) 70 TAK — wie. wane pyres ty Moat he Pgonry _ Abraham Ruef today entered a plea of guilty to the indictment charging him) *¥’ CH ™ENAL RECconD Seema sare wil be enether | ith extorting money from the French restaurants under pain of having their i ence es ete Se bo. et 4. trial of ¢ f times in t te The prose _ When the motion was denied the defense sought a continuance, but this 7» me Bn war denied. fer the none romans Voter: ag (bepuee.'=. > Ruef then asked time in which to hold a conference with his attorneys. FY requested that the testl-|the ninth « * This was granted. ach tor Une benth, ba 'bend bois hae bese bnahouee to \ | As soon ‘as the court rapped for order Attorneys Ach Shortridge and Fairall | STRIKE IN EFFECT | Ya turn announced their withdrawal from the case. | © Attorney Murphy then arose, stating he had seriously disagreed with the ac- ARRAS MAD his client was about to take but declared he would stay with him. The strike of the longkhoremen | this afternoon, however, and the| went fitto offect today, on maed| Pacific Coast company will then SEATTLE STAR VOL. 9. NO. 68. MAY TRY CASE fone by co BROWNFIELD JURY HAS SOT juden Mw | Yer REACHED VERDICT oN epohattear 60 v0 tela. with the robbery fair t wiing attor and the po have ane two @ ruling of the and juries w an te supreme court thie oan * Gieagreed. use the non-union men collected by the Puget Bound Ehippere associa | ten It te apparently the tntention of for 25 per cont wage increase. its affect was not appreciable this morning, aa the Pacific Coast Com pany, the only company which has t already locked out the union longshoremen, has no Yeesel load ing or discharging. City of Puebla will arrive eM Se Judge Morris te today bearing the disbarment proceedings against Geo. P. Roseman, « local attorney | Which {t is forming among the men Re Ae eM the Shippers Association to enttre | ly supplant the present longshore. men's union with the organisation who have been imported to break | the present longshoremen’s strike | SR a ea Juriee: “Rowen came to him apd! | P'He closed with the plea of guilty. ears ‘LAWYER FACES seked bim to retain him tose the! The Kurnel, ladies and gente under serious disadvantages st my * : s ; : contractor, Mra Rall boraced | t Queen Anne om, on a dar © Alter concluding the reading of his statements, Ruef in a voice one could her husband's testimony. | ats 1, easerea tn The Star's erat “8y" bul ft portrays «real man. 2 4 i j John C. Higgins ts trying th am walking before the camera. It hear, threw himself on the mercy of the court and then fell into a chair DISBARMENT ace tor the teen tae he meats Contiet Suits us peusme a eae Bell representa Attorney Rossman For some days the Kurnel bas vantage - been impatiently awaiting the out You may put me down right now COREY WEDDIN come of bis application for admi# as the winner of that Trolley trip sion. Im a letter to the Beauty which The Star has offered T am amazed that so many gut- votes, these 80 | Editor, enclosing his photograph. I also © that the court die instituted by the Se MAKES TROUBLE profile view, he says: “All the gut terenipes and cheap skates were charge t ¥ and I throw myself © estimates no allowance is! sociation sr |terenipes in town are being given allowed to enter this contest. It cy of the court Rossman at Ter ” precedence over me What right should have been carefully guarded ade ediately consented to vr . CAG, Mav tt — A namber | H@# that man Thomson in the race?| against the unfit - tof the Congregational ministers ere | 1##_D0 Beauty, He's a beast! And) “Whatever you have to say in ' tincharged the jory po > trying to get the Congregational |! Gill! Looks like « comic edit- helpings my candidacy, must come Se Steinem, 208 Deve od away in charge of ted under the state de. Ansoriation to adopt rules forbid. |10n Of Balam’s ass! And there's from my friends, not from me Bits a formal matem “mn i pe Ma ol jing Congregational preachers | W008 with eyes like a Herewith I enclose you 80 ballots aaeeey siwers toll ook bands with of The witnesses who tost marrying divorcees. This crusade | Chinama man Humphries i from copies of the Star pur tears and his he eve J. ©. Bell aa4 Mra rragge the netertety of the end the rest—all| chased from newsboys. As each bal every one of them his wife. Hall, while employed as a labower jured. He the Federa c wna testified the still Inid Up as & result of the counts 16,000 Corey wet the marri 100,000 for a starter. You them as cast for me by comes to 4 mee me in this photo, whict I send. The picture was taken looks w may Mr mean it h. While he's # candidate mies having been a Congregational minis age cer med by er of Brooklyn per Fu 5 Tie nightly conference . the long how Peoks nod the dat! ‘Rear bas undermine! Weal be beyor fevers to endure | JURY! | Moreover the strain wpon those Ws are near and dear to me is ‘at their b and they are in a state of Special Servier) hay 1 A decided ~ IN HARRIMAN CASE after court re ireula of a the attorn r the Sea a RaigaRRt JAP * PAR IS TORN OFF One Cent PRICE 25¢ PER MONTH. ABRAHAM RUEF PLEADSS=S2207 coms - GUILTY TO EXTORTION | COLONEL ALDEN JOSEPH BLETHEN. he really don’t want to win the trolley trip and quietly helping on_his own defeat.” The Heauty Editor bas already received for the Kurnel 100,000 votes and with these added to the $00,000 sent in by the candidate himeeif, there is s comfortable total of 900.000 for a starter. However, in order to prevent fealousy and {I-feeling, this newspaper will tt- self contribute 4,500,900 votes, mak {ng a grand tota] of Five Million, Four Hundred Thousand votes. The ballote are now rolling in so fast that it is impossible to count all each 24 houre, so as to make accurate announcements. Hence the Beauty Editor has de cided that for awhile at least, he will not make a dally announce ment of the net results but w reserve figures for later in f contest SENSATIONAL FINDINGSMORE THAN $100,000 INHIS HANDS) JOHN RIPLINGER HANDLED FORTUNE IN} , 'NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM PUB aca @ professional life is cm SF < — i Mievare. ‘I'here eit up mz| According | LISHES REPORT OF INTERSTATE COM syeneet’jon,| . CONTRACT MONEY WHILE IN. OFFICE— ae MERCE COMMISSION SHOWING UP THE "= (co CONTRACTORS WILL BE CONSULTED BY @ection of 1905 no ac * « Fates wee such that (t might MAMMOTH BAD PRACTICES OF THE EXPERTS—NO WORD OF COMPTROL- A daa Aca RAILROAD MASTER. ¢ MMe Weft ear. LER'’S WHEREABOUTS. had a tobe i " - - * ow (Seripps Telegragh Service.) and demand that th awa prote " > . ° hn F ne believe a ma and have him , NEW YORK in . * . eenstherel ' wha canceled sof Hay. © . 2 . pr T . = ge | : TQ WIN ‘ | @ mered T was passed by ‘ " aoe Offers Reperation. time recess was ; Ps $ ; a have bet a. ahees - . - . Pa : . x $. Maly course. Whatever - cone T 3 nm the t as ppre tal of al a ® the day w ‘ ng. nt — ww prey ae foe 3 (Sert Telegraph Service. . RS 2 . 1 ‘ off Prowe 3 atio: an tncreas " . nA , Mae ntos’ He a fee r : reteg| baa ‘groatiee ana op | nice ioe roe , yp Raglan pi Recta oO ; paper | used » stock to ntr extracts of “ i a at how the replie h ym ¢ ation a the " stock watering " ta pul ecinning the strike mesnbers af the clerical force out } ower in in Honduraa ia that which was received from Los x geles in April. a The extra work of calling all the individual contractors made necessary by the absence all records of the transactions the comptroller’s office save the four pass books that were turné@ over ; : £ HUGHES’ PUBLIC UTILITY BIL PASSES NEW YORK STATE'S ASSEMBLY — MEANS PRESk DENTIAL HONORS, (Sertpps Telegraph Service.) ALBANY, N. Y., May 15.—Gow Hughes public utility Dil unaniny ously passed the assembly today, This undoubtedly means that Hughes will be New York's candi: jate for president The bill is assured of passage in the other house next week. TOWA ASSOCIATION MEPTING OF THE There will be a meeting of the Iowa lation at the Alaska. ( rooms on Friday, May ? Tat 8 por All former wans requested to be pres ” be set for boldin; summer picnic.