CONTENTS
Franklin Hichborn
Chapter
Page
I.
The Union Labor Party Movement
11
II.
The Ruef Board of Supervisors
22
III.
The San Francisco Ruef Ruled
30
IV.
San Francisco After the Fire of 1906
49
V.
Graft Prosecution Opens
73
VI.
Ruef’s Fight to Take the District Attorney’s Office
87
VII.
Oliver Grand Jury Impaneled
96
VIII.
Ruef Loses Fight for District Attorney’s Office
107
IX.
Ruef and Schmitz Indicted
110
X.
Fight to Evade Trial
121
XI.
Ruef a Fugitive
130
XII.
The Trapping of the Supervisors
139
XIII.
Confessions of the Bribe-taking Supervisors
154
XIV.
The Source of the Bribe Money
168
XV.
Ruef Pleads Guilty to Extortion
186
XVI.
Schmitz Convicted of Extortion
208
XVII.
Schmitz Ousted from Office
215
XVIII.
The Real Fight Begins
240
XIX.
The Glass Trials and Conviction
269
XX.
The Ford Trials and Acquittals
279
XXI.
The San Francisco Election of 1907
300
XXII.
Higher Courts Free Schmitz and Ruef
320
XXIII.
The Defense Becomes Arrogant
335
XXIV.
Jury Fixing Uncovered
357
XXV.
The Shooting of Heney
370
XXVI.
The Calhoun Trial
388
XXVII.
The San Francisco Election of 1909
405
XXVIII.
Dismissal of the Graft Cases
425
XXIX.
Ruef’s Last Refuge Fails
440
XXX.
Conclusion
455
APPENDIX.
Judge Lawlor’s Ruling in Motion to Dismiss Graft Cases
i
How the Supervisors Were Bribed
vii
Gallagher’s Order Removing Langdon from Office of District Attorney
xii
The Ruef “Immunity Contract”
xix
“Immunity Contract” Given Supervisors
xxi
District Attorney Langdon’s Plan for Reorganizing the Municipal Government
xxii
Roosevelt’s Letter to Spreckels on the Graft Situation
xxv
Governor Johnson’s Statement Regarding Ruef’s Imprisonment
xxviii
Schmitz’s Attempt to Control San Francisco’s Relief Funds
xxxiii
Receipts and Disbursements of the Graft Prosecution
xxxiv
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