Word: ruef
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...famous Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone trial in Colorado, he secured the confession of Harry Orchard which created such a tremendous sensation at the time. The San Francisco graft cases were under his investigation, and the evidence which he obtained enabled the state to send Mayor Schmitz and Ruef to jail...
...with which to carry out the work, and the prosecution was begun. The task was particularly difficult, as not only the leading attorneys, but all the detective agencies had been bribed by the gambling interests. After several months investigation, however, enough evidence had been collected to force Boss Ruef, Mayor Schmitz, and others to confess. Nevertheless, in spite of their confession, the men were acquitted by the Supreme Court of the State. The courts in California are open to criticism on the score of integrity and it is often the case that wherever there is political corruption, business corruption...
...Older, editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, Francis J. Heney, who was chosen to conduct the prosecution because of his success in the Oregon land fraud case, and William J. Burns, the well-known detective. Evidence of fraud was traced even to the bankers of the public service corporations. Ruef, the boss, confessed, as did most of the supervisors. Many of the richest men in the state were indicted...
...fight which followed, California was divided into two hostile parties, one with Spreckels, the other against him. Spreckels was beaten and Heney failed in election to the district attorneyship. Ruef was then granted another trial, in spite of his confession...