Word: schmitz
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Stephen Sohier Bigelow, of Boston; Frederick William Brune, of Baltimore, Md.; Bernard Shirley Carter, of London, Eng.; John Farwell Fuller, of Clinton; Eugene Schmitz Greider, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Lawrence Hemenway, of Readville; Joseph Dervan Hickey, of Brookline; George Henry Howard, 3d, of San Mateo, Cal.; Malcolm Justin Logan, of South Boston; Chauncey Chester Loomis, of Mereta, Tex.; George Wilhelm Merck, of West Orange, N. J.; Earl Ray North, cum laude, of Harvard, Neb.; Frank Perry Olds, of Rockville, Conn.; Robert Benjamin Parker, Jr., of Ipswich; Leo Francis Ready, of Brighton; Geoffrey Marshall Taylor, of New York, N. Y.; Paul...
...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...
...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 is sure...