‘the system’ as uncovered by the san francisco

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes   CONTENTS I.     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