innocent. Does any person claim Ruef to be innocent? If guilty, then to
him must apply the usual prison discipline and rules.

There is to-day in the same prison with Ruef a poor, uneducated,
friendless Greek, the product of the graft prosecution just as Ruef is.
Claudianes is serving a life sentence for dynamiting Gallagher's
residence and almost murdering seven people. Claudianes was paid to do
the dynamiting that Gallagher might be put out of the way. He was the
ignorant, sodden instrument of men who would not stop even at murder;
but he was only the miserable tool after all. No appeal has been made to
me for Claudianes. No petitions have been presented in his behalf, no
organized effort for his release, no threats of political annihilation
unless clemency be extended to him. Why? Is it because Claudianes is
unknown, ignorant, friendless, moneyless?

                The Unjust Charge of Racial Prejudice.

Every cheap politician has been quick to seize upon the Ruef case and
endeavor to make political capital for himself or create hostility to me
out of it. Among the baseless and outrageous things that have been
published is that Ruef is not granted special privileges and immunities
because of racial prejudice. When Ruef was denied parole, denied with
him were men of many races. No one has claimed that these were denied
parole because of race prejudice.

In San Quentin to-day are thirty-one Jews. Thirteen of these, for one
reason or another, have at times lost their privileges. Is it possible
that Ruef is the only man to be considered? No complaint is made for the
thirty-one, or for the thirteen. Since February 1, 1912, twenty-seven
Jews have been paroled from San Quentin. Six of these have been returned
for violations of parole. In relation to the twenty-seven or the six
there has been neither outcry nor protest nor publicity nor effort of
any sort. Why the astounding, organized effort and publicity campaign
for Ruef alone?

The appointments that have been made by this administration include
Rabbi Meyer, H. Weinstock, Paul Sinsheimer, Simon Lubin, Miss Steinhart,
Julius Jacobs, E. Franklin, Louis Frankenheimer, A. Sapiro, Jacob
Alexander, A. Bonnheim, Miss Peixotto, Judge Cerf and many others. No
list of more able and patriotic men and women in the service of any
State could be furnished than this.

Is Ruef the sole test of every question?

To two young men of Jewish faith lately have been granted pardons. No
tremendous petitions loaded down with the names of politicians, no
extraordinary publicity was presented in their behalf.

Is there no man in the list of appointees to whom in pride we may all
yield our praise? Is there no man among the 3,300 prisoners in San
Quentin and Folsom who justly can arouse efforts in his behalf? Or is
the sole test of official action by the Prison Directors of California
or the Chief Executive of the State to be the disregard of every other
man's rights and the granting to Ruef alone of a privilege that none
other enjoys?

                    California Prisons To-day.

In the discussion that has ensued from the Ruef case and because of the
Ruef case, the prisons have been said to be the one part of the present
administration that is not progressive, and that they are yet a relic of
the Herrin machine. Nothing could be further from the fact. I challenge
contradiction of the following statements:

California is in the forefront of all the States in the management of
her prisons. In matters of food, shelter, clothing, employment,
recreation, medical attention, opportunities for education, general
freedom consistent with discipline, encouragement of decent tendencies,
and =in the number of paroles= (although these have been granted under the
half term rule), no State has gone further.

Within the past three years the strait-jacket, the water-cure and the
hooks, once so freely used, have not been tolerated. Every form of
corporal punishment has been abolished. When prisoners are received the
effort is made to get the history of the crime and possible cause of it,
and then to apply corrective measures intelligently. As soon as
received, every newcomer is given a thorough physical examination and
his teeth are looked after by a dentist. It not infrequently happens
that the first place a man is quartered in is the hospital. Special
attention is given to tuberculars, alcoholics and dope fiends.
Wassermann tests are made for the slightest indication of blood taint,
and the best treatment afforded. After the physician and dentist
conclude their examinations, the newcomer is turned over to the Director
of Education, who endeavors to take the man's mental measurement and get
at his moral status. There are now 200 pupils in the day school at San
Quentin, and three rooms of thirty each in the night school. The
educational facilities are being constantly increased. Two hundred and
twenty-six are enrolled in the academic courses with the University of
California and by correspondence are receiving their training from our
great institutions of learning. The State Use system, which was enacted
in 1911, furnishes work in industries for the State. In the matter of
food the State purchases the best and the rations issued are abundant.
Sanitary conditions are a model in the newly constructed portions of the
prison and the best possible in the old construction.

In the last three years 1372 paroles have been granted by this harsh,
cruel and outrageous Prison Board, as against 1132 granted in all the
years from 1893 to 1910 inclusive. The paroles have been granted,
however, justly. Because one was not granted unjustly and unfairly, the
record of the Prison Board counts for naught.

I have purposely refrained from discussing the character of Ruef's
crimes or any matters extraneous to the one issue presented. I have
tried to make clear that I believe Ruef should be treated just as the
least known prisoner is treated. That his advocates wish him to be
treated otherwise because he is Ruef will be clear to any who will
reflect that had Ruef been paroled and the other 77 denied parole there
would have been no agitation; if Ruef were granted what others were
denied, there would be no fulminations against the Prison Board and
petty politicians would not have seized upon recent events to bow and
scrape and bend and crawl to the organized power of Ruef.

      SCHMITZ'S ATTEMPT TO CONTROL SAN FRANCISCO RELIEF FUNDS.

In the early part of June, 1906, it was agreed that a committee
consisting of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Judge W. W. Morrow and James D.
Phelan should go to Washington, in order to interest Congress in some
project for financing the rebuilding of San Francisco.

Before their departure, Mayor Schmitz invited them and other members of
the Committee of Fifty to his residence, where a luncheon was served.
During the luncheon he stated that the Board of Supervisors were about
to resume their public functions for which they were elected by the
people, and the private persons who were administering the affairs of
the city doubtless would employ their abilities for the rehabilitation
of their own business, and he suggested that the relief fund be turned
over to the Board of Supervisors for distribution. Judge Morrow, Mr.
Phelan and others protested that it was not the function of the
Supervisors to distribute relief, and that there was a trust
relationship existing between the donors and the finance committee of
the Relief and Red Cross Funds. After the luncheon, the Mayor handed Mr.
Phelan his transportation, but later in the afternoon Mr. Phelan,
suspicious of his purpose, sent word to the Mayor that he had decided to
remain in the city. He remained behind to protect the funds.

As subsequently developed in the graft investigations, the Supervisors
had accused the Mayor of abandoning the city government to his enemies,
and insisted upon the enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of
their office, and that the work of distributing relief at that time was
the principal business of the city.

          RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF PROSECUTION FROM
                 JUNE, 1906, TO MAY 17, 1909

      (As shown by testimony taken at trial of Patrick Calhoun.)

                           RECEIPTS.

     Subscription account                            $ 73,384.75
     Subscription account R. Spreckels                138,478.05
     Cash received by W. J. Burns                       1,278.70
     Refunded by the Bulletin account Older case          250.00
                                                     -----------
                                                     $213,391.50

                          DISBURSEMENTS.

W. J. BURNS ACCOUNT: W. J. Burns account, personal, $12,357.45; office
expenses, $1,911.43; office furniture, $671.50; carriage hire, $27.25;
auto hire, $2,700.75; auto expense, $4,162.36; traveling expense,
$1,302.15; telegrams, $797.79; The Bulletin, $309.55; incidentals,
$158.50; paid for account City and County of San Francisco, $223.52;
detective services, $70,572.65; detective expenses, $27,277.35; extra
salaries, $778.55. Total, $123,250.80.

F. J. HENEY ACCOUNT: Rent, $3,186.25; office expense, $1,522.02; private
exchange and operator, $1,949.22; telegrams, $316.82; postage and
messenger expense, $280.26; traveling expense, $118.45; office salaries,
$8,684.67; office furniture, $433.50; auto and carriage hire, $957.05;
stenographic and legal expense, $2,147.37; detective expense, $4,232.61.
Total, $23,828.22.

SUNDRY DISBURSEMENTS: P. Dolman, $5,087.65; Hiram W. Johnson,
$11,000.00; J. J. Dwyer, $13,400.00; C. W. Cobb, $10,000.00; legal
expense, official count for judges, $191.50; George J. Cleary, $70.00;
L. Kavanaugh, $506.20; D. M. Duffy, $1,878.85; W. J. Burns, $17,195.00;
Jas. Foley, $1,010.00; Miler & Co., $40.00; automobiles, $5,100.00; auto
expense, $815.98. Total, $66,295.18.

          Total disbursements      $213,374.20
          Balance, cash                  17.30
                                   -----------
                                   $213,391.50

                   ITEMS, W. J. BURNS ACCOUNT.

=Personal=: Salary, $8,548.80; subsistence, $2,081.75; rent, $1,726.90.
Total, $12,357.45.

=Office Expenses=: Rent (R. L. Radke Co.), $935.00; telephone, P. S. T. &
T. Co., $398.93; light and heat--E. D. Feil, $25.00; W. G. Stafford,
$8.00; mantels, $0.95--$33.95; towels (Star Towel Sup. Co.), $15.80;
newspapers, $46.40; P. O. Box, U. S. A., $12.00; stamps, U. S. A.,
$20.40; Purity Water Co., $12.00; advertising--Call, $1.60; Examiner,
$3.40--$5.00; car fare, $3.20; stationery--Library Bureau, $7.40;
Mysell-Rollins, $3.00; Barry Co., $9.75; Brown & Power, $59.90; E. H.
Wobber and others, $76.70--$156.75; typewriter expense-Vaughn, $56.30;
Revalk, $77.10; Underwood, $5.50--$138.90; stenographic, $43.80 (L. F.
Hurlburt, et al.); incidentals--pans, $0.40; opening Marchand's safe,
$10.00; safe dep. Crocker, $6.00; painting floor, $1.00; N. Y. Exchange,
$0.95; express charges, $8.40; keys, $3.25; paint, $1.00; tel.
directory, $1.50; stars (spec.), $5.25; city directories, $9.00; elect.
buzzer, $1.35; show cards (A. Unsworth), $18.50; show card frames (Young
& Rhodes), $2.00; whetstone, $0.70; hauling, $5.00; moving safe (Gorham
& Thomas), $15.00--$89.30. Total office expenses, $1,911.43.

=Office Furniture=: Lamp, $3.55; two desk lamps, $7.80; J. Breuner Co.,
$68.00; water heater, $19.20; Library Bureau, $78.00; Ladd's Gun Store,
$55.50; safe (Freeman, Brewster, McCabe), $165.00; 2 gas heaters,
$13.10; Spencer Desk Co., $37.50; Geo. Walcom (curtains) $3.35; E.
Emerson (desk), $10.00; Olympic Arms Co., $28.55; Library Bureau,
$40.50; L. & E. Emanuel, $12.00; Acme Furn. Co., $96.75; Hale's, $23.20;
C. P. Stanton, $9.50. Total, $671.50.

=Carriage Hire=: Kelly, $2.50, $4.00, $5.00, $3.00, $12.75. Total, $27.25.

=Auto Hire=: Scott, $15.00, $5.00, $50.00, $65.00, $10.00; H. M. Owens,
$20.00; W. J. Burns, $90.00; March 30th, $207.50; Ruef's arrest, $10.00;
F. J. Heney, $10.00; W. J. Burns, $5.00; April 27th, $32.50; L.
Heidinger, $25.00; Auto Livery Co., $73.50, $92.50; Kelly, $32.50; Otis
Patkhill, $45.00; Auto L. Co., $538.00; A. S. Lathaw, $105.00; Auto
Livery Co., $296.50, $60.00, $20.00; M. Mamlock, $17.50; Auto Livery,
$78.00; Cal. & Coulter, $25.00; F. Coulter, $42.50; Auto Livery Co.,
$25.00; Auto Livery Co., $288.00; Zimmerline Bros., $5.75; Auto Livery
Co., $132.50, $22.50, $190.50, $35.00, $22.50; Broadway Garage, $8.00.
Total, $2,700.75.

=Auto Expense=: Goggles, $3.50; sundries, $9.35; Harris Rubber Co.,
$120.98; Harris Rubber Co., $70.10; Geo. P. Moore Co., $12.30; Geo. P.
Moore Co., $9.35; Harris Rubber Co., $48.58; Chanslor Lyon, $30.88;
Harris Rubber Co., $24.39; Bauer Lamp, $1.50; Bauer Lamp, $4.50; Auto
Livery, $132.00; Auto Livery, $2.00; Chans. & Lyon, $12.75; Chans. &
Lyon, $14.05; G. P. Moore, $26.90; G. P. Moore, $6.12; Arcade Garage,
$51.20; towing auto, $5.00; Irvine Mch. Wks., $114.60; Harris Rubber
Co., $6.00; Franklin Car, $59.12; Gillig & Son, $9.00; Gillig & Son,
$5.00; Arcade Garage, $149.45; Arcade Garage, $134.25; G. P. Moore Co.,
$3.00; H. W. Bogen, $103.50; H. W. Bogen, $127.00; Pioneer Auto Co.,
$0.75; Pioneer Auto Co., $5.40; Gorham Rubber Co., $35.00; Berg Auto
Supply Co., $1.50; Pioneer Garage, $6.00; Keenan Bros., $51.80; Keenan
Bros., $23.05; Pioneer Garage, $186.70; Diamond Rubber Co., $222.50;
Pioneer Auto Co., $2.50; Pioneer Auto Co., $24.00; Auto Livery Co.,
$166.00; G. P. Moore, $2.50; G. P. Moore, $4.50; Harris Rubber Co.,
$2.25; Arcade, $151.60; Arcade, $151.50; Bogan, $9.75; Bogan, $39.00;
Pioneer, $3.00; Pioneer, $1.00; tire repair, $0.75; Pacific Gar.,
$12.85; Pacific Gar., $97.40; Arcade, $123.35; Keenan, $11.00; Keenan,
$13.95; Chans. & L., $3.25; Chans. & L., $2.50; Bogen, $9.85; Bogen,
$7.00; Osen & Hunter, $109.45; Pacific Gar., $5.25; Pacific Gar.,
$70.00; Irvington Garage, $71.50; Pioneer, $8.50; Pioneer, $6.00; J. E.
Elkington & Sons, $55.50; Continental R. Co., $88.88; Schwartz &
Gotlieb, $8.00; C. & L., $12.45; Pacific, $9.75; Pacific, $11.25;
Spreckels Garage, $384.85; Sunset Garage, $14.50; Spreckels Garage,
$82.65; Pioneer, $7.00; Letcher, S. Jose, $4.00; Keenan, $104.05;
Pioneer Auto Co., $10.50; Pacific, $29.10; Halls Auto Rep., $32.30;
Studebaker, $17.91; Arcade, $159.15; Spreckels Garage, $185.25; Jerome
Garage, $2.25; Miller Bros., $8.75; Goodyear, $5.00; Cr. H. W. Bogen,
$10.00. Net total, $4,162.36.

=Traveling Expense=: Kendall to Portland, $20.00; Ferry, $1.05; Halsey,
$493.40; Geo. Burns, round trip home, $130.00; baggage transfer, $1.50;
trip to Oakland, auto, etc., $7.10; trip to Oakland, auto, etc., $6.60;
B. T. Block to San Jose, $2.15; ferryage auto, etc., $15.35; ferryage
auto, etc., $6.60; F. A. Leach, $230.00; B. A. Libby, $100.00; ferryage,
auto. etc., $1.90; ferryage auto, etc., $1.90; ferryage auto, etc.,
$1.00; W. J. Burns to Los Angeles, $57.40; W. J. Burns, $2.10; Slater
witness Ford case, $168.90; trips Okd. Gallagher case, $13.20; Marie
Ware McK. Port. S. F. Ret., $50.00; Cr. F. H. Leach, witness Ford case,
$8.00. Net total, $1,302.15.

=Telegrams=: $797.79.

=The Bulletin=: 30,000 papers (10-31, 1908) $309.55.

=Incidentals=: Christmas turkeys, $37.85; 5 glove orders, $10.00; theater
party, $6.00; C. P. Stanton (burglar alarm), $57.25; S. F. Call 1400
Jones, $2.25; expense account Blake case, $3.50; lunches, W. J. Burns et
al., $41.65. Total, $158.50.

=Paid for account City and County of San Francisco=: Exchange on
Washington, D. C., sent to F. A. Leach, witness, to cover expenses to S.
F., $250.00; less amount refunded by City and County of San Francisco,
$26.48--$223.52.

=Detective Services and Expenses=: D. F. Cecil, services $2,396.00,
expenses $942.50; H. J. Woolman, services $476.00, expenses $328.00; R.
J. Bergen, services $708.00, expenses $510.50; R. H. Perry, $3,095.00,
expenses $1,318.05; I. H. Henderson, services $350.00, expenses $188.85;
E. S. Spaulding, services $2,820.00, expenses $550.70; W. W. Farrell,
services $704.00, expenses $196.50; L. G. Carpenter, services $225.00;
expenses, $170.20; R. S. Spaulding, services $2,042.00, expenses
$378.25; J. G. Lawlor, services $2,837.50, expenses $1,221.63; I. J.
Scott, expenses $30.00; E. G. Borden, services $78.00; P. Hendirard,
services $202.00, expenses $200.55; R. J. Burns, $2,810.00, expenses
$2,076.47; S. S. Simon, services $206.00; B. Kohlman, services $248.00,
expenses $18.75; G. E. Burns, services $2,510.00, expenses $4,369.62; C.
F. Oliver, services $2,920.00, expenses $833.85; C. P. Fox, services
$472.50, expenses $265.35; S. G. R. Ollsen, $40.00; G. W. Hess,
$1,595.00, expenses $1,250.22; J. McCarthy, services $1,313.00, expenses
$227.35; J. C. Saulman, services $110.00, expenses $1.20; L. Pring,
services $44.00; L. Cullen, services $60.00; M. C. Doyle, services
$52.00; D. M. Duffy, services $150.00; Chas. Wyman, services $20.00; A.
Steffens, $45.00; A. Greggains, services $780.00, expenses $665.85; J.
H. Shiner, services $480.00, expenses $310.80; P. F. Roller, $290.00,
expenses $349,20; P. E. Sowers, services $410.00, expenses $284.10; T.
R. Sullivan, services $320.00, expenses $328.55; D. McCarthy, services
$948.00, expenses $114.21; J. Compton, services $1,880.00, expenses
$81.40; R. Ellis, services $246.00, expenses $6.00; P. Bergin, services
$20.00, expenses $17.00; C. P. Stanton, services $2,645.00, expenses
$4.20; H. Sullivan, services $95.00, expenses $1.70; J. S. Hensley,
services $140.00; James Foley, services $2,335.00, expenses $134.10; J.
F. Severney, services $285.00, expenses $15.55; A. Hornberg, services
$44.00; E. W. Stow, services $342.00, expenses $216.60; G. M. Insley,
$1,417.00, expenses $414.45; B. F. Daman, services $1,148.00, expenses
$529.80; L. C. Caldwell, $896.00, expenses $360.25; R. N. Hamlin,
services $1,902.00, expenses $50.00; F. Kingsberg, services $90.00; W.
Bettiee, services $1,068.00, expenses $164.25; W. J. Dewer, services
$160.00; J. F. Clark, services $1,072.00, expenses $501.29; W. J. Biggy,
Jr., services $260.00, expenses $35.40; M. C. Perry, services $144.00,
expenses $109.00; C. A. Spaulding, services $336.00, expenses $109.70;
E. T. Newsome, services $364.00, expenses $58.85; F. J. Barry, services
$32.00; J. H. Hamilton, services $26.00; R. C. Schindler, services
$1,483.00, expenses $706.85; W. S. Schindler, services, $1,161.00,
expenses $224.15; O. G. Schleicher, services $340.00, expenses $122.66;
E. A. Platt, services $1,205.00, expenses $315.20; W. H. Russell,
services $1,305.00, expenses $298.30; S. B. Priest, services $210.00,
expenses $1.40; E. J. Whiskatchies, services $1,200.00, expenses
$484.85; E. W. Madden, services $255.00, expenses $33.35; J. M.
Creighton, services $1,494.00, expenses $667.60; G. E. Madden, services
$30.00, expenses $1.70; J. Crawford, services $35.00; E. Graf, services
$20.00; expenses $7.00; W. Duchion, services $100.00; J. V. Thompson,
services $72.00, expenses $13.00; F. C. Boden, expenses $62.35; F. F.
McGee, services $50.00; M. L. Doyle, services $286.00; E. M. Burgoyne,
services $84.00, expenses $53.95; C. Bernstein, services $64.00; E.
Goldstein, services $92.00, expenses $15.25; H. C. Willer, services
$216.00; J. W. F. Jackson, services $384.00, expenses $178.50; D. L.
Chiles, services $20.00; Mrs. May Schindler, services $154.50, expenses
$3.50; L. Gold, services $805.00, expenses $58.65; J. M. Ullmache,
services $40.00, expenses $93.20; C. P. Snell, services $12.00, expenses
$0.65; W. C. Heney, services $1,939.00, expenses $20.05; E. C. Lange,
services $42.00; expenses $2.60; E. Emerson, services $365.00, expenses
$79.15; J. McKenzie, services $47.00; O. Hooper, services $85.00,
expenses $12.45; Geo. Mane, services $15.00; Chas. Cook, services
$40.00, expenses $0.80; C. T. Oliver, Jr., services $236.00, expenses
$25.80; D. W. Armstrong, services $5.00; F. A. Neary, services $280.00,
expenses $42.50; P. D. Code, services $280.00, expenses $35.65; Martin
Judge, services $40.00; J. D. Silverthew, services $14.00, expenses
$1.71; G. Hague, services $68.00; W. J. Kelly, services $199.00,
expenses $3.75; S. G. Whitney, services $52.00, expenses $6.65; C. F.
Schneider, services $148.00, expenses $9.30; L. R. Mower, services
$34.00, expenses $26.50; G. L. Doolittle, services $26.00, expenses
$7.10; W. A. Conneau, services $25.00, expenses $2.20; E. S. Newsome,
services $125.00; J. M. Creighton, services $615.00, expenses $200.00;
H. Beasly, services $175.00; L. J. Cass, services $155.00; L. Murphy,
services $230.00; Ed. Hornback, services $71.00; E. M. ----, services
$435.00, expenses $44.80; P. Berr, services $36.00; S. J. Rohan,
services $70.00; Geo. Yearaner, services $237.50, expenses $11.60; E.
Vetisarator, services $63.00; F. C. Boden, services $150.00; T. C.
McGiff, services $12.00; H. J. Loventzen, services $680.00, expenses
$471.25; A. H. Barr, services $748.00, expenses $2.00; P. M. McGee,
expenses $100.50; N. Komgold, services $525.00, expenses $37.35; E.
Gensler, services $15.00, W. J. Otts, services $510.00, expenses
$423.85; J. H. Dewey, services $30.00, expenses $6.75; W. C. Knox,
services $180.00; M. F. ----, services $1,162.50, expenses $363.00; J.
M. Kelly, services $35.00; R. H. Schouatt, services $161.00, expenses
$2.25; D. S. Hutchins, services $80.00, expenses $40.45; Chas. Goff,
services $127.15; C. P. Morey, Jr., services $10.00; S. F. ----,
services $95; Jesse A. Gahans, services $30.00; A. Setrakian, services
$12.00, expenses $14.50; E. E. Kam, services $10.00; J. Walsh, services
$25.00. Total services, $70,572.65; expenses, $27,277.35.

=Extra Salaries=: O. F. Holmes, $25.00; S. S. Simon, $5.00; O. F. Holmes,
$48.25; W. J. Flynn and 2 assts., $73.00; Wyman, $20.00; Steffen,
$20.00; T. Lonergan, $50.00; T. Lonergan, $50.00; T. Lonergan, $50.00;
Cullen-Watchman, $28.00; A. Fromberg, $8.00; G. H. Knox, $5.00; A. B.
Lycaw, $48.80; W. J. Flynn, $50.00; securing information at Roys, $5.50;
D. M. Duffy, $104.50; C. A. Sage, $30.20; B. Bergen, $20.80; P.
Callender, $25.00; P. Callender, $2.00; J. C. Brown, $30.00; D. W.
Armstrong, $10.00; D. W. Armstrong, $25.00; D. E. Scales, $5.00; Bob
Ellis, $15.00; D. W. Armstrong, $1.00; S. Hitchcock, $1.00; D. Wilkie,
$25.00. Total, $778.55.

                ITEMS FRANCIS J. HENEY ACCOUNT.

=Rent of Office=: $3,186.25.

=Office Expenses=: Water, light, heat (repairs gas fixtures, $4.88; purity
water, $22.75; Stafford & Co., $297.93; S. F. G. & E. Co., $209.59; gas
regulator, $4.76; Gas Appliance Co., $18.00; gas mantels, $3.00; Bush &
Lind, $17.00); stationery (E. H. Wobber & Co., et al., $314.90;
numbering machine, $5.00; I. Upham Co., $97.23; Brown & Power, $1.00;
Schmidt L. & L. Co., $6.00; Badescu Prtg. Co., $2.50); typewriter,
rental and supplies (Remington T. W. Co., $139.80; Smith Premier, T. W.,
$8.00; Typewritorium, $7.50); newspapers, $126.15; janitor supplies
(scavenger, $16.59; towels, $26.44; C. Brown & Sons, $19.80; J. H.
Reardon, $2.40; W. E. Johnson, $3.35; Greenblatt & Co., $1.80; Newman &
Levinson, $2.55; Brittain & Co., $19.00; O'Connor, Moffatt, $3.00; W. T.
Wiley, $3.00; H. G. Root, $14.33; S. P. Co., $1.33; carpet-cleaning,
$7.55; Hill & Co., $18.50); sundries, C. P. Stanton et al., $85.14;
glazing, $11.25. Total, $1,522.02.

=Private Exchange, Telephone and Operator=: $1,949.22.

=Telegrams=: $316.82.

=Postage and Messenger Service=: $280.26.

=Traveling Expenses=: $118.45.

=Office Salaries=: J. H. Reardon, $1,050.00; W. E. Johnson, $1,650.00;
Miss O. O. McShane, $1,934.66; Mrs. Smith, $806.25; Mrs. L. E. Russell,
$2,085.00; C. H. Stanton, $377.51; janitress, $156.25; voucher No. 1,
Jany. 31, 1907; no detail, $625.00. Total, $8,684.67.

=Office Furniture=: J. Behrn & Co., $15.75; Fuller Desk Co., $27.00;
Rucker Desk Co., $142.25; J. Breuner Co., $28.50; O'Connor, Moffatt,
$91.65; Goodyear Rubber Co., $3.50; Sloane & Co., $52.37; G. Lipman,
$7.50; Bush & Lind, $27.89; C. Brown & Sons, $6.05; shelving $10.00;
Jewel Gas Appliance Co., $21.04. Total, $433.50.

=Auto and Carriage Hire=: United Carriage Co., $100.25; Pacific Garage,
$100.00; Auto Livery, $70.00; Kelly's, $8.50; Arcade Garage, $5.00; Tom
Sawyer, $17.50; J. W. Burke, $3.00; Max Mamlock, $15.00; T. White,
$5.00; L. D. Crane, $632.80. Total, $957.05.

=Stenographic and Legal Expense=: L. Kavanaugh, $1,031.00; T. B. Elderkin;
$83.40; G. W. Smith, $28.00; State of California, $3.50; H. Hernon,
$18.10; County Clerk, $6.00; citation for Codes, $0.37; express on
briefs, $2.65; F. L. Gauhey, $2.00; F. M. Handy, $1.50; R. B. Treat,
$1.75; D. W. Burchard, $200.00; S. Potter, $15.00; notary fees, $2.00;
H. Harper, $96.15; C. Bennett, $5.00; A. W. Reynolds, $13.20; W. C.
Bristol, $77.15; H. C. Finkler, $6.40; Richards & Carrier, $258.20; Mrs.
M. Moore, $10.00; Mr. Webb, $3.00; Mrs. C. Jellison, $5.80; D. Young,
expert, $25.00; C. D. Stewart, expert, $189.00; G. W. Reynolds, expert,
$63.00. Total, $2,147.37.

=Detective Expense=: W. J. Burns, $2,416.95; I. Rittenhouse et al.,
$1,815.66. Total, $4,232.61.

Transcriber's Note

Footnotes 355 and 477 are missing. Footnote 301 has duplicate anchors.
The misnumbering is retained as printed. Footnote 427 refers to "Chapter
XV 'The Ford Trials'." Chapter XX is entitled "The Ford Trials and
Acquittals". The apparent reference, however, may be to a separate
volume, so it has been retained.

Some words are spelled multiple ways (e.g. 'indorse'/'endorse',
'employe'/'employee', 'Beaney'/'Beany'). These variants are retained.
Some words (e.g. 'increditably' for 'incredibly') are likely mistakes
and are corrected and noted. The author regularly elides the second 'l'
in words like 'wilfully' and 'skilfully'. Where the word (e.g.,
'subpoenaes') appears in quoted material, it appears as printed.

'Pittsburg' (PA), without the ending 'h' is left as printed, since the
letter had been officially removed in 1890, but was restored only in
1911 as this text was being written.

Hyphenation is also somewhat irregular. Occurrences of hyphens at line
breaks are resolved according to other instances in the text, or if
there are none, in accordance with modern usage.

The following list includes apparent errors found in the original text.
Where there is an obvious typographical error, as opposed to a spelling
variant, the correction has been made and appear in the text as like
this. Where the error occurs in a note, the page referred to is the
location of the page where the note begins, though the error may appear
in a continuation on a following page. The [] brackets are used to
denote the error, either by changing, omitting, adding or reversing
characters. A slash (/) denotes the change required to gain a correct
usage.

a[c]count (33 n30); proper[t]y-owners (39, n28); fi[r]st (103, n108);
any felony or [or/of] any misdemeanors (107, n113); Commis[s]ioner (112
n120); el[e]cting (127 n140); intere[r/s]ts (182 n204); convi[n]ction
(221 n239); bri[k/b]e-taking (231 n251); incredi[ta]bly (256);
assoc[i]ates (273); seriou[t/s] (276); I though[t] it was (291);
sta[u]nchly (305); dum[b]founded (326); hundr[e]d (351, n354);
offer[i]ng (338 n360); dir[e]ct (342 n368); kidnap[p]ing (379 n415);
advan[at/ta]ge (390 n424); embar[r]assment (426 n458); an[n]ouncement
(428 n461); parol[l]ed (441); poli[ti]cal (459); testimo[u/n]y (xxxiv);
station[a/e]ry (xxxv); [a/A] uto Livery (xxxv)

The following is a list of punctuation corrections, where the printed
image is ambiguous, or simply wrong, in favor of correct usage. Court
transcripts were not entirely consistent in the handling of quotations,
especially hear-say quotations.

  p. 74 n77     The People vs. Patrick Calhoun[./,]

  p. 75 n79     pages 3837 and on[,] 3746, 3743

  p. 100 n107   ['/"]butt in['/"]
                it was Ford who did it.[']"

  p. 125 n136   a writ of habeas corpus (150 California, p. 665[.)/).]

  p. 158 n171   He (Ruef) said, ["/']All right, if he comes around I
                will talk with him.[']"

  p. 174        a third telephone company[./,]

  p. 222 n240   Ten per cent[.] of the amount subscribed

  p. 245 n265   putting the United Railroads out of business.['/"]

  p. 331 n354   notorious. [i/I]n not so doing

  p. 339 n363   I don't want to hear anything more about Ruef's
                testimony.[']"

  p. 358 n391   he did telephone to Mr. Langdon.["]

  p. 367 n402   have the $10,000.["]
                ["/']One year after date
                The notes read, ["/']One year