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Show i MAYOR SCHMITZ f IS FOUND GUILTY San Francisco Jury Convicts City's Chief Executive of y Graft Crime Charged j Convicted Man Declares He Did Not . ,' Get a Square Deal From Court I F. and Vvjll, Appeal Case. Crowd , Applauds Verdict. g A it f , Snn Francisco. A Jury of twelvo if. ; of his peers has. declared Mayor , Kugene B. Schmltz guilty of tho j crime of extortion as chnrged against, ' i him by tho Oliver grand Jury. t L Tho Jury was out JiUljohour and , j thirty-live minutes. ' . . When tho foreman of tho Jury nn- (' ' jiouncod tho verdict of guilty, the 1 ' Inrgo crowd prksCntJnplio'catirt'Vpaiii expressed Its approval by shoutH of "Good! Good!" Mayoifl8chmltE, nfje .ho'arlng) itjio i' vcriltcl7 Issued tho following state ment: "No tnatter,vhnt tho decision '. of tho Jury which wuBjrgoUontogothor under 'bnjst, adverse circumstances re-, re-, - ' galling myself, I still maintain 'hnd !nfllrm that I am absolutely Innocent of tho crlmochnrgod and will Might thojsnup to the last resort. As I said bo'for'o"nW"TrlaK T"dfd not u'xpect, nor . dlil I recelveffnlr or even decent treatment ntnhe hands of Judge Dunne; nnd-renllzltig his prejudice I 1 1 mado every effort to have tho case transferred j.o any other Judge-In the ( stae. I do not take this ns a de- ) fent,and the decision makes mo all ' thq.imoro determined, to scok and so- ' euro Justice In another court." |