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Show ITRI8CO MAYOR ACCUSED. Is Said to Have Taken Money From , Restaurant Men for Protection. San Francisco. Tho grand Jury on Thursday afternoon found flvo separate separ-ate Indictments ngnliiBt Kugeno Sclunltz nnd Abraham Ruof, on tho charge of oxtortlon. On each chargo tho ball wns fixed at 110,000 bond and ?G,000 Cftsh. Tho first Alleged crlliio wits In connection con-nection with the Pontile Dotf restaurant, restau-rant, and tho Indictment recites that Iluef nnd Sclunltz demanded money from tho proprietor, Tony Illanco. As this demand wns made, It Is stated, on two occasions, two Indictments were returned. Extortion, declared to have been practiced upon Ed Mnrchnnd, proprietor of Marchand's restaurant, is the basis of two nioro Indictments. A domnnd mado upon .loo Mnlfnntl, another restaurnntour. Is the alleged offense on which tho tlfth nnd last Indictment In-dictment was founded. |