Show MOTION MADE TO WITHDRAW PLEA Abraham Ruef Has Discovered That He Is an Inno Innocent Innocent Innocent cent Man PROSECUTORS BAD MEN TRIED TO INDUCE HIM TO TOTES TES TESTIFY FALSELY San Francisco March 7 Attorneys Henry Ach and Frank Fran J Murphy counsel for Abraham Ruef today toda filed with Superior Judge Juge Frank H Dunne Dunnea a written motion for tIle the withdrawal of plea of or guilty to the charge of extortion In the French restaurant cases and asking permission to sub substitute substitute the plea of not guilty The grounds upon which the application of the withdrawal of f the plea is made are aro areas aroas areas as follows Induced to Plead P ead Guilty That the defendant is not guilty of oC the offense charged and was never guilty gumy thereof that the plea of guilty was improperly and ten tendered tendered dered tiered entered and nd received by the court Inasmuch as at the time of en entering tring the plea the defendant stated in open court that he was not guilty of the offense charged that defendant was induced to plead guilty by virtue of an agreement with District Attorney Attorney Attorney ney William H Langdon his assist assistant assistant assistant ant Francis J 5 Heney w V J Burns special agent Rudolph Spreckels and the promise and agreement of Judge Dunne that the plea would be with withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn drawn and the defendant not sentenced thereon Voluminous Affidavit In support of the motion the attorneys attorneys attorneys for foP Ruef Ruet filed flied a voluminous affi affidavit affidavit affidavit davit the most remarkable yet made by Ruef as regards charges he lie makes against the prosecution pr The affidavits affidavits vita consists of typewritten ten pages and goes into the details of the immunity history Among other allegations Ruef charges that the pros prosecution prosecution prosecution used its utmost endeavors to get him to testify falsely against and other defendants Heretofore affidavits and an al allegations allegations allegations legations have been confined to local matters but in this affidavit he brings in the names of ot Governor James Tames N Gillett William F Herrin and E H Harriman Ruef avers that the prose prosecution prosecution cution to get him to testify that these persons had entered into a corrupt bargain and aUl agreement with him and paid him money In connection with the nomination of Gillett for gov governor governor governor at the Santa Cruz convention and that he refused to so testify be before before before fore the grand jury because there was no it |