Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-12-03 | Page 18 | Ruef May Get out under a Heavy Bond

1 11 HOEF If SET OUT ' UNDER H HEW! BONO Court Decision Says Freedom ' May Be Obtained by Giving j $300,000 Bail. J SAN FBANCISCO, Dec. 2. By order of Judge Frank D. Cabatiiss, bond for , flie release of Abraham ftucf was fixed Today ut $;JOO,000, with tho sureties (' qualifying for double Hint amount:. ' I Ruef's attorneys arc now preparing t tho bonds and tho sureties will be pre- . ? sentod for the approval of ' the court; tomorrow morning, at which lime it is expected that, the former political leader will be released from the branch , county n'ail, where ho has been confined I sinco "P'rancis J. Henoy was shot while j prosecuting him for bribery moro thnn , a 3'ear ago. l At lh.it time JJuef was out. on bnil 3 nmoiiniing to $7.10.000, but in the ex citement, which followed the shooting ' , ho was remanded to custod" and re- j ;; innined in the county jail after his con- li viction, which followed shortly, i The new petition for bail was filed ' several days ago. at which time twenty physicians signed a statement assert i nig that the incarceration of ftucf was li undermining his health, j Dcforo considering the petition, tho j court, appointed a board of three plvysi- lx clans, who examined the prisoner and i reported today that, he was suffering I from a complication of maladies which ' would in timo endanger his life.