Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-01-28 | Page 8 | Abe Ruef Gets Continuance

A E RU f ETS TS ONT I S. SAX SAN FI Inn nn CS S. S i il lug inu I that hat every evory N possible had hil l leon hu ceu I to II ii Ilga o 1 counsel on J I I for Abraham I t thai Owl many in III this huM rind ami I Iother j other 01 ci il 1 II tes Iw been canvassed lII i t with without w th ii out lL securing elrin a i satisfactory lawyer to In become counsel that many unexpected un lilt- In- In expected 1 w were rr 1 on on- in I the lie he 8 search J I lor or nt attorneys I of UI If I ilie and reputation I 11 eSi red l I with no ni 11 irle ut s pros prospect of ol and upon the r ground II 1 that lint J Henry n 1 c h. h his chief h counsel ln I ua uain J in il Los Ajl Angles I onil wO I would not t I return I until tOI tomorrow SittEr Senator H U. Keane I n kc I I III ho lie further her I nce of ur olI I tl the court this thi morning hll com up tip on out one Dil of at the n tl Railroad trolley franchise e indictments ti to tl In set ct t rot for trial tT and ana another extension of or Ii time tim until 10 0 o 0 clock o'clock Thursday df morning Following Following- n th the disposition of Hul I i case a c. c i A. A A. A Moor Sr Rr chief counsel ewel I for Pat tie k pr president ut n of 1 t the he United Railroads attacked th tho motives methods and conduct of f tin the prosecution in endeavoring to nave have i tried lcd tred ahead h l of Calhoun after fter the district attorney s a had bal at t least t tI tentative tentatively agreed that th the street T milway railway rail mil il I W way magnate magnate who arrived from New NewYork NewYork ew York Sun Sunday a should be e placed on ou trial a next cx vehemently demanded an immediate im till till- me mediate trial for Calhoun argued that the circumstances surrounding the trl trolley cases and aud their history justify tho in controlling its own regardless of the ri right ht of selection R and 1 determination the order of trial tria invested invested in vested in the district attorney and charged the latter with wih changing hi his plans and placing Ruef Huf on trial ahead of Calhoun for the purpose of adversely ad affecting the case Ce of the head had of the tem tent United Unite Railroads street railway SYStem Jud Judge Jude c Lawlor Lawior ruled that the right h of r selection as to which defendant should be he placed on trial next rested with the district attorney and he ue held hel that it would woul be a gross perversion of judicial authority on the part of the tue court to interfere with that lie He continued the ll lie liet t am anti other United Uni II Railroads cases casc along with wih that of Ruef until 10 0 0 o'clock cock Thurs Thursday ay morin morning to be Le set for trial