| Show 1 J U o o 0 H HU i I e T F It wi C Story Story Sto of How Flow Francis J 3 Henry of n Oregon Orco on Land Fraud Fame and ana Wil wi I II j i I i ra raps P 0 Q C i or G Jl 1 it rc 0 liam J Burns of One the M Weak United Spot States t Found Fo Secret in Service the Arch Broke of Corruption up the A A C J I Ire pe itt Ill orre AN Tune Much hilS been eNI written of lit tho municipal S 5 coi In Ran l nd the t I hC successful ot oi rr run by hy Irand J 3 Honey HI of or it Iani fume fIlm und Wll II J r T nurn of It Ie the Ihl R SP p Ilot nt oC rM haM ban cr i vi p The fhe story tOty O r re r H hl e V r ot f A bu ht buhe thc he llor of If f methods employed to In trap the th 1 Od I in ti Ihl t t rik hg ho I hH hern 1111 the thc public I i Ur this till tI of ot detective I 1 v rk world 1011 t ni ry H a 1 thrill lint now flow IIO with iti III If 10 t cover cove with el lc as rig t 1 II l i lilt political how ho of 11 If tho he Irl ir o U In nl in 11 mayor on nn trial tor COI a t 1 tb b Ids ui I for rOI nil I I wt wh bc la followed rollo tho Iho tugIe In the t h city CI liy II t tin th Golden Gate Gute methods did not accomplish til Ui of ot K E 1 and nl flu f The Th u mul tricks I rek to tu whIch detectives of of t cither or no t I ion wore oro not nOI called Into IldI piny vt Service Agent at athe u att t Ihl t he I Inception Of Cf the prosecution nn lULl Hint t he h hud a rn u a u In t I him I in n u ii n lt t rind and 8 ri lIt t I ci organized a elt political ti Hurt ael all 1111 aJ till tHe groat interests ts of or orthe the th public corporations that t re ro required any nn horL Irl ri oE nf C sanction Jin II understood e 1 I hut that fortunes would bo to pct to In block blik his hili IiI scheme and ond that detectives would ho 10 orl s of or If employed to 10 watch oleh hI his very every move mol sa Ii 11 nil fl II his remarkable iI v tO tc o biar when ft hen he III out his II course n II lid 11 proceeded 1 to up Ill a of nr t civic unsurpassed passed It In Iii any nfl city of o tho th nation STARTED D LAST 1ST OCTOBER It was WM sa In 1 that and began their attack u upon the rl tIIS behind a n machine In fUn full control or of he the city eIt dt government mul n at ft ach h hrat TUnI Theil und and year rat ar In the lawyer and Ills his detective pa partner ri hail had nn nl flu tangible evidence All 11 they had was wa the th of a t fund by b Sprockets president rf r the lor 1 National 0 bank Heney Hene had been appointed nn io assistant a I dis ItiS district Th t attorney find and a It dependable grand grath Jury Jill hud had been hen drawn but there was waR no on Oil which to 10 flier The Th lInro was wa as nn absolute nb dictator suggestion that any tiny man with interests 19 to police or nr reg reI regulation could he lie round mind willing to fv rr against n him hini was the th occasion for a i r Tin The public hIle laughed at Heney und Ign the thc prosecution only half as M a a Q pursuit of or the thC municipal Plainly It itt was IS up upI I t Hums bros and Burns accepted the re responsibility with tho quiet O hat he would force a II confession from the lips of CIT official who had 1 he be betrayed traM traye the he city olty ONE OE O E WEAK EK SPOT Just one weak spot the astute detec itoc detective thc tive tit found In ill tho Iho arch II a reh ot corruption A t petty political Jealousy had hOl f Ruef anti and Frank i rne ne of nf his moat trusted lieutenants had ho l served as ns president of oC the board ioLLI of or public 1 II b 11 works and notoriously Implicated In the city ad u I t grafting He lie had haLl bren hlen politically Intimate with the mayor and the hOES boss 10 9 and had been 3 by h them at the tin head hael of If r the dc te lt where privileges were aro on sale sata and 1111 1 permits had their vash Mh value v lur For four years yar ars ban h ha ii In such a II capacity Naturally ho had lin gained knowledge that held hed un on unbounded bounded for mr Burn Burra Promptly the detective comprehended the thi th situation and wisely he began hi hl ii work by leading toward the enlistment of o the disgruntled district lieutenant as a an ally 11 of ot tho prosecution Two years before had barely escaped conviction for tor participation potion pation In election frauds The Tho Jury jur i r rJ J 1 i i i ii i j I r riA iA j i k j ch I L p u LEADERS IN THE BIG GRAFT EXPOSE Rudolph Packer of jf If draft tt I ut tI U II 11 nn W f y flit DI t Ur iy T 1 nen oO O u Hh u In iii his Ii hl CUre C voted for upon n fI technicality but two IWO confederates Charles Chirles Wyman and an Adolph Stenen were convicted anti and scat to states prison for tie the same gamo BUns FIRST OPENING G GA A possible pos resentment nt on the part pari of ot I the these o two convicts toward was Burn opening HI Is agents reached leached them In iii their cells and learned that t they the would tell tail all If it given glen their liberty II Immediately the tho governor wax wa 11 convinced that thol the men had expiated their crime So and nud n walked out OUI of prison to 10 relate rain Ie the ho story ston of nf part 1 rt In election frauds and to tn give he any nn further luCor Information mation they could to the graft lighters To Burns tho the two IWO pardoned convicts unburdened Then Burns a The 1111 t leader Teader r was In iii a mood ho he felt fell he had 1 been heen po politically p H n its hi hl his silence however until Burns broke thi th tl of the with and and nud 1 told him oC or ts that Involved him In numerous elec election tion lion Irregularities of or the regime Under the persuasive latin Influence ence of lr SUCh disclosures and at nt the tho Fame time limp moved by II i a n feeling feeIng of or re resentment 1 toward took sido with Burn Night after ni hl he hemet hemel met mel tho IhO detective In ip 11 1 tt down W bY L the tho nay flay na shore to tu reveal more mor and mor of the corrupt administrations practises lw nail and suggest schemes for forcing the truth from other members of ot the thc hOW I Efi WORKED That Thal was 1 13 lIlU s first notable In the Ih t I corner the tile grafter Soon with the lse knowledge ho lt h had gained front from Maestretti he had driven a number of ot the administrations tion s favorites to 10 the wall among them thorn three thren e commissioners and two IWO boodle boo lo The conies confes confession I scion sion of cacti cuch however he kept kep from train the tho others One knew not what his hl confederate conr lu III graft had done donI admirable tact the detective thus Ihu played upon the vulnerability ulner of at tho guilty until uncertainty bred fear foar and fear Cear generally led Ild to an all application for the prosecutions Immunity bath In such a Il way the tho detective laid ald a o foundation for rOI his hi op operations operations against the mayor ma or the tho super supervisors visors and the boss bose of them all BROUGHT ROY ROT TO HIS IllS KNEES K EES One of the men closest in layor w vY i if x x x j z h f 1 j 1 t 1 t tI I y i iL t X X t t X X J 1 L 11 t tl l 11 i iI iI tt t t f I 1 t ft t I X t ff tn f 11 I 2 1 r t I 1 1 z 1 1 Y I 6 A X AX A i I c 1 l 1 MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO hout III lie oils Coils Arc ro Tightening confidence a a R man known In Sun SIH Francisco us n ii M si 15 nO From Hums caned that Roy ItO was Willi no other than Morris 1 L i fugitive irons from Justice JURI C for tor two I wn crimes committed Coil mitt cI In Oklahoma on the III 5 rr il ag cry ery I I of si the signature of oC Secy Ser of or Pres President blent i I CS cabinet hhie a and nit tin th other ml sf eC f OIO In hi rate by hr the tIo residents or of fr nr the th ti purpose c of or I HU fill Indian agEncy In the Ihl lie favor 1101 of this the th adminis administration t ra lois i oh II I is Roy floy Ho had 1111 pros prospered roil lie tic had grown rich from Illicit I find thought I he lie had hini hn 1 left It Mn Ius criminal I record yearn yen rs behind lich IiiI He I I hud hal conn to be hI l a n political power r and a It alender ItI lender I 1 of or this the society in III hh Mayor WT wn ho tho I central Then suddenly nt lit t an III SIlly Arly morning meeting lI a ft r to story of or the th past before h lloy eyes a astory story I tor by h accurate details und It colored by Iy h pathetic pl Ic It tonA to tn the th fugitives u guy gay freedom and social socials 1 s way iV II Kov Bo was waa on hiM knee tn it itI o othe the Ih I secret I I I 1 agent If Without H it I II tempting I denial 1 he lu 1 admitted admIt test his hl ii guilt lint what hat could h Iii do o to 10 escape extra extradition tilt jIm for forgery and embezzlement t ht service could he uc perform nor BOY t AlI Att AttOn One On thing wild Mill Confess nil all tI know Tell fell us everything And Roy no confessed l thit ho whole hoIe shame shameful ful Itil story He Its tolt of n collecting the tini issi 1011 t S 1111 fund funel to tat from tho lite th o gam gamblers rs of the thu h uI er of o f divid dividing si I viii lag ing In the I wn und and tnt of or bribing I ho the Ih I In itt the lisa Ih Interests of public service lie He turned over nor Sill all his Itis hl Intimate i I t i nun t a knus letl ga of M traCt matt to 10 Burin S Sand und and subject in tO the hue di Ii d t cowed owed liko 1110 by h b fear nr of oC criminal prosecution PIO Hut Put Hums kept Roys Ho s confession se sc secret HIer cret er that Hoy Ito lIo might aught retain the tho confidence dence of his luts old olt associates naiL and help hells at trapping them theist This Will a MISU WI l lOune course Oune for two Io months later and two Iwo of or Ills hIs assistants concealed curtains sit two tto supervisors Thomas s Lonergan and Dr Chas Chan Box ton toil tako a n bribe of at SOO ach Ilich from the tho hands of or Roy Hoy In Jn return for fOI their votes votee against an ordinance excluding chit chil children dren from rota a skating rink in which Roy no noI was wn Interested An As the supervisors I pocketed the bills bihls the detectives con confronted confronted fronted them an und thud to turn upon fio Roy but bul were soon convinced thaI that they IMy had been bee 11 caught and that their only hope hOI lay In in ja nIcking making a 0 complete confession of or their operations Within a 0 week they hal hail admitted nil nfl their grimes crimes under oath slid and co 10 o Implicated their associates 11 lh IIII confessions of IS it 1 s wel soon In III the possession of or Burns Barns HOW ROY flOY WAS VS USED The of or tho tim detectives lilt Ing is 11 i apparent With natural nil t se sequence quence move nuovo followed move moc na II he carefully II II his hi stat and statI I t to 10 I a bear hI r the Iii information iii with wille I which he hue first broke the tho bravado of oC the grafters Convicts Wyman and made lactic It II to ully II l II Maca Mes with the thi Ih prosecution tile the tit tip II that brought Roy Hoy to terms Roy Ho was used to trap llop the tho supervisors and then the 1110 I with willi th lr avalanche of confession swamped rOll rim rind made him realize that thai longer plea of o Innocence would he hc folly foil That Flint wa ti is the multi main plot but till all the time DeletA Durna wan waa vu working other titles lines to 10 leani the th secrets fir it if the tho men he ht hud caid he hue would make male admit their guilt Dl Tl women beautifully and l brilliantly Jewelled j welled sought I IC society of or city dl As 8 far ci as 1111 groft society knew they the bud Just ar or arrived rived item the hue east enSI Son San wits lIs nu and amt arid Interesting to 10 thorn them Thuy ho bo shown nil all tho attractions of or th Ih It The French restaurants tho cafes s tha Bohemian is of thu Ihu long lon ocean boulevard they ther tied had heard tatti l of but hutt not nol seen en Mere hints hint t that they the desired to visit these places were wro ero effective and gallant whoso whose O pockets were bulging with Ill III gotten hills bills 11 III s offered their as ase I e coi Is tH Mut a gay Aa evening followed many nn an 11 automobile out Olt through Golden Unto Gate Park and along nt m the tho edge of or tho the ocean breakers to 10 tho attractive gard gardens gardens ens and where hiero unbending social cial codes codea do tb not maintain their restraint Ic many nany delightful whets when In Pt 11 the tho warm of wipe con coui were ere exchanged were disclosed and prospects acre un Ut unfolded folded Flattered to utter titter told many a II 1101 that Ihal was valuable to I Rums Burns when a few hours later It Ii reduced to a IL t cold written report and un 1 submitted to tho tito ruinous detective tiet ire There were three of at women H i I i ers before super h 1 con 1 as AI II a I or tIti th I I IP ul hy by Ho Hey to In till IlI I t I hl ti y l would enabled to lo hasi fr Ih plot developed so 0 sue u AIm RUEF n I Hint un Ittie r had hud hudI hAdI i I to 11 e Ihl clutches ot or tile the tiler r I iut ih iN by the t 5 1 I ion Hint hIs hlf hJ was seas UI In Ini 11 tu III tui I li i iilo Icy ot rr Ii J Ruef luet l ue kept his i t 11 I i tho tiun W 1 bank hank r v ml time he P sent fent nl hl hI his chauffeur I tn ill 1 t tilled filled with In h k to t be b Placed by thin tho rt i lu II I the thi dc Jl push lt vault Each 1 lIch hr in I Ii it UI imported to nurn t is nil its Iran from fr whom HuH hud hAil received th Ih LI i n lf th thi r amount deposited in 11 1 I ill if se und and ln denominations of or thi th lh I hlll li A SPOTTER Oil Oni nf or BurnH aIo ran tho Iho th Automobile of visor Gallagher lender he itier of at It the grafting board h and oct act acting ing lOg nm nayor nr while Mayor was i In Europe I Another wan one nile of or the chief clerks In its II tho tit lit board of public S works which position lie hue was sas wa abla ahl to give 1 v Information regarding tho the ex CN lenten of nf fees from persons who whoso o 8 could be ho most moist t profit profitably ably erected In violation of sir the thui ordinances prInces nances regulating the construction of ot buildings In lit the city ell vore and are o or fl yet regular patrolmen of the police department who report r to Hums whenever they the are nIl ordered to lo hold up II and for tile the privilege J of ri 01 defying tho the law tL Two ruo of or tho th shrewd detectives tI em utu aloes prepared to II open oln n ut an 1111 another 4 other othel dickered for n a cheap chelp theater un tat until til they hind had carried currIed tho negotiation fill far enough nough to 11 II catch en teh the 1110 police and building In dishonest practises Lit Little tin wonder then that 15 supervisors ors irs have hll confessed l that floes Bogs Ruler Ruef has hall ha pleaded guilty and that Mayor hurts has been wen forced to trial on a charge hargo la In 11 which the tho evidence against him scorns overwhelming PRISON mso DOORS YAWNING YAW Little LIttI wonder too that millionaires L see Ie the thic th penitentiary doors yawning for or Buee anti 1111 the supervisors Inure b under oath and 1 In terror of ot per par perJury Jury that thai bribes aggregating millions of ot dollars were paid 1 by tho Iho th street rail railway railway way WU company the UtI th two t vo 0 telephone tell corn COn companies panis the gas KIS company ft n real estate company nn l the Southern Railroad company Facing I 11 II certain certainty ty of iut prosecution ns as the tho result re of Hums clover clever work vork ork are such mich men ns as Patrick Calhoun mid Thornwell ly h president arid and assistant o to th pres president l r l ident respectively or of the United Rail Railroads HI II roads Henry Hen T Scott president of or the Pacific t Telegraph com coni company compan pany pan John Jolin A president of the Iho California Gas Gns Electric corporation corpora lion William Wililam F chief counsel for fol the tho Southern III I luRId jl n dozen other leaders of nC society Kodet and business All LII Allaro A II IIara are aro millionaires The Th graft |
