Show RUIF ME APPEARED AS HIS oi OWN mm IMIR san franc boss beg ns to show S 8 gns agns of the terr ble ordeal through wh ch he is pass ng san francisco abraham ruef the i dietel indicted dieted emboss ex boss of san francisco appeared as his own lawyer on monday in one of the many criminal p proceed proceed ings pending against him seated alone in one of the crimson cushioned pews of the jewish synagogue that iq i judge lawlor s temporary court room he looked deserted and forlorn he was unshaven and not as neatly dressed dressea as is his habit his face showed sleepless slee ples nights and long days of nervous dread of tue tae ordeals 01 deals he set for himself when t vo weeks ago in judge dunne s bare and shabby court room he changed his plea to guilty turned state states s evidence and declared in a speech broken with emotion his intention to lead henceforth an honest life and to bend his energies to undo as far as possible whatever of wrong he had done in the past in the pew back of ruet ruef sat his giard g lard elisor biggy and a dep ity directly across the aisle in another pew sat cat mayor R let s fel low defendant on many charges brought bro ight and on many others to follow at liberty under bonds deichin M delmas the san fran cisco lawyer who attracted world wide attention to himself by his de tense of harry K thaw for the mur der of stanford white has been re bained to defend two of the men en tangled in the bribery graft dragnet of the oliver grand jury |