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Show RUEF GUILTY OF BHIBERYCHARCE Former Political Boss of San Francisco Fran-cisco Has Bright Prospects of Wearing Stripes. After Trial Lasting One Hundred anb Six Days, Jury Returns Verdict Which Is In Nature of Victory for Graft Prosecutors. San Frnnclsco. After deliberations lasting throughout a period of twenty-tour twenty-tour hours, tho Jury returned n verdict ver-dict convicting Abrnham Ruef, former for-mer political boss of San Francisco, ot bribery. When tho announcement of tlio verdict of the Jury wns made, tho wnrnlng ot Judgo Wllllnm 1. Lawlor nnd tho vigilance of the pollco checked check-ed nil attempted demonBtrntlons, although al-though tho excitement in tho court room wns so Intense that men wero thrust down Into their scats or seized In tho grasp of detectives ns they yoso to obtain n better view of tiro proceedings. Ituof Bnt between his father nnd Thomas II. Dozler of tho defense when the verdict was returned. Ho 1 ad spent tho grentor part of thu day In conversation with his aged parent, par-ent, and though his fnco paled nnd Ills eyes remained fixed for n long tlmo upon tho men who hnd pronounced his fate, almost his first thought was for the older Mr. Ituef. Ho whispered a fow words of encouragement to tho old man and sent him out of tlio room, with directions to break tho nows to tho dofondnnt's'mothcr nnd sisters. Huef's conviction renders him llnblo to n maximum penalty of fourteen years In tho penitentiary. Tho trial had been In progress for 100 days, nnd wns bitterly contested by tho lending nttomeya of tho city. |