Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-04-03 | Page 2 | Abe Ruef on Trail for Extortions

ABE RUEF RUH ON TRIAL I II I FOR EXTORTIONS Called I In n Judge Dunnes Dunne's Court and Prosecution Pushes the Case Abo Rue Ruef 2 San nn Francisco April is at last on trial char charged with the crIme cilmo of extortion Tho The case was callI called called call- call ed d before Judge Dunne to today a and I I drawn and amI their twelve l jurors examination Co for l' l qualification commenced com corn Ruef's Buds defense e is evidently to be a texture of the flimsiest technicalities tech ted Toda Today Henry Ach Acl for Cor the spent nearly all nIl the lime time of oe the court COUlt In questioning two jurors and and fh ih raising the most trifling objections ob oh- Judge D. D J. J Murphy former Cornier district attorney of San Sail Francisco and who ho presided In the famous amous Durant case appeared appealed In court c url as an addition addi addi- lion tion to Ruef's force Corco of lawyers A I i ce s had to be tal taken ln when coui court t met Ii in the morning owing o to the tho absence ab ab- sence of one of the jurors At Al tho the afternoon session Ach Itch lugged in a number of newspaper files and quietly quiet quiet- l ly ly announced that thal ho expected to question question ques ques- tion all the jurors on all the articles that had ben bees written about the case cae Attorney Langdon made a brief opening statement for 01 the prosecution and the tal taking inS inS' of jurors began J J. J R TI a painter was passed without challenge after questioning by Ach an and law lawyer cr for tho the defense was still cu questioning Angelo R n. Duperu u when time lime for adjournment came caine The case will wil be resumed tomorrow