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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1907
Page
3
Fragmentary text describes a bribe plot involving a supervisor, a rink owner, and others in a Sacramento or San Francisco area graft case. Mentions payments of 100 and 360 dollars, police involvement, and hidden actions leading to a questioned meeting at a suspect’s home.
A San Francisco grand jury testimony implicates multiple city officials in bribery schemes. Confessed participants include Supervisor James L Gallagher and mayor Eugene Schmitz, with other board members Metushin Wilson Rexton and Davis named in the exposure.
A fragmentary notice cites MES and aie in relation to motorcycles and sewing machines, with Tepe mentioned as part of the balance. Details are unclear but indicate a public or organizational matter requiring rest or order.
Gallagher’s confession describes passing bribe money from Abraham Ruefon’s head to fourteen San Francisco board of supervisors. He says the money came in neat packages bearing the targets’ names and that he was promised immunity when meeting the board room. Heney’s role as a linking figure in the city’s bribery cases is highlighted.
W W Sanderson, in a hospital stay for illness, revealed graft details to Francis J Money and later to the grand jury. His statements intensified pressure on the political base led by Mayor Schmita as Heney pursued immunity for his testimony. A hotel motel Stevens offers daily meals.
George Duffey, formerly a city supervisor and now president of the board of public works, declares he would strike any briber. The grand jury learns he took a bribe to vote for a gas rate and received $6,000 from the Home Telephone Co for a franchise worth $1,000,000. Payments flowed via Ruef to Gallagher and then to Duffey.
Judge Wickersham arrives in Juneau and will open court in April. He has not decided on summoning a grand jury. Four murder cases await trial but may be delayed as civil docket matters are cleared.
The notice hints at an assortment of goods available at prices from nineteen cents up to 108 dollars. It emphasizes a nearly certain stock and waits for customers to find a suitable item within the broad price spread.
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