VII. Oliver Grand Jury Impaneled 96 VIII. Ruef Loses Fight for District Attorney's Office 107 IX. Ruef and Schmitz Indicted 110 X. Fight to Evade Trial 121 XI. Ruef a Fugitive 130 XII. The Trapping of the Supervisors 139 XIII. Confessions of the Bribe-taking Supervisors 154 XIV. The Source of the Bribe Money 168 XV. Ruef Pleads Guilty to Extortion 186 XVI. Schmitz Convicted of Extortion 208 XVII. Schmitz Ousted from Office 215 XVIII. The Real Fight Begins 240 XIX. The Glass Trials and Conviction 269 XX. The Ford Trials and Acquittals 279 XXI. The San Francisco Election of 1907 300 XXII. Higher Courts Free Schmitz and Ruef 320 XXIII. The Defense Becomes Arrogant 335 XXIV. Jury Fixing Uncovered 357 XXV. The Shooting of Heney 370 XXVI. The Calhoun Trial 388 XXVII. The San Francisco Election of 1909 405 XXVIII. Dismissal of the Graft Cases 425 XXIX. Ruef's Last Refuge Fails 440 XXX. Conclusion 455 APPENDIX. Judge Lawlor's Ruling in Motion to Dismiss Graft Cases i How the Supervisors Were Bribed vii Gallagher's Order Removing Langdon from Office of District Attorney xii The Ruef "Immunity Contract" xix "Immunity Contract" Given Supervisors xxi District Attorney Langdon's Plan for Reorganizing the Municipal Government xxii Roosevelt's Letter to Spreckels on the Graft Situation xxv Governor Johnson's Statement Regarding Ruef's Imprisonment xxviii Schmitz's Attempt to Control San Francisco's Relief Funds xxxiii Receipts and Disbursements of the Graft Prosecution xxxiv PREFACE. A tethered bull does not know that he is tied until he attempts to go beyond the rope's limits. A community does not feel the grip of the "System" until it attempts resistance. Then it knows.