Collection of San Francisco graft prosecution records 1906-1911

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Collection of San Francisco graft prosecution records 1906-1911

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The Collection of San Francisco Graft Prosecution Records contains copies of legal records and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, including transcripts of the trials of Abe Ruef, Eugene E. Schmitz, Louis Glass, Michael W. Coffey, Patrick Calhoun, et al., and contempt proceedings against William J. Burns. Also includes materials relating to Francis J. Heney and Hiram W. Johnson. The records were assembled for the president of United Railroads, Patrick Calhoun, and his chief counsel, Tirey L. Ford, chiefly by their attorney Albert A. Moore with his son Stanley Moore. Copies of the Eugene Schmitz trial papers (volumes 2-4) were formally in the possession of F.C. Drew.

Number of containers: 93 volumes in 8 cartons, and 11 scrapbooks; Linear feet: 12.2

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Bancroft Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6656997

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Calhoun, Patrick, 1856-1943

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Ford, Tirey LaFayette, b. 1857

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Heney, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1859-1937.

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A lawyer in the Western United States. From the description of Francis J. Heney papers, 1892-1937. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 27041869 Biographical Information Francis Joseph Heney was a lawyer most famous for his involvement in the Dr. John Christopher Handy divorce case in 1891, the Oregon Land Fraud trials in 1905, and the San Francisco graft prosecution from 1906 to 1908. In 1914 Heney r...

Moore, A. A. (Albert Alfonzo), b. 1842

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Ruef, Abraham, 1864-1936

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Schmitz, Eugene E., 1864-1928

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Glass, Louis

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United Railroads of San Francisco

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United Railroads of San Francisco, the Market Street Railway Company and the Municipal Railway Co., were all aggregations of small street railway lines that provided urban transportation for San Francisco. Among these street railways were the following: Sutter St. Railway Co., Sutro Railway Co., San Francisco and Alameda R.R. Co., and the South San Francisco Railroad and Power Co. The United Railroads of San Francisco was organized in March, 1902 and sold out to Market Street Cable Railway Co. i...

Burns, William J., 1861-1932

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Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945

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Hiram Johnson was the governor of California, 1911-1917, a United States Senator from California, 1917-1945, and a leader in the Progressive Party. From the description of Hiram Johnson papers, 1895-1945. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 82192663 Hiram Johnson served as governor of Calif. (1911-1917), Progressive candidate for Vice President of the U.S. (1912), and U.S. Senator from Calif. (1917-1945). From the description of Hiram Johnso...

Moore, Stanley, b. 1880.

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Drew, Frank C., 1861-1925.

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Coffey, Michael W.

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