Note 233 — Chapter XVI · Schmitz Convicted of Extortion.

Heney, in an affidavit filed in the case of The People vs. Patrick Calhoun et al., No. 823, says of Ruef’s appearance: “I did not at any time see or speak to Ruef, except when he was on the witness stand, and then only from a distance and in open court in the regular course of the trial and in the performance of my duty as a prosecuting officer.”