| Chapter | | Page |
| I. | The Union Labor Party Movement | [11] |
| II. | The Ruef Board of Supervisors | [22] |
| III. | The San Francisco Ruef Ruled | [30] |
| IV. | San Francisco After the Fire of 1906 | [49] |
| V. | Graft Prosecution Opens | [73] |
| VI. | Ruef’s Fight to Take the District Attorney’s Office | [87] |
| 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] |