Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 1895, Older ya zama manajan editan "San Francisco Bulletin" (daga baya ya haɗu da "San Francisco Call" a 1929). Ya sami sanannun sanannun lokacin da ya dauki na'urar Boss Abe Ruef a San Francisco, a lokacin da Eugene Schmitz ya zama magajin gari. Wannan ya haifar da shari'ar cin hanci da rashawa a lokacin sake gina San Francisco bayan da
Girgizar ƙasa da wuta a shekara ta 1906. A ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1907, an sace Older kuma an yi masa barazanar kisan kai daga mai bincike mai zaman kansa Luther Brown, wanda aka ce yana aiki ne ga grafts.