Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-05
FORD CASE IN
JUR Y'S HANDS
TWELVE MEN LOCKED UP FOR
THE NIGHT
FAIL TO AGREE AFTER FIVE
HOURS DELIHERATioN
Attorney Earl Rogers for Defense and
Heney for Prosecution Make linz
passioned Pleas in Closing
Arguments

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.--At 1880
o'clock the Ford jury was locked up for
the night. Ford In charge of deputy
sherif went to his home.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4-The case
against TREY L. Ford, chief counsel Of
the United Railroads and former attorney
general of California, accused Of the
bribery Of former Supervisor Thomas +.
Lonergan. went to the Jury at 6:25 O'Clock
tonight.
Assistant District Attorney Heney con-
ciuded the closing argument for the
prosecution at $40 o'clock.
He spoke for two hours, following Earl
Rogers, who in brilliant and vigorous
argument closed for the defense.
r Judge Lawlor began the reading of his
charge to the jury five minutes after Mr..
Heney finished.
The audience which listened to the last
half of Rogers speech and the whole OF
Heney's was the largest that over
heard the closing OF criminal trial in
San Francisco. 1t was estimated that
270O men and women found seats and
standing room in the pews and galleries
| of the auditorium of Temple Sheriff.
! Israel to hear two noted advocates plead
against each other for a jury verdict
convicting or exculpating the most impor-
tant parsonage thus far brought to trial
| In all of the bribery graft proceedings.
since it is conceded that on the fate Of
TREY L. Ford hangs tie fate of Patrick
Calhoun, the millionaire captain of in
dustry and president of the United Rail-
roads.
Sitting in Court Room
| San Francisco had lot had so warm
an October day in years. The air in the
tabernacle, an exceptionally lofty and
well ventilated chamber, was sitting. The
bailiffs, reinforced by blue-coated police
men, kept order at times with difficulty.
Incipient applause was quelled score Of
| times, and once when Heney flashed an
answer at Attorney Byington. who had
interrupted him, the big crowd broke into
a storm Of clapping. A bailiff pointed out
| to the court two men in the west gallery
who had started 1t and Judge Lawlor had
them elected.
| Judge Lawlor concluded his charge to
the Jury at g. :25 p. m. and the jury was
taken downstairs to the court room Of
Judge Dunno to deliberate. At 7;20. no
! verdict having been reached and none
being in sight, Judge Lawlor sent the trial
twelve to the Fairmont hotel for dinner
and himself went to his club, saying he
i could be found later at the theater II the
jury had anything to report. II 10 YER
| dict should be reached by IL 80, he said,
the jury VIC aid be locked up for the night
| in their rooms at the Fairmont-
Moore Speaks for Defense
| Attorney Albert A. Moore of the de-
| tense resumed his opening argument to
the jury at the convening OF court TINS
4 morning.
| Remir ding the jury that the prosecution
had not even attempted to introduce
4 word of direct testimony connecting Ford
| with the commission of the crime charged
the bribing OF Supervisor Thomas F.
| Lonergan--Mr. Moore stigmatized as "a
/ figment of a distorted imagination, in
substance and effect downright lie.
! tn. accusation that Ford bribed Ruef
and Ruef bribed Gallagher, and Gallagher
brfbed sixteen of his seventeen fellow
| supervisors -
| He asked II the defendant. man full
| of years and honorable. were to be de-
prived of his liberty ana MS cnaracler;
| and In effect his life, by such weak ana,
hating and inconclusive and suspicious
| able testimony as the prosecution has
here adduced, when Mr.. Ford has been
| by no evidence connected with this
| crime
He repeated that the only accusatory
| allegations against Ford in all the vast
| bulk of transcribed testimony were these:
First--That Ford drew a large amount
| Of money openly and publicly from the
/ mint.
second-That Ford saw Ruef in the lat
ter's bathroom at his temporary quar-
tiers Immediately after the nre.
Third-That Gallagher. the confessed
| perturer, said that Ruef told him Ford
! had given this money to him.
| Assistant District Attorney Heney was
| absent during the session, preparing MS
| argument. With District Attorney Lag
| don and Assistant District Attorney
i 49,. ~.
| Captain J. D. Fredericks. district attor-
| ney of Los Angeles county
Rogers Eloquent Plea
! Moore finished at 11:10 o'clock, and
| after the usual morning recess cf n
| minutes had been taken, Rogers began
| the closing argument for the derense.
| The crowd in attendance was greater
than the seating capacity Of the syn
gogre and many people stood.
| Mr. Rogers opened by painting an nm
! na ssioned picture Of the narrowing condi-
| lions that existed in San Francisco I'M
mediately after the earthquake ana hrs.
| He said that the first man to bring
biscuit into the smoldertng city was
Thornwell Mullaly; that Patrick Calhoun
was the first man to say: MY torsune
| goes into San Francisco--how about
yours?" That George Chapman, then
| general manager of the United Railroads.
! sswalked himself into the grave going up
and down among the ashes OF ruineu
| metropolis and sheltering the homeless
under the roofs of the United Railroads';
! that "the first spadeful of dirt in the re-
habilitation of San Francisco was turned
hby the United Railroads, which carried
| the penniless people free In their cars
until stopped by Rudolph Spreckels from
doing SO, then opened their treasury 70
| the relief corporation. And now, cried
| Rogers, lifting his voice till it rang un-
| der the dome of the painted tabernacle.
| '.now their associate. Trey L. Ford, VINO
4 labored with them and for you, side py
side and shoulder to shoulder, through the
| days that tried mems souls. ana nights
| NJ darkness and of terror, is to be sent
to the penitentiary. Whyf Because Ru-
dolph SpreclSels wants their street car
/ system for himself. Are you going 70
stand for itf''
Discusses Lonergan
Taking nm 1.-THE case OF Lonergan.