Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-21
MIGHTY INFLUENCES
SUPPORT DEFENSE
Graft Prosecution is Exertlnq
Every Resource to Find Out
Those Who Are Response
BILE For Alleged
Corruption.

San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 2i.-Ru-
mors are already rife that three
members of the Ford jury have been
fixed. These are not the ordinary
wild rumors. and the indications are
that some sensational revelations
are In store. Mighty influences are
giving the accused United Railroads
attorney their energetic support, and
millionaire money-bags are supply
ing funds for the maintenance of a
vicious crew of jury fixers and pro-
fessional intimldators.
The graft prosecution Is discreetly
silent, but 1t Is known to be exert
ing It's every resource to ferret out
the jury tamperers. The panel from
which the jurors were accepted, was
that drawn at the beginning of the
year and the fixers have had months
to conduct operations among pros
pective talesmen. Tampering with
the jury after 1t is sworn in Is not
feared to any serious degree. Burns
and his detectives are keeping a very
close watch and have every man In
the employ of the defense under sur
velllance.
Bribery Suspected.
The two bailiffs into whose keep
Ing the jury Is entrusted by Judge
Lawlor are relied upon by the pros
ecution as honest. Despite the hos
tility of Sheriff Thomas f. O'Neil,
he has consented to let District At
torney Langdon make his choice
from the deputies as to who should
have charge of the juries. SO there
is no danger that the jury will be
approached after 1t has been sworn.
But grave concern is felt that
jurors have been approached weeks
or months before the case came to
trial. There seems to have been no
way to guard against this. To keep
the several hundred talesmen under
surveillance was impossible even
with the large force of detectives
that Burns has at his command. On
the other hand, the railway defense
has had dozens of men in the field
and some Of them it can be stated
positively know more about jury fix
ing than anything else.
1t Is impossible to learn anything
definite as to what evidence the
prosecution has of jury fixing, but It'll
unusual activities show beyond ques-
ton that there is something serious
doing.
Calhoun Interested.
The new ground swell in the di-
rection of Spreckels, Henry ana
Langdon is being manifested in the
answers of the talesmen during their
examinations. The delay in filing
the jury box has been caused by the
fact that so many citizens ''have
opinions as to guilt or innocence"
Four-fifths of them have been in a
frame of mind precluding their CIV
ing the defendant a fair and Impair
tlal trial.
The trial of Calhoun is to follow
the conclusion of Ford's. The reason
Is apparent why the United Railroads
magnate Is taking SUCH a keen inter-
est in the trial of his corporation
counsel. He is present in court every
day, his cool and calm demeanQI
has given way to excited interest and
he is in every way betraying his con-
Germ over the outcome of the case
that will have an important bearing
on his own. Calhoun is not the fine.
affable gentleman at the trial; he is
tensely wrought up and is lighting
with all his powers the attempts of
the prosecution to send him to the
penitentiary.