The San Francisco call., 1907-06-18
HENEY PREPARES
NEW COMPLAINT
AGAINST FORD.
Announces in Court That
Prosecution Is Ready
for Attack
SPRECKELS TESTIFIES
Interrogated by Attorney
for Calhoun and His
Associates
JUDGE IS 1Nb1GNANT
Refuses to Allow Defense
to Use His Court for
Politics
JUDGE IS INDIGNANT
By George A. Van Smith

Judge Lawlor peremptorily re-
fused yesterday afternoon to permit
attorneys for the indicted officials of
the United Railroads to turn his
court into q political inquisition. The
courts stern order for a change of
tactics resulted in the disgusted dis
missal of Rudolph Spreckels from the
witness stand by A. A. Moore of the
counsel for the defense.
Moore was disposed to bait and
sneer at Heney and one of the ex-
changes developed the rather startling
information that the prosecution has
not shot all its bribery bolts at the
indicted United Railroads officials.
Replying to one of Moore's sarcasms.l
Heney cried: tA-tssss s~.--t
We are prepared now to file another
complaint for bribery against TREY L.
Ford. and if the court wishes to sit
here as a committing magistrate we
are ready TO begin taking testimony to-
morrow morning. You may have the
testimony in open court, where you will
be in no danger of losing any of it,
Any testimony received by Judge
Lawlor in support of the motion to set
aside the bribery indictments against
Patrick Calhoun. Thornwell Mutually,
TREY l. Ford and William NJ Abbott
must bear directly upon the alleged
disqualification of the grand jury or in
diyidual grand jurors.
Judge Lawlor's emphatic refusal to
submit to the tactics of counsel for
the defense yesterday, brought the
proceedings TO an abrupt close in so
far as the examination of witnesses
was concerned. The motion to set aside
will come before the court again this
morning, but only for the purpose of
setting a date for the examination of
members of the grand jury.
The courts ruling was precipitated
els by Moore. After a protracted ex-
change of unpleasantries between
Moore and Heney and Cobb, the court
put a damper on the defense by telling
it very plainly that he was not in
terested in whom Spreckels might have
employed or whom Spreckels purposed
TO make mayor Of San Francisco. The
defendants, the court said, must ad-
dress themselves to the reliefs provided
by statute.
Calhoun. Mullally and Abbott came
into court in company. With them
was Mullally's bodyguard. Ford came
a few minutes later and Joined the
party, witch had been augmented by
A A Moore and Stanley Moore. their
attorneys.
CALHOUN TAKES NOTICE
Calhoun turned from the perusal of
a personal letter to give close and ap-
parently deep attention to the court,
who. upon ascending the bench, i'm
nediately began his charge to the Jury
trying DR. Ralph Huntington for man
slaughter
In response to Moore, Judge Lawlor
said he was not disposed to insist
on the presence of the indicted officials
during the taking of testimony. The
SOAA assurances DTOuSHI from Cal
houn an emphatic I'VE are here" pro-
nounced in a manner calculated to con-
yey the impression that I'VE" meant 20
stay and see it out.
The fight was ON at once. Stanley
Moore moved three amendments to the
motion submitted. The first amend
ment alleged that while the charge
against the defendants was being in
vestigated, Rudolph SpreckeIs, pri-
yate and interested prosecutor, Heney
and Burns. employees of Spreckels, to-
gether with District Attorney Langdon.
used their persuasion and influence
with the grand jury to return indict-
ments for which there was no justifi-
cation. The second amendment alleged
that Spreckels had contributed to and
raised a large fund. part of which had
been expended in furnishing members
of the grand jury with automobiles,
Continued ON Page 2, Column -