The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14

Al McCabe, chief clerk in the off1ce or
District Attorney Langdon, was threat
ened yesterday with g challenge to
duel Edward B. Carr one OF the four
turors passed yesterday in the Ruef
case subject to peremptory challenge.
is the prospective opponent, and the
possible affair of honor is the outcome
OF reports made by McCabe concerning
q conversation he had with Carr in
October Of last year in e saloon.
II want to say right now" declared
Carr, intsrrupting his examination.
which was being conducted by District
Attorney Langdon, that If Mr.. McCabe
has added to what was said on that oc-
casion I'm going to invite him on the
aeld Of honor outside this court"
Cars feelings were ruffied at the
time he uttered this threat Langdon
had just charged him with having de-
clared IN a saloon that he believed
Langdon to be a traitor to the party
that had elected him to Office and with
having roundly condemned the entire
prosecution and the policy pursued in
the graft cases. When Carr insisted
that he did not remember such an oc-
currence Langdon asked If he didn't re-
member making such remarks TO Nc
Cabe and being offered a bet of $50 by
the latter that Langdon would be elect
ed. Then the explosion happened. Carr
admitted that he recalled the occasion,
but left II to be understood that Nc
Cabe had embellished his remarks.
I'm not accustomed" he said, Ito go
ing into q saloon and vilifying an hon
orable citizen"
UNUSUAL DAY IN TRIAL
All IN ALL yesterday was an unusual
day in the Ruef trial Only four tales
men were examined. All four were ac
cepted. and, moreover, they were &C
cepted without challenge from either
side Their examinations occupied the
entire day, and when adjournment was
taken last night there were 10 jurors
in the box subject to peremptory chal-
lenge and two others had been sworn
for examination. With fair progress
today the box should be filled and the
first peremptories exercised. Indica-
tions are that not more than three or
four Of those now in the box viii be
dismissed by this method. and before
night the partial personnel of the jury
should be finally decided
Patrick Connolly. the former saloon
man who was under examination last
Saturday, was the first juror accepted
yesterday. Ach conducted the examina-
ton, and developed nothing that tended
TO show the existence of any prejudice
against Ruef in Connolly's mind. The
Juror said that he had an unkindly
feeling toward former Mayor Schmitz
because he believed the latter to have
been partially responsible for the raise
IN cost of liquor licenses, which drove
him out Of business, but that he did not
think Ruef had anything to do with
this. He clinched his place on the jury
by asserting that IL he believed Ruef
TO be innocent no other IL men on the
jury could cause him TO change his vote
If he remained locked up for 20 years.
John O'Connell a teamster Of 1905
--F-1x zcd Ex-T
don after q short examination. In
responding to Achs questions he
caused an embryo sensation by assert
ing suddenly that he had called on
Langdon about three weeks ago on a
matter Of business. The sensation
blew up when he added that the busi-
ness was to see if he couldn't be eK-
cused from the present jury panel He
wouldn't give up an opinion held in
the jury room, he said, even to get
out and see the feet. He was ac-
cepted-
NO BIAS AGAINST LANGDoN
Carr, who is q blacksmith living at
S2e Noe street, was next After the
incident in which McCabe's name fig
ured so prominently, Carr explained
that anything he might have said last
October was not the result Of bias
against Langdon and that he held no
ill VIII or prejudice against any per-
son connected with the prosecution
Carr was a former policeman and has
done blacksmithing work for the city
a< various times. He said that he had
always been an ardent supporter of
the union labor ticket and was a good
. friend Of Sheriff ONeil and 2. II. Nc
q: Carthy former candidate for mayor.
- Carr supported Mccarthy at the last
election and has for his attorney at
the present time Frank MCGOWAN. who
was Langdon's opponent for district
attorney during the last campaign. De-
spite these various seemingly preju-
dicial affiliations and the fact that he
took an active part in the last cam
paign, Carr positively stated that he
had no bias and could serve as fair
and honest juror. Langdon passed him
after a somewhat extended examina-
tion and Ach did the same
John Bowes OF 709 Twentv-second
street, retired iron worker and for
ner employe of the Western sugar
refinery. was the last man examined
and was also accepted without chaI-
lenge. although Ach extended the
cross examination TO a considerab BILE
length after Bowes had asserted and
reasserted his lack of opinion or pretu-
dice. Bowes stated that while he had
read the papers considerably he had
not followed recent developments in
the graft cases closely and had not
discussed the subject among his ac-
ouaintances. He has never served as a
Juror or attended trial of any kind.
and declared that he felt qualified to