The San Francisco call., 1908-09-18
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
TO FORCE JUROR
Heney Produces Evidence to
Show Nathan EdIan Is a
Follower of Ruef
Julius Baumgarten, a Butcher,
Temporarily Passed as Tales
man in Trial of Curly Boss

Another daring attempt to force a
way into the Ruef jury box was made
yesterday by venireman in the face
Of evidence held by Assistant District
Attorney Heney showing that the man
was a warm follower of the curly boss
and had expressed his opinion against
the prosecution. The talesman was
Nathan Edlan, a junk dealer of $50
Castro street and he was still on the
stand under examination when court
adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning.
Edlan contradicted himself repeated
ly ia his testimony and tangled himself
in a maze from which he Will find d
hard way out today when again he is
put on the grill The prospective juror,
after he had been sworn, declared that
he had no opinion in the case and be-
lieved he could give the defendant q
fair trial Heney led him on quietly
for several minutes and then sprung
his trump card, which was a report
from one OF the Burns detectives.
HE Is CONFUSED
Have you d son named Edwin?" he
asked Edlan.
Yes, he is a bar tender in the Oasis
saloon at 259 Market street" replied
the juror, surprised at Heney's knowl-
edge.
And did you not at one time say in
a conversation with your son that you
thought Ruef had committed no crime?
That he simply took his fee as any one
else would have done?"
Edlan stammered. Il don't re-
member anything like that" he fall
tered.
We'll, then, do you remember a
young man coming to your sons saloon
and asking him 10 sign a petition to
take the graft prosecution out of the
hands OF the district attorney and place
il in the hands of the attorney gen
eraI? And in that conversation didn't
your son say, with you asserting, that
the biggest bunch Of grafters are in
Office now-that -- Spreckels is a
CRATER? Didn't you say that the graft
prosecution crowd had killed the town
and ruined business?"
Again Edlan was cOnfounded. He ram
blingly denied the story, however but
Aail admitted it minute later when
questioned from another tack. Today
ldeney VIII take him in hand again and
he Wlll probably be ousted from the
jury.
JAE TAEESMAN PASSED
one new juror was temporarily
passed yesterday. He was julius
i5aumgarten, a butcher, and appeared
10 MAKE d good juror. Those excused
Asere H. r. Zimmerman of 6525 Cali
Iornla street, who discovered over
Lignt that he had formed an opinion,
a-.d George Ryan of II PeraIta avenue,
who also mad an opinion.
A new Venire OF 100 names was
drawn and more than half of these
we're weeded out at a preliminary ex-
animation before Judge LawIor after
the trial had adjourned. Judge LawIor
announced from the bench yesterday
that courc would adjourn from noon
today until Monday morning as a token
ot respect TO the memory of the late
Justice Mcfarland.
Further evidence of suspicious ac-
tivity in regard 10 jurors on the panel
came to light during the morning ses-
sion when Carl r. Algren was exam
ined.
He testified that a man had visited
his house the day before and INQUIRED
OF his wife how ne stood on the graft
prosecution and where he could be
found.
MAKES GRANDSTAND PLAY
Attorney Henry Ach in the morning
made an attempted grandstand play he
lore the jury and tried TO enter into the
record during an examination of z
juror denial of the story published
exclusively IN yesterday mornings Cali
concerning the challenging of talesma.
Peter Butt, but the Ruef LAWYER vas
Sharply choked OF by Judge LawIor.
who said:
Mr. Ach. as an attorney of expert
ence II seems TO me that you ought To
know that such matters should be
called 10 the attention of the court in
inc regular way and not taken up in
an examination Of a talesman."
Albert Pissis, the well known arobi
tect Of San Francisco, was examined
Tor the panel yesterday, but secured his
release on the showing that he was .
citizen Of the republic of Mexico.