Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-29
DEAL WITH
"BOSS =" MADE
IN SECRET
DETAILS OF THEIR MIDNIGHT
MEETING RELATED
JEWISH PAsToRApps STARTLING
SIDE LIGHTS
Declares That Both Superior Court
Jurlsts Agreed TO Let Prisoner
Go Free If He Would
Testify

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RUFF tried ahead Of Calhoun after tne
district attorneys office had, at least
te,,tativeIx, agreed that the street rail-
,gay magnate, who arrived from New
York Sunday, should be placed on trial
next.
Moore vebemently demanded an i'm
mediate trial for Calhoun, argued that
the circumstances surrounding the
trolley cases and their history Justlhed
the court in controlling its own cdlen-
dar regardless of the right of selection
and determination of the order OF trlai
vested in the district attorney ana
charged the latter with changing ms
nlans and placed Ruef on trial aheao
~ Calhoun for the purpose of adj
versely affecting the case of the head
of the United Railroads street railway
Moore recited at length the history
NJ raIhour's case since the time he
pleaded mot guilty." the setting OF II
for trial on December 3, AFTER the ac-
quittal of his general counsel, frey
L. Ford; the two subsequent coatlnu-
ances at the instance of the prosecu-
tion until February 1 because of the
absence from the city of former Super
visor James L. Gallagher, witness;
Calhoun employing the interim TO go
to New York and Prosecutor francis
J. Heney engaging in the land fraud
cases in Portland, the former waving
the sixty days constitutional provision
and agreeing to the postponement upon
the promise of Heney that he was,
unless something unexpected inter-
vensd. to be the next defendant in the
bribery graft cases to be placed on
trial.
Attacks Langdon
"February has come" said Moore,
addressing the court, land now 1t
seems that Mr.. Langdon, the district
attorney, has seen fit to make public
the immunity contract entered into
with Ruef and made In advance Of the
returning of these indictments in which
was Jointly indicted with the United
Railroads. officials; made, as the world
now knows it 10 be-a bogus indict-
ment--made and drawn and pleaded
to at time when in the very lncip-
iency of 1t 1t was agreed that Ruef
should not be tried on them at all.
There is not a shadow of doubt that
it was explicitly agreed that when this
defendant returned from the east Feb
ruary 1 he was to be tried next. 1t
was at the very least a moral under
standing with Mr.. Heney, according to
his own statement in open court.
IT don't want to take any advantage
of the gentlemen Of the prosecution;
they stay longer awake at night than
/ do. but do demand that the district
attorney name a day when he intends
to place Mr.. Calhoun on trial. / do
protest against the setting of the trial
of Ruef ahead of that of Mr.. Calhoun"
Turning to District Attorney Lang
don, Moore said
II now ask the district attorney,
when do you propose to try Mr.. CAL
houn?"
Langdon obdurate
1.-THE district attorneys ONCE has
never stipulated when any case Is to
be tried. We have the right of con-
trolling the order of trial and the selec-
ton of the defendants. The district at
torney Will exercise that right and not
stipulate when any defendant shall be
tried" replied Langdon.
Don't you intend TO try Ruef ante
eedently, just merely as a club TO reach
Calhoun?" asked Moore.
I'VE will try Ruef because a crime
has been committed" retorted the dis
trict attorney
That's a mere generality" was
Moores rejoinder.
Those indictments are fraudulent so
far as Ruef is concerned Moore con-
tinued. "They were returned to injure
my client, returned with an iron-clad
lawyers agreement that the defendant
was not to be tried on them
I'VE VIII see whether they are fraud
ulent and bogus after the trials" in
terposed Langdon.
Judge Lawlor ruled that the right of
selection as to which defendant should
be placed on trial next rested with the
district attorney and he held that it
would be a gross peryersion of judicial
authority on the part of the court to
interfere with that. He continued the
Calhoun and other United Railroads
cases, along with that of Ruef, until
10 o'clock Thursday morning to be set
for trial.