The San Francisco call., 1908-04-11
TACTICS
|. OF FORD'S LAWYER
Judge Lawlor Stops Move in
Attempt to Put the Prose-
cution on Trial
Four Prospective Jurors Are
Chosen in the Trolley
Bribery Case

| Subtle and insistent attempts on the
part of the attorneys for Tirey L. Ford
to make 1T appear that Francis J.
Heney. Rudolph Spreckels and William
j. Burns were on trial, instead Of the
general counsel of the United Rail-
roads, were checked by Judge Lawlor
yesterday afternoon during the second
days proceedings In the case in which
the street railroad company attorney is
charged with the bribery of Daniel G.
! Coleman in the interest of the over
head trolley franchise
Inose Subtleties of counsel, es
pecially of A. A. Moore, and the haunt
Ing tread of gumshoes and other de-
tectiye devices filled the sessions of
court. which netted but four pros
pective Jurors out Of % talesmen ex-
amined, making a total catch of nine.
During the early part of the day
Moore, with effective artistry as in
sidious as the Merry Widow waltz.
put his questions to the veniremen in
such form that the interrogations were
nothing short of arguments in his
cause He grew bolder and bolder in
his methods as the day passed. and when
Patrick Lyons, who had served as a
juror In one of the Glass trials. was
under examination, said:
Did you hear that during the last
campaign Heney and Langdon and
Burns infested the streets making po-
litical speeches?"
COURT CHECKS MOORE
Il object" cried Assistant District
Attorney O'Gara, rising to his feet.
Counsel is trying by devious. indirect
and underground methods to influence
the jury against the case of the state"
ha c1r
Judge Lawlor.
The stenographer began to read. He
reached. "infesting the streets"
objection sustained" ruled the court.
Your honor didn't hear the entire
question" interposed Moore.
I did not have to-" said Lawior.
tersely.
Moore was full of innuendoes against
Rudolph Spreckels and Burns, taking it
sadly to heart that the special agent of
the graft prosecution was not citizen
of the state, until he learned from
OGara that Burns had been a voter in
this state for a year.
Burns was in court during the en-
tire day in conference with the prose-
cutting attorney. As usual, Fords coun-
sci was extensive and the corps of
gumshoe men large and in scattered
formation all over the courtroom.
OGara added the names of DR.. Coffey
and an editor of Emanuel to the list
of those who might have approached
veniremen.
APPROACHED BY AGENT
1t appeared from the examination of
Adam Beck, who was excused that
some one, presumably an agent of the
defense, in the guise of a magazine
writer. had made six or seven attempts
to approach him, but had only met him
once and was then repulsed
OGara caused a moment of suspense
during the examination of Jacob Levy,
who was later accepted Professionally,
by suddenly turning in the courtroom
and indicating to Levy young man
with auburn hair. said to be named
Watts, who at times conferred with
the defense counsel. OGara wanted to
know II that young man had ever ap-
| preached the juror. But Watts was not
guilty. Some representative of the
Good Government league had addressed
him, however, after Levy was on the
jury panel, and the Ford attorneys
bristled up, only to find that the leag-
uer simply wanted Levy to join that
organiza ton.
When court opened in the morning
both O'Gara and Moore had questions
to put to some of the jurors selected
Thursday, but the interrogations did
not affect the personnel of the panel.
cused and he was followed by Adolph
Cohn. During Cohn's examination
O'Gara had to take Moore to task for
his inference against the prosecution
You don't think it criminal for
Spreckels and Burns to get evidence
against the grafters, do your" asked
O'Gara on the defensive. The juror did
not. though he believed that one ac-
quittal was enough for Ford and that
orJ
John Arenz and George w. Cushing
were quickly disposed Of
ACCEPTED AFTER FARLEY
Louis Cohn, a broker. living at 22o2
jackson street, was accepted after some
parley. Thomas Keenan,, Peter b.
Stumpf and Norris A Cohl were be-
levers in Ford's innocence and were
excused Albert Mueller believed that
Immunity should fall on the higher ups
IS well as on the lower downs. John
L. Davidson believed Ford guilty. as
aid James w. Flannery while Milton
Auerbach felt the other way strongly.
All the above were excused. before
noon.
After Patrick Lyons was excused
Jacob Levy, manager OF department
store at North beach, was accepted.
even arter ne admitted that he felt
sorry Tor the patnetic figure of the
muchly indicted Ruef Fred w. VIII
liams, secretary OF the California glove
company. was adverse to convicting on
cfrcumstantial evidence, but qualified
Louis p Kerner was excused. Adam
Beck oeiieved that # immunity wps
given in wholesale quantities to the
supervisors 1t should be given in re-
tan lots to the higher ups"
Harrison Il. Cowles and Thomas n.
b. Varney had opinions. Rasmus Ras-
mussen believed that bribery had bean
committed, but was passed bv hotbt
sides Ci aries J Koenig was so
friendly to the United Railroads that