The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18

Eleven jurors have been sworn final
~ to sit in judgment OF TREY L. Ford
general counsel OF the United Rail
roads, in the Coleman bribery case be-
fore Judge Lawlor. The filing of the
box, minus the one chair, was accom-
piished yesterday afternoon when the
defense showed an unexpected reversal
of form and finally passed without the
exercise of tho peremptory challenges
two jurymen. John J. murphy and John
P. Leonard, who had been challenged
for cause on direct examination.
The defense had a leeway of three
peremptory challenges, too, when the
two men who earlier were undesirable
were sworn. Edward W. Putnam was
challenged. Putnam was the Juror
about whom George Francis OF VIII
liam NJ. Abbott's office was so curious
that he was practically elected from
the Office OF Sidney NJ. van Wyck Jr.,
where he had gone to investigate Put
nam's state OF mind.
John J. Murphy, one of the accepted
jurors. was examined Wednesday and
expressed his leaning IN such mann er
that he was challenged, but the court
denied 1t. John P. Leonard was ex-
amined yesterday morning.
BELIEVES MONEY PASSED
Leonard is a cement contractor liv-
ing at 37S Second avenue He said
that he believed tho supervisors mad
been bribed; that he had no doubt
that money had been passed, and also
had an opinion in the Ford case. but
was confident that he could set that
opinion aside and try the case on the
evidence presented. A. A. Moore in
terposed a challenge on two grounds,
which were denied by O'Gara and not
allowed by the court.
William Dohemann, SO Tiffany av-
enue. who conducts a cigar stand near
Twenty-ninth and Mission streets, was
the eleventh Juror accepted He said
he had no particular opinion in the
case. Dohemann. like otner venire-
men, had been visited by a mysterious
interrogator since he had been on the
jury panel.
In reply to questions by Assistant
District Attorney O'Gara, --u..einann
stated that the man came to him on
last Saturday.
He asked me what I thought of
the Ford trial, and 1 answered that I
did not know 1t was on. Then he
asked me what thought Of the car
strike and of Abe Ruef. He said ne
was out Investigating"
Stanley Moore made an effort to get
a. description of the investigator, but
did not succeed. Dohemann said that
in the matter of the car strike he be-
lieved that the men should have had
more pay; that they were in the rig-t;
but that he had no feeling against
Patrick Calhoun.
In all 81 veniremen were examined.
J. c. Kortick. Orville c. Bunster,
Lawrence II. Van Wyck and Louis He'll
broner were readily excused for cause
in the morning.
WIN HEARTS OF DEFENSE
Louis Kuh, a manufacturer of 1854
Fell street, won the hearts of the de-
Tense by expressing emphatic disap-
prevail of the persons and practices of
the graft prosecution. and Nicola
Perisco of 1715 Ocean avenue gained
almost as much applause by declaring
that he did not believe that the super
visors ever received any Doodle. that
the newspapers had stretched It along"
William D. Hobro was exempted by
illness, Alexander Cohn was excused,
Charles S. Harvey, a street contractor.
believed that the prosecution was hurt
ing business; James 8. Boas had per-
sonal business demanding his atten-
ton; Isaac Jacobs could not believe
the supervisors under oath, Henry G..
Arnold could not leave his business to
perform jury duty; Charles l.. Kort-
john was excused; Samuel j. Lark was
disqualified by an opinion and James
A Ryan wanted TO limit immunity to
ex-Supervisor Sanderson.
Leonard was passed and the morn
ing session concluded with the dis
qualifying of Peter Jansen. James
Keene. who thought Ford guilty; Fred
erick Alves, Jacob Klein and Tobias
Cohn, who favored amnesty for all
grafters since the supervisors were let
off.
Dohemann was accepted in the after
noon and the peremptory challenge
exercised by the defense.
HEARD RUFF CONFESS
Then followed the excusing for va
rious reasons the following: Calvin f.
Knickerbocker, Samuel II. Boardman,
Henry c. Norton. Myer L. Friedman,
Pierson Durbrow. Rowland Allen,
Henry A. Fairy, BENJAMIN H. Avery,
John F. Costello and James w. Haniil-
ton. The last named declared that the
newspaper reports of the graft pro-
ceedings read like a novel and said
that he was in court the day Ruef
confessed. having heard from the
newspapers that the confession was
to come
Judge Lawlor ordered a drawing of
35 names from the jury panel, re-
turnable this morning. when an ef-
fort will be made TO fill the jury
box.