Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-20
CASE
IN HANDS
OF JURY
ATTORNEY DESPAIR
OF EARLY AGREEMENT 7
of Celebrated Bribery
Trial Which Has Attracted
Widespread Interest Throgh-
out County,


by Morning Journal Special Lease6 Wire
San Francisco, June 19-The cas-,
of Patrick Calhoun and an issue tina
has divided the people Of San Fran
cisco during the last two years, wa,
submitted today to the jury that tired
the president of United Railroads upor
an Indictment for bribery Up to {
O'Clock tonight. when the twelve mer
had been given six hours for thea
deliberation. no verdict had been re-
turned and Judge Lawler ordered a
recess Of three houss for dinnr
In the interval the Jury was taken
to the St. Francis hotel for dinner
and with the courts order for tenn
porary adjournment. there dsap-
peared the last hope of an early
agreement.
Once during the late afternoon
when the jury had been out more
than four hours there was a sudden
summons for Judge Lawler and 1t
was announced that the jury was re.
turning. Mr.. Calhoun and his attor-
neys who had been outside the build
ing. returned to their accustomed
places just as Judge Lawler. resum-
ing his seat. announced that the jur-
ers had requested to hear the testi-
mony of one of the few witnesses
whose testimony involved direct mcn-
ton of the defendants This required
40 minutes and while It was in prog
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accompanied by Rudolph Sprcckles
financial hacker of the graft Drosecu.
ton of the defendant. This required
ferrcd with his colleagues to learn
the reason for the jury's return and
remained until the twelve men again
filed out
The twelve Pen in the box upon
whom every, eye in the crowded court
room was fixed We're equally atten-
tive to the reading of the Testimony
which was closely followed by attor-
neys on either side.
To prevent the possibility of dem
onstraton in the vicinity Of the room |
where the jurors We're deliberatng |
the streets We're cleared of spectators |
AS soon as Mr. Hcney conc luded his ad- |
VI tNH al ~. pV lillN lloIDl1iS. dlltI lilt |
prosecutor had spoken for more thal |
sixteen hours.
History of the Case.
Patrick Calhoun was one Of a score
Of wealthy corporation officials n
dicted as an outcome of the municipal |
upheaval of 1907, when the admins
tration dominated by Mayor Eugene
f. Schmitz. and Abraham Ruef was
overthrown. In November 1905.
Francis J. Heney. already well known
as a public prosecutor charged in a
public address that Ruef and Schmitz
we're guilty of corruption. and VITA
w J Burns, formerly a government
secret service agent, undertook an
of privileges awarded
everal public service corporations.
Ruof ana Schmitz were indicted on
-harges Of eXtortng money from Z
'rench restaurant proprietors in No
-ember, 1906, after Ruef had failed {
n an effort to seize the district at
orneys office through his own ap- {
continent by the board OF supervis- /
RS
The graft investigation. as it came
o be known, was conducted secretly |
or several months following. but in /
he early part of March, 1907. Burns !
ucceeded in trapping Supervisors Y
'homas +. Lonergan. Edward Y
Walsh and Charles f. BoXton in tho (
ct of accepting money from Golden n
T. Roy a skating rink promoter, &
-ho was acting in the interests Of n
ne prosecution. Within week, 6
ighteen supervisors had confessed II
leir acceptance Of money from six /,
iffcrent sources 1t was subsequently n
nnounced that the supervisors had "a
cen promised immunity for their II
,stimony against the men charged :,
ith offering the bribes. u
The Oliver grand jury. empaneled h
nder the direction of Mr.. Heney In {
ctober 1906. heard the confessions y
the supervisors on March 10, 1901 %,
1d during a period of As hours. re- ~
lrned over 800 indictments against
irious persons charged with cora
icity in the briberies
Mr.. Calhoun. together with Abra-
am Ruef and three subordinate Of
-ials of the United Railroads. was OF
dicted on fourteen counts, three of p'
hich were returned by later grand VI
ry. It was charged that the corpo- o'
tion had secured rom the super 20
sors on May 21 1906. a permit au- of
orizing substitution of the over III
.ad trolley system for the cable III
les partially destroyed by the r'
rthauake and fire of April IS. 1906 ~
Ilhoun and the other defendants 70
IRE accused Of having paid Ruef,
hmitz and the supervisors S20o,O0o 20
r their services in securing the per- III
t for the company, and each in
stment was busec upon the money
-eived by one of the supervisors.
Tirey L. Ford. general counsel for an
p United Railroads, was one of the VI
-icials implicated by the indict- F'c
,nts. and during period of eight Nj
,nths was tried three times. of
In the first instance d Disagree NJ