The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21

rent of abuse and vilification. The at
tack followed a statement made by the
witness that Calhoun had known of the
hiring of the motorcycles as we'll as the
later investment in an automobile
SEEK TO Willy BURNS
tom Gibson, the detective, told me
that Calhoun had asked him to come
to me and tell me to get the motorcy-
cles," said the witness. I told Abbott
and he said for me to do whatever Cal
houn wanted
Don't you recall that the very day
you were instructed to use motorcycles
was the day Supervisor Boxton de
clared on the witness stand in the Ford
trial that Burns had told him to COM
nit perjury" demanded Rogers loudly.
That's a false insinuation," declared
Heney. He did not so testify, and no
body knows better than you do, Mr.
Rogers, that If Mr.. Burns did tell DR..
Boxton to make an affidavit for the
newspapers If necessary to prevent it
from being discovered that he had CON
fessed that such thing would not
constitute perjury
well, do you recall telling Mr. Abb
bolt that you knew of counterfeit case
in which Burns actually put counter
felt money in mans pocket?" queried
Rogers, after avoiding Heneys last
statement.
Il never made such a statement to
Abbott or any one else declared Helms
positively.
Rogers put, several other questions
along the same line. prefacing each in-
situation with the question whether it
was not true that this was a secret
service method" or that it was the
habit of secret service operative to
do one thing or another The questions
produced another skirmish between
counsel, and progress was interrupted
for time.
HAD REPORTS IN TRIPLICATE
Helms testified that the defense had
double and sometimes triple reports
on all jurors through the system of
stealing. these reports from the district
attorneys office. He himself made some
OF the copies which We're turned over
TO Abbott, and at other times required
the services of public stenographer
and her assistants. This was because
the reports were sometimes brought
TO him in bundles of from so to $50.
he said, and it was necessary to have
the work OF copying them done quickly.
as Platt insisted they should not re-
main long out of Burns office
1t was only certain kinds of reports
of which copies We're made. Helms de-
clared, for in some instances the orjgi-
mails taken from Burns office were
kept by Abbott. Abbott insisted that
as many as possible of Platts reports
when he made them should be. exc
cuted in his own handwriting.
did you get any other papers from
Burns office besides those Plat
brought you?" asked Rogers.
Yes. / got papers from a man named
William Corbin," answered Helms re-
ferring to another of the men caught
in the net when the disclosures were
made concerning the robbery of Burns
office. "Corbin was in the employ Of
Ruef"
During the time Helms was in Burns
employ the latter knew that Helms
was getting papers from his Office. and
in fact was receiving from Helms
copies of everything he received. 1t
was through this means that the plot
to steal the reports and documents was
traced and the denouement finally made
Reverting to the time the automo-
bile was used as a means of following
Burns, Rogers asked several more
questions and elected the information
that Abbott had asked the witness to
provide attorneys for the men who
We're arrested and that Helms had hired
Assemblyman Nate Coghlan and Charles
S. Perry to defend them.
When was this?r asked Rogers. in
referring to the hiring Of the lawyers
Il don't remember. said the witness
but you ought to know, Mr.. Rogers.
You were very much interested in it.
talked with you about it."
That brought the examination of
Helms to an end for the day Rogers
said that he wished the witness to
secure memorandum book which he
had mentioned and would postpone the
remainder of the cross examination un-
til 1t was at hand. Heney refused to
proceed with the redirect examination
until the cross examination was con-
Guided, and Helms was excused for
the time being