Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
IRy Associated Press.l

NAN FRANCISCO, May 25.--De1ec-
~ tives employed by the prosecution
~ and detectives employed by the
defense were the only witnesses called
during todays session of the trial OF
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads.
Luther Brown, who admitted that he
directed the activities of several as
sistants working in the interests of the
defense, was finally interrogated as to
his relations with men who have con-
fessed to completely in the theft of
papers from the office of w. J. Burns,
agent of the prosecution, and refused
to testify on the ground that his state-
ments might tend to incriminate him.
Norman Melrose,' another attache OF
the United Railroads detective bureau,
said that he had delivered to William
M Abbott, jointly indicted with Mr..
Calhoun, reports procured by men
under his direction.
Nicholas Korngold. the third witness
of the day, declared he had followed
District Attorney w. II. Langdon with
| two detectives and John Claudianes to
the home of James L. Gallagher, which
had been wrecked by an explosion of
| dynamite.
He declared that Abbott had com
mended him for his work and had in
structed him to ascertain, If possible,
what had transpired in the grand jury
room in Oakland when Claudianes was
indicted in connection with the dyna-
mting.
Directed by Abbott
The witness said he had been direct
ed by Abbott to establish relations
with Felix Paudeveris, who was ac-
cused of completely in the affair, but
has never been apprehended.
you have worked for the United
Railroads and you have worked for
ID
cross examination. When you get
through working for Burns will you be
open to an offer to testify to what you
learned in his employ?"
Assistant District Attorney Francis
j. Heney objected to this question as
insulting, and it was not answered.
All the testimony of the day was
offered, according to Mr. Heney's
statement. in the effort to show that
Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Abbott were en-
gagged in a conspiracy to defeat the
ends of justice and suppress testimony.
While neither side will give an out
line of the testimony still to be offered
it is believed that the prosecution is
nearing the end of it's case, and the
previous trials of TREY L. Ford, gen.
eral counsel for the United Railroads,
are offered in support of the predic-
ton that the defense will offer but lit
tie testimony in rebuttal.
Under the most favorable circum-
stances it is believed that arguments
to the jury will be reached in another
week.
All Disappear
It was announced by the prosecution
today that Attorney John O'Neill and
his brother Hugh, together with f. A.
Platt, all witnesses in the Calhoun
case, have disappeared. Agents of the
district attorneys office are making a
search for them. The O'Neili brothers,
who were subpoenaed as witnesses, are
accused of having attempted to pre-
vent the appearance of Detective John
Helms as a witness for the prosecu-
tion.
Platt was accused of delivering
papers from the Office of William j.
Burns to the defense. At that time
he was confidential assistant to Burns.
Luther Brown, who recently was
tried and acquitted on a charge of
kidnapping the editor of a local paper,
resumed the witness stand, and Ac-
sistant District Attorney Heney re-.
newed his attempt to learn the scope
of Browns activities in the interests
of the United Railroads.
The witness testified that when the
house occupied by the former chair
man of the supervisors was blown up
he had employed q photographer to
take views of the damaged residence.
His further Investigations, he said, led
him to believe that the dynamiting
was arranged by Gallagher himself, or
by j. Schenck his brother-in-law, who
was an occupant of the house.
Wrote Him Letters
"A former client of mine." said
Baown, ''was neighbor of Gallagher's,
and he wrote me concerning some facts
he had learned. / went to Oakland to
see him, and he said man named
Wagner or Warner had told him of
suspicious occurrence on the night of
the dynamiting. Wagner said he was
smoking in his back yard, which adj
Joined the Gallagher yard and that
when the explosion occurred he rushed
over to the rear door of the Gallagher
home. Here, he said, he was met by
either Schenck or Gallagher, who
gruffiy ordered him to keep away.
For this reason did not personally
interview Wagner. I was prbtty well
satisfied that no one was in any great
danger"
what purpose did you think Gall
lagher had in blowing up his own
homer demanded Mr.. Heney.
"I thought it was done to arouse the
tagging interest of the public" said