The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-02
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THE SAFE
GRAFT CASES IN FRISCO
TAKE NEW TURN.
PROSECUTOR HENEY ORDERS CAL
HOUN'S SAFE BLOWN OPEN
AND SEARCHED.

San Francisco, March 29.-Following
the startling developments Saturday in
the bribery graft cases, when five men,
including the private secretary Of Will
diam J. Burns and four officials Of the
United Railroads, were arrested in con-
nection with the alleged purloining and
copying of documents from the Offices
of Burns and the district attorney, and
legal Offices of the United Railroads
forcibly entered, the private safes of
Patrick Calhoun and Thornwell Mullal-
ly, his assistant, were forcibly opened
Sunday and their contents carefully ex-
amined.
The forcing of the safes was a con-
tinuation Of the search when agents
of the district attorney made a drastic
raid of the Offices Of the president of
the United Railroads and followed Cal.
nouns refusal to open them. The ex-
animation Of the papers in the safes
was barren Of results, according to the
searchers.
Just as the search was almost fin
ished Stanley Moore Of counsel for Cal
houn appeared with restraining or
der signed by Superior Judge Murasky
enjoining the agents Of Burns and the
district attorney from proceeding with
their work. Acting upon instructions
from Assistant District Attorney Heney
the men refused to recognize the order
of the court and continued their search.
Another development Of the day was
the arrest Of Frank J. Murphy, associ-
ate counsel for Abraham Ruef during
Ruef's second trial, who was recently
tried and acquitted of the charge Of
attempting to bride prospective juror
on the Ruef panel. Murphy was taken
into custody on warrant charging him
with receiving stolen property. He
was immediately released upon $4,000
bail. 1t is alleged that Murphy re-
ceived some Of the data said to have
been stolen from Detective Burns Of
flee.
Justified, Says Burns
Following the search Of Calhoun g
Office Detective Burns said:
"The copies Of reports and other
data gathered by US in the bribery
graft cases, found in the offices Of Pat
rick Calhoun and his attorneys, and
the confession Of the men arrested, fully
justified the action taken by us and
furnish convincing proof that my men
were bribed and sold the secrets of the
prosecution to the United Railroads.
Detective Burns stated that it was
not alleged that the original papers
were stolen from his Office, but copies
made Of them, which were then sold
ito the United Railroads, defendants,
10y men in his own employ. Burns stated
that several hundred reports of investi.
cations Of veniremen made by his men
were found in the search.
Rex N. Hamlin, A. Mckinley, Will
liam Corbin, Jerry Van Werner and E.
A. Plat are still in the city prison.
All but Corbin are charged with grand
larceny. Van Wormer, who was not
charged last night, was released today
upon writ of habeas corpus, but was
Immediately rearrested and charged.
Outrage, Says Calhoun.
Mr.. Calhoun gave out the following
statement to members of the press Sun
day night:
"You have been, gentlemen, wit
nesses of one of the most stupendous
outrages ever committed on the Amer
lean continent.
"Under our constitution and as a
part of the fundamental basis of Amer
lean liberty every man is protected
against the unlawful search and seiz-
ure Of his property. Yesterday was a
legal holiday. was absent from the
city. William J. Burns took this op.
portunity by swearing out bogus
complaint to seize upon the offices of |
the United Railroads and make a |
search Of its papers and records"
In conclusion Mr.. Calhoun said that
the fundamental trouble of the
"wrong-doing of the so-called graft
prosecutors is the turning over of the
office of the district attorney to the
control of Rudolph spreckels and his
coter1e,' and declared that 1" this high
handed outrage" would rest upon the
prosecution. He referred to the Burns
stan as "corps Of privately paid
sples," which Burns had "succeeded in
grating upon the Office of the dis.
trict attorney" and called attention to
the fact that Police Judge Deasy, who
ISSUED the search warrants, had but |
recently been appointed by Mayor Tay-
tor from the staff Of the district at.
torney.