The San Francisco call., 1909-01-30
ROGERS BRINGS
FIREWORKS INTO
CALHOUN TRIAL
Stirs Up Trouble in Brief Ses-
sion and Then Leaves Sud-
denly for Los Angeles
Courtroom Becomes Electrical
Over Sensation That Fails to
MateriaIize for MOOres
Heney Protests InsinuatiOns
. About Prosecution Trying to
Influence Juror
By W. Russell Cole


the active firing line in the Calhoun
case yesterday for the first time. He
was nosing for trouble and he found it
st once. BE held out against the hor-
. nets nest be stirred up until the mid
die Of the afternoon and then he with
. drew and disappeared for an over
Sunday trip 10 Los Angeles"
=. Only once before has Rogers intruded
IN open court since the trial began
That was two weeks ago. when he
dropped IN one morning. shook hands
all around with the defendants attor-
neys and then retired II the open
rupture that occurred between Rogers
OF one OF the Ford cases has not al
ready healed there was good simula
tion yesterday Of friendliness. but then
Rogers did not stay long. When he
left at $3.50 o'clock Stanley Moore re-
sumed the leadership in the conduct Of
proceedings and comparative peace set
tied down for the remainder Of the
afternoon The grist produced the
J. usual result-no talesmen accepted and
no progress
Rogers numbered for action at
about II O'Clock in the morning during
D.. the examination of Talesman Albert
fshrlich of 1878 Golden Gate avenue,
and it took MIN not more than five
-. minutes TO secure notice from the
p prosecution.
FIRST CONFLICT REGISTERED
DO YOU belong to any civic organi-
cations looking to the moral upIift of
humanity" he asked the juror. There
was a note OF sarcasm in his voice and
an added sneer when he specified the
League Of Justice and the Lincoln
Roosevelt league. Heney did not an
sHer Al once, but waited until his own
-rurn came TO question the juror after
Rogers had passed him Then he
asked
DO you have any feeling Of contempt
for any person who thinks there is a
possibility Of uplifting men2'
no" answered the Juror
Then. have you any objection TO men
handing together to prevent assassina-
--tf0ns in court. the tampering with wit
nesses. the bribing OF jurors and gen
eraI interference with justice2" There
was q significant undertone in his voice
that carried more meaning than the
words themselves, and again the juror
answered in the negative.
Enrich was challenged by Heney be-
cause ne declared he would not be
lieve the testimony Of the eX-super-
.visOrs and was dismissed over objection
. hv the defense. The next clash be-
tween Rogers and Heney occurred when
the. former asked Talesman Edward g.
j. Donnelly a question in which he
dragged in a sighting reference to
>-the so called prosecution"
Il want TO interrupt counsel right
now" broke in Heney- s 4 don't know
whether this is intended as slur or
p not. bat we are here as officers Of the
law doing our duty. and it certainly is
, disrespectful to the court"
II assure you no discourtesy was in
tended" answered Rogers, going on TO
.expIain what he had meant
Heney took the juror TO task on
statement that he would not believe
anything the eX-supervisors testified TO.
and went at him hammer and tongs
for logical explanation Of his state
OF mind
SENSATION FAILS UTTERLY
IT was during the afternoon session
that the atmosphere Of the courtroom
became electrical over a sensation that
failed to materiaIize. Rogers had fed
then. and Stanley Moore, who was
questioning Robert z. Chapman, mas
ter plumber, elected the information
that two men from Special Agent
Burns Office had called at his place Of
business at the time Of the Haas
shooting. Moore was on the scent in an
instant and had the crowd nervous
with excitement by the time he had
worked I'D TO a climax. There was a
breathless hush when he asked Chap
man what the men had wanted
They wanted to find out what I
knew about Morris Haas" answered
Chapman My place Of business at
1910 Post street was next door to his.
] talked with him several times, but
this case was not mentioned
Every one sat back and looked re-
lieved except Moore. Heney couldn't
see the drift Of Moore's inquiry. and
Il think there was some purpose be-
hind this conversation" Moore an
swered.
HENEY VEHEMENTLY PROTESTS
III AR. Stanley Moore means that
this mans name was in the minds of
the deputy sheriffs who summoned him,
or TO intimate that the prosecution
was attempting in any way TO inhu-
.ence a juror, then / protest" Heney as
serted.
j a.
.RToore. answered. u think this was an
instance similar TO hundreds and even
thousands that are going on all over
the city. I've had ii come to me
from a great many sources that alleged
call solicitors have called IN the last
two months and have. in every instance,
tried to engage the parties in CONVEX
sati0n about these cases. It's very
peculiar n these men make no reports,
and ] imagine that IL Mr.. Burns were
in the room here now he could tell Us
something about it."
WANTED CHARGE SIFTED
Now" shouted Heney. "an insinua-
ton has been made-an open charge
in fact-and ] insist, your honor, that
this matter be investigated right here
and now. Wen go to the bottom Of
this and viii have Mr.. Burns called in
here to take the stand. We viii also
20 into the question of the activities OF
Globe representatives and who supports
the Globe and who owns il. and the
Oakland Tribune also.
Judge Lawlor brought the side issue