Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-17
BITTER ATTACK On HENEY
Lawyer for Calhoun Excoriates Spe.
cial Prosecutor in Address to Jury.
ALSO TOUCHES UP sPRECKLEs
Famous Case OF rtreet Railway Mag
nate WIN Probably Reach the
Jury FridRy-Prosecution to
Have Its Innings To-day.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, June i5-Analy'
sis Of the testimony and reviews Of evil
6ence In the Calhoun case ended today
when A. A. Moore, senior counsel for Pat
rick Calhoun began the latter half OF his
argument against the charges Of bribery
against the president OF the United rail-
roads. Alexander King. of Atlanta, Ga,
devoted nearly five hourse 10 a dispas-
sionate' survey Of the case from the stand
point OF the defendant, and concluded In
time to give MIR. Moore two hours fer his
Introduction. a.. |'.
Mr.. Moore's remarks tinged with the
utmost sarcasm ana bitterness, and were
first directed TO the payment OF the chief
prosecutors office expenses BY Rudolph
Spreckels and then to, portions OF Mr..
O'Gara's address Of yesterday. .--
Mr.. Moore opened with a declaration that
the defendant had answered ready" on
forty occasions following the return OF
seven indictments against him in 1907, and
that he had once been refused a hearing
because, as he said. the hired prosecutor,
who works for fame, or glory. or money.
or all, had chosen to let James l.. Gala
CHER, his chief witness, leave the state
Roast for Prosecution.
Il an sorry to note in Mr.. o'Gara's dis.
course the tendency. OF the prosecution to
claim that the rich are expressing the
poor, that streets are stolen and bribery
committed and that you should therefore
convict this defendant, 1t was unworthy
of counsel and the poorest kind Of policy.
When he turned to us and said NO one
Of that crowd is fft- 10 rus, the shoes of
Francis J. Heney,' it was something no
prosecution should have said. The poorest
bootblaek In san Francisco is well quail
fled to rub Mr., Heney's shoes. or his
head, II occasion should arise.
ANY case that has to depend on matter
so insulting to any. man, so servile and
so Indecent in its reference. that needs
must fill the avenues of this city. with
gum-shoe men and pistol men and hatehct
men, such as those who sitvbehind Mr..
Heney, is a bogus case.
This is the first time in history that
a prosecuting officer has been appointed
to office by a person with property inter
ests at stake and has served without pay
to prosecute another citizen. The evidence
shows that he and his partners received
$685. 900 from this patron, and that Mr..
Heney, individually, received S23,OO in TWO
years-for office expenses, IL you like, but
$4,000 is $4,000. Unfortunately, II honor
ably, more humble members Of the profess
0lbl pay NHNh AAANN tARNAisN''
Mr.. Moore's argument is expected to &C.
cupy tomorrow's session Of court. He will
be followed by Mr.. Heney. The case prob
ably will go to the jury Friday.
LRwye Kings Address.
Alexander King Of Atlanta, Ga, who
crossed the continent to assist I'm the de-
Tense of Calhoun, with whom he was once
associated in legal practice, opened the
argument in behalf of his client today.
With friends and business associates
pressing about him and his wife and
daughters seated in full view Of the jury,
the president Of the United Railroads fol-
lowed attentively every word OF his at
torney. aver. tr....
81. warn you against the atmosphere of
suspicion with which the prosecution has
enveloped this case" said Mr.. King in his
opening. You must try it on proof alone
and ignore every hypothesis that has been
commonly spread out for our Inspection"
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