The San Francisco call., 1909-04-02
BOWLING GOES
WITH HIS OFFER
TO DETECTIVE
Secretary of Garments Union
Proposes to Betray Calhoun
TO Prosecution
Sends Emissary to Burns in
Bath to Arrange Meeting
and Shows "Tiis Goods"

TO do for him, and he replied that he
thought the statements were worth
10000. / told him that was absurd.
! asked him the identity Of the persons
referred to in the statements and he
replied that he did not care to talk
very much about the matter until after
we had reached some agreement I
then told him that we had informa-
tion which showed conclusively that
Calhoun, Schmitz and he (Bowling) had
brought on the last car strike. He re-
piled that we could not prove it in
thousand years"
I insisted thst we could. and it could
be proved by him, if he would tell the
truth, TO which he replied;
We'll, III tell you. what we can do.
We can FIX It so that Calhoun can not
prove that he did not do that"
I Immediately took Bowling to task
for this statement, and told him that
we would not permit him to put UP any
sort OF a job that would prevent Cal
houn making any honest defense he
possibly would. and that notwithstand-
ing the action Of Calhoun and his hire
lings and thugs. in their abuse and viii
ifcation Of members Of the prosecution,
nevertheless. we were sworn officers Of
the law, and it was our duty to see that
every man received a fair trial
Bowling then informed me that il
was he who secured these statements
for the United Railroads, and asked me
Il II would not be sufficient to show that
these statements were bought and paid
for by Calhoun. I told Bowling that l
would lay the matter before the mem
bers Of the prosecution, and would meet
him on the following day.
LAID BEFORE LANGDON
In the meantime I notified District
Attorney Langdon Of Bowling's visit
and purpose. and he stated that he
would lay the matter before the attor-
neys for Calhoun. He told me to con-
but to be extremely careful with him.
as he did not have a very favorable
opinion OF the mans integrity.
Subsequently I met Bowling several
times and the result Of our meetings
was as follows:
told Bowling it would be necessary
10 see the statements 10 determine just
what the situation was, but that 1 was
busy at that time as I had serious
illness in my family. I told him that I
did not know when 1 could see him
again.
After that he kept my telephone ring
ing constantly. and had evidently be-
come desperate He stated that II I
cared TO use him and the others asso-
ciated with him in his scheme ii would
be necessary TO do so at once.
BRINGS THE PAPERS
Within a day or two I saw him again
and he brought the papers with him
as I had directed. was very busy,
however, attending to the arresting of
the persons who had been induced by
Calhoun and his thieving hirelings to
rob the district attorneys Office. Sub
seouently Bowling called and I told
him the papers were Of no earthly use
10 Us. and that we cared nothing for
them 7 told him that what we wanted
70 get was the truth, and that we had
the proof that Calhoun. Schmitz and
he tBowling) had connived to bring on
the car strike. I told him that we
would expect him 70 make a sworn
truthful statement and be ready to take
the witness stand and testify under
oath 10 all the facts exactly as they
had occurred.
NAMES HIS PRICE
Bowling said he would be willing to
DO this. but added that he would want
$4,000 down and $500 a month for
himself and $500 down and $3.50 a
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