The San Francisco call., 1909-08-12
APPROVE CALLS
ATTITUDE AS TO
BLOCKINGGRAFT
TaIesmen Tell CaIhOun's AttOt-
neys Just How the Capitalist
Is Regarded in Community
They Read This Paper and Fully
IndOrse the Stand Ii
= Has Taken g

-: Patrick Cg-Aoun's assembled legal
sds'jseis srned during the course Of
fi4 Croiie seagAate's trial yesterday
iae point of view maintained by the
p. average uPrilat citizen Toward THEN
f5idistcd n,aSteE And the attorneys
= lone we're responsible for the confu-
.si6l. :occasionesi themselves and their
client for their questions led two tales
men to. tell in tust what way the capi-
falsst lis regarded.
Earr Rogers came out with the first
unfortunate queEy. He found that
TaIesnsan Ludwig Nelson was taking
The call. and at that asked the citi-
z.Ji. whe1her or not. he had seen. from
time*r6 tiiae, amy attack on the de-
fendant in ths1 paper
APPROVED or THEM
Neison had seen and read the at
tacks.,'
And did YOU approve Of them?" Rog-
ers asked.
Fl did" said Nelson.
Rogers wisely turned the questioning
10 other channels and evidently judged
that he had donet enough. for lie gave
way to stanley Moore when Talesman
CHARLES s. O'Byrne,N Va real estate dealer,
was put under examination. Moore dis
covered that zO'Byrne too. was a reader
Of The Call. and, amer "a slight hest
tuncy. ;nerved himself 10 ask the ques-
cisn Rogers had propounded with such
disastrous effect 10 the defense.
'O'BErna stated that he. also. had seen
Ire attacks" on Calhoun in The Call.
And did you approve OF them?'
AFoore asked timId1y.
....'L did" came the stout reply. and
- Be defense attorneys retired in dis
. order. Tire question regarding The
calls attacks" was not asked again
during The session. Ii is not likely
that il viii be heard again there.
LEAGUE or JUSTICE
Another talesman little to their lik-
ing was encountered py the defense in
the person of Arthur ). Nelson. a dray-
man. who informed Attorney Moore
that he was a member of the Lea que
Of Justice and joined it the night
Henev was shoE He stated frankly
that il would be difficult for him 10 try
the case impartLally and assume the
absolutely unbiased attitude contem-
plated in the ideal juror, and Langdon
did not oppose the defense's challenge.
The vexed question of what shall
be considered. the last assessment
roll. which is a contention that has
caused hours Of Oratory during the
trial. WAS decided yesterday by Judge
Lawler to refer to the roll Of 1903.
on this ground he discharged Henry
Nelson. a talesman being held for ex-
animation, who is not on the roll OF
this year
q ADDITIONAL NAMES ORDERED
A venire Of 50 additional names was
ordered by Judge Lawlor, and made
returnable Friday al $50. This makes
total of 1900 names drawn since
July 10. the day this second trial be
gan. OF these $50 have been called
into the box. and only two chosen as
provisional jurors. The other 353 are
accounted for in the following man
ner: Judge Laylor dismissed !, IS were
allowed TO go by consent OF both
parties. s were excused on statutory
grounds and 252 dismissed by the at
o torneys for cause.-the presence of an
opinion one way or the other. Thus
there were 1145 citizens who were
either absent when the sheriff called
TO summon them, or excused by Judge
Iawlor. Immediately upon appearing
in court, because of sickness. business
cares or other obvious reasons.
The case goes on this morning at
$50 O'Clock.