The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-20
CALHOUN AGAIN
FACES JURY ON
BRIBERY CHARGE
Second Trial of Trolley Chief
for Alleged COrrupting of
Supervisors Begins
LangdOn to Conduct Case Until
Heney Returns From Vaca-
ton in the North

United Railroads. went on trial yes
terday on the charge of offering a
bribe to former Supervisor John J.
Furey, and the work OF securing jury
was Immediately begun. District At
torney william H. Langdon. who will
conduct the prosecution. with Assistant
District Attorney John O'Gara, until
the return Of Francis J. Heney. August
I. examined "A jurors. the remnant of
the last Calhoun venire- Acting with
the five defense attorneys, Langdon eX-
cused the taiesmen. Judge Lawlor
himself excused one juror over the OBJ
lection Of the defense a list of 100
tslesmen was drawn during the morn
ing session Of court, and these men
VIII be summoned to appear at $3.50
o'clock tomorrow morning.
John H. Gray. one Of the talesmen
called yesterday, presented written
statement TO Judge Lawlor in when
was detailed an alleged advance that
had been made to him some days ago.
This letter was submitted TO the at
torneys for both sides, but they deemed
II too vague 20 take cognizance or.
GRAY. however. was excused without
examination by consent
BIG CRAFT TRIAL STARTS
Judge Lawlor began the. big graft
trial yesterday by asking the Calhoun
forces If they were ready. Stanley
Moore answered IN the affirmative, and
District Attorney Langdon gave the
same reply. Without further ado Judge
I.awlor gave his Instructions to the at
torneys and ordered the first panel of
u jurors called. Within 10 minutes
Albert Landsburg, the first Juror to
come under the attorneys crossf1re,
was under examination.
Calhoun occupied a more conspicu-
Gus position than at the former trial,
and took more prominent part in the
proceedings. The examination. which
IS opened by the defense, according 20
q ruling by Judge Lawlor, was con-
Quoted almost entirely by Stanley
Moore. and Calhoun frequently gave
him whispered counsel, upon which the
attorney was quick TO act
The audience was small, but in many
ways familiar The Banjo Eyed Kid"
was in attendance with many others of
the United Railroads well known bri-
gade Of sleuths and strong arm men.
Luther Brown fitted in and out.
TALESMEN FAVOR PROSECUTION
Nearly all of the men called yester-
day proved TO be prosecution sympa-
All4At-Ss anu the QtLGloG AOSA no lllllS IN
excusing them. In nearly all cases the
Calhoun attorneys were more than sat
isfied 10 challenge as soon as they dis
covered the fact that juryman took
The Call
Why is IT you read The Call more
than any other paper7" Stanley Moore
asked Armand Brusco. a wholesale
vegetable dealer. who had stated that
he had turned TO The Call for his in
forma ton.
Because the best information ap-
pears in The Call" was Brusco's sim
PIE but sufficient answer. Moore ex-
cused Brusco without further parley.
The common ground upon which
jurors were excused yesterday was that
they had a fixed opinion which they
did not believe they could set aside in
trying the case. In every case this
opinion was OF such strength that at
no time in the days proceedings did
1t seem probable that any talesman
would find his way into the jury panel
Those called yesterday were:
Albert Landsburg. 2IOO Union
street; Charles Harris, 2243 Van Ness Mes.
avenue; Harry H ManteIl S463 Sacra
mento street; Charles Campbell, 354l
Twentieth street; Ell J. AIlemand
2130 Twenty-third street: Charles
Wollperts $50 Haight street; William
wilson, z521 Devisadero street; John
j. Gray, ESQ Twelfth avenue; George
& Barkhaus, 2Sls Buchanan street
George A. Colder, 81 Walter street
Carsten W. Groth, 1875 Folsom street
William o. Miller, Central avenue
James Flanagan. I3s Central avenue
Matthew J. O'NeilI. ~ Hancock
street; Charles Clint, S41 Bartlett
street; Patrick Lyons. 1927 Busf
street; Charles H Van Orden. 2S3E
Howard street; Joseph NJ Willard
1894 Pine street; Armand Brusco. l05(
Montgomery street; Samuel Berel
1915 Valencia street; Peter Mcclure
81 Hayes street; Patrick J. Farrell
lllz Fell street; John J. Butler. 81:
Fourteenth street; James GIassford
1908 Turk street
Heney Cables go Ahead"
cORDovA. Alaska. July 1s.-Aftel
making a trip over the Copper River
and Northwestern Francis J. Henev
the San Francisco graft prosecutor. to.
day went with S. w. Eccles. presiden,
of the road. on a fishing expedition
This morning Heney cabled instructions
10 his associates in San Francisco r.
go ahead with the Calhoun trial with.
out waiting for his return Heney said
today that there would be no letup OF
the Calhoun prosecution on account Of
the approaching November election.
Major General J. Franklin Bell. chic,
Of STAFF Of the United States army,
Mrs Bell; Captain F. w. SIaden OF the
Fourteenth infantry, and Major J. w
richardson, chairman of the Alaska
road commission, who, with Heney
nave oeen guests OF Eccles left TO-DAY
for Fort Liscum- From there they viii
90 70 Fort William H. Seward and then
take trip down the Yukon river.