The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-25
REO-HOT CLASHES
IN CALHOUN TRIAL
Prosecutor Heney Enters Camp
of the Defense to Secure
Some Witnesses.
LANGUAGE MORE VIVID
THAN ELOQUENT USED
Old Story of Dynamiting Home
of James L. Gallagher Is
ThreShed Over.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.-Fran~
els j. Heney, prosecutor In the trial OF
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads. went into the camp
OF the defense for several of his wit
nesses today, and in consequence the
proceedings were cmbittcrcd by strife
between counsel and continual skir-
mishes between Mr.. Heney and the re
luctant and hostile subjects Of inter
rogation.
From the manner in which the case
was conducted today, 1t appeared that
the state was approaching the end oil
its long roll of witnesses, and hopes
were expressed that another fortnight
would end the trial, which entered to"
dav upon its twentieth week.
This afternoon session, which pro
3uced virtually all the important tes-
timony of the day, was devoted TO the
examination Of Thomas B. Gibson, de-
tcctive in the employ of the United
Railroads: George r. Francis, secretary
of the company $ legal department, and
Luther Brown, Los Angeles attorney,
who has been active III behalf OF inc
defense.
Explanation Demanded.
Mr.. Hency asked Gibson TO explain
his part in the Investigation OF the dV
Mantle explosion which wrecked INC
Oakland home OF James l.. Gallagher,
one OF the chief witnesses for The
prosecution. ard imperiied the lives or
Gallagher and seven other inmates OF
ihe house. Mr. Hcncy's questions car
ried MANY charges that Gibson denied,
hut The witness admitted that ne had
been directed 10 look into The at1air by
Thornwell MuIlaly. assistant TO N.Y. 'ai,
houp, When asked what he discovered
Gibson said: Il discovered that TWO
men were arrested and held IN Oakland
for n couple of weeks, and that one OF
these men had bought ten pounds or
dynamite His Dame was Nllheim, ana
] supposed he was working Tor VII
liam j. Burns.
''What report of the matter ald YOU
make 10 william NJ. Abbott?'' asked
Mr. Hcnev-
Believed Buns in Game,
~ told him that thought bnrns
and Wilhelm had hand IN II, ana thst
create a feeling against Mr. Calnoun
in his trial. said the witness; -,
"Oid you think Burns wanted to XII
GsIlarhe7?'' asked the prosecutor
"T did not replied Gibson.
had reasons TO believe that the people
who lived in the house were al IN nc
back ward by arrangement "heh lh'
explosion occurred. .
Mr.. Honey then asked Gibson II ne
had rot attempted 10 Interfere WIN
Burns when the latter returned rom
the east and began an investigation or
Tho dynam;ijng. The defense intorposed
an objection. aud Mr> lleney charged
that an attempt WAS made 10 silence
GALLAGHER by asSasslnailng nm ana
that Inc agents Of the lnliea Rallroads
were instrumental III tho effort 10 sup
press evidence of the crime.
Stanley Moore Of tho defense. char
acterizod thc charges as false as
hell. - declaring that the dynamitlng
was stock issue OF the prosccutIon'
10 be lugged in against every de
fcndant
Secretary Francis, who followed Cab
son on the stand, admitted having re
o.iycd from John Helms, formerly con
nccted with the United Railroads de-
tcctive bureau q fling cabinet aud
quantity OF documents, which Helms al
legged were reports on jurors and other
matter abstrscted from the office of
Burns. He testified that he had re-
rcivcd money from Abbott TO pay
Helms and other men engaged IN simi-
lar work.
Luther G. Brown s appearance AZ
witness for tho prosecution aroused he
interest nf the crowded courtroom. The
witness declared that ne had never ar
ranged for Alexander Latham. once
chauffeur for Abraham Rucf, 10 enter
the employ Of his Brown 81 fathcr-in-
LAW, and that hr never knew Of such
employment. which was regarded as an
important issue because of the fact
ina, Latham is now awaiting trial or a
charge of perjury, alleged 10 have been
committed in thc Huef tria
Brown admitted certain Of his ac!iv,,
iiics as q detective from the United
Railroads. His examination had lust
got we'll under way whom tho hour OF