Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-03
'CALHOUN'S CASE
RAPIDLY NFARS
FINAL CHAPTER
MANY WITNESSES CONCLUDE
THEIR TESTIMONY
STOLEN REPORTS IDENTIFIED BY
DETECTIVE HELMS
Witness Denounces Earl Rogers and
in Turn Is Scored by Young
Woman stenoarapher
Cross Examined
y AN FRANCISCO. Iune "a dozen

that the case of the prosecutions WHICH
was opened April Is, is drawing to
close
John H. Helms. formerly employed
by the defense as a. detective. identified
q number of documents previously in
troduced in evidence as reports stoleI
from the office of William j. Burns ana
incidentally precipitated the first ~
two angry conflicts that necessitatec
the intervention of Judge William z
Lawlor.
The first breach of decorum occurred
when Helms testified that he had de
livered to Mr.. Calhoun copies of some
of the stolen reports. Earl Rogers, at
torney for tho defendant, intimateo
that the witness had committed per
jury.
Jumps to His Feet
Helms jumped to his feet, ignoring
Judge Lawlor and the states attorneys
and defied Rogers to substantiate his
charge, warning him not to repeat 1t
! Before the Wrangle was terminated
Judge Lawlor threatened to send &c
Jail any attorney who addressed an in
sultng question or remark to VIII
ness.
Later in the day Assistant District
| Attorney Francis J. Heney declared
himself willing to take a position an
| tagonistic to the court and accept the
consequences resultant upon such an
attitude.
The Impending storm blew over, but
not until the prosecution had voiced his
opinion of the treatment accorded some
of the witnesses he had produced IL
court.
Mr.. Heney had called as a witness
Miss Henrietta Harper, a stenographel
who transcribed certain documents Tor
| Helms while the latter was in the en-
ploy of the Unitd Railroads.
! Heney was attempting TO show that
the work included some of the stolen
reports and asked:
do you know Mr.. Helms, the gentle
man with the light suit?'
Some Sarcasm
"Gentleman?" inquired the witness
with a rising infection.
well, we won't discuss that" said
Mr. Heney. DO you draw distinc-
ton between Mr.. Helms and Mr.. Alb
bott?"
"A decided distinction" said Miss
Harper.
so do l." said Mr.. Heney, and the
subject was dropped until Miss Harper
after appealing in vain to the court to
uphold her refusal to testify on the
ground that she was a guardian OF con-
fidential information, was asked;
did you ever send a Miss Doyle, one
of your assistants, to Mr.. Helms Of
flee to do some work?"
! II did send her on one occasion"
said the witness, but 1 have never
1 had any use for her services since"
Mr.. Heney took exception to this re-
ply. informing Judge Lawlor that he
! would refuse to proceed with the ex-
animation unless the witness was in
1 structed not to volunteer any informa-
4 ton not called for in a question
1t developed that Miss Harper was
| inclined to distrust Miss Doyle after
| learning that her assistant had once
been a stenographer in the employ of
W. J. Burns, agent of the prosecu-
ton.
1t was at this point that Mr.. Heney
was warned by the court to refrain
from taking a belligerent attitude.
Orders Record Read
Judge Lawlor finally ordered the rec
ord of testimony read, and the subject
/ of the quarrel was eliminated by the
discovery that neither judge nor attor-
ney had grasped the full reply of the
! witness.
Earl Rogers of the defense, during
! the examination of Helms, reviewed
| every feature of the alleged afhliation
/ of the witness with the Masonic order
and the resultant testimony was pri-
mary education in the tenets of the
order.
past of Helms it developed that the
witness had served in the American
and British navies and armies, in the
/ United states postal service as an in
| spector, and as a secret service agent.
Mr.. Heney added to the record state
ments to the effect that Helms speaks
seven languages; that he is the recip-
| lent of a congressional medal for eX-
traordinary bravery and that he has
been decorated by the czar of Russia.
RAYMOND c. Shindler, an agent Of
the district attorneys office, was tell
ing of his knowledge and connection
with the reports alleged to have been
stolen when the session ended for the
day.
Details of Session
The greater part Of the session was
devoted to presentation or evidence
tending to corroborate or contradict
testimony previously given.
/ Mrs. Michael Morgan, wife of de-
tective employed by the United Rail-
roads, said she had advised her hus-
| band to go as far a ray as possible
and had sent him money for that pur-
pose.
Mr. Heney explained that he had
| endeaVored to locate Morgan as wit
ness but had been unable to do so
The witness admitted several con-
1 versations with Norman Melrose, UNI
der whose direction s-orsan worked
and replying to one of Mr. Heney
questions. stated that she had been
followed to a telephone by one of the
! prosecutions agents.
Mrs. Morgan said she had advised
her husband to go away because she
I did not want him to be wasting his
time in this court room
4 Heney called as a witness Miss Helen
4 F. Hitchines. a school teacher of Har-
/ ris. Humboldt county. who described
the arrival and departure of Helms and
the officers who accompanied him on
| his visit there.
Miss Hitehngs recalled that Helms
4 had used the telephone during his stay
corroborating the testimony of the
three men who alleged that Helms hao
talked to w. $. Lamb, an agent of A
S. Munroe, the Eureka attorney.
Tells of interview
Miss TIitchings stated that MunroC
himself had arrived after the Helms
party left and asked her If the mer
with Helms had heard what was sale
to him over the telephone. Miss Hitch