The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-22
Strain for Both Defense and
Prosecution Has Been In
tense During Week.
EVERY DAY OF PROBING
AR0USES MORE BITTERNESS
Attorney for Defense DeIiber-
ately Calls Witness of Pro-
SeCutiOn a Liar.

Journmcnt of court tonight ended the
most important week in the long.
drawn out trial Of Patrick Calhoun.
president of the United Railroads, now
well into the fifth month of duration.
Judge and Jury, attorneys and priuci-
pals indicated their relief at tempo
rarS escape from the strain of The past
iew days, when every step forward has
becn characterized by slSirmishes. legal
ana personal, that hourly increase in
bitterness
Inc attorneys on both sides were
worn to thin edges, while Rudolph
Sprcckels, millionaire banker. who
financed the prosecution. and John
ile'ns, alternatcd on the witness stand
To-Day and 1T was evident from the in
tense interest displayed by rival coun.
sel' that crisis in the case had been
reached, but not passed Interest was
sustained until a late hour in the after
noon, when Assistant District Attorney
francls j. Heney, ignoring two re
StralnlnG orders issued BY a court of
similar jurisdiction, announced that he
would ask Judge Lawlor's permission 10
open sealed packages seized in the raids
upon the offices Of William NJ. Abbott
and alleged to contain documents stolen
from the office OF William J. Burns,
head of the prosecution s corps of spe-
clal detectives
Arguments Deferred.
Arguments upon this issue were de
ferrcd until Monday, when the prosecu-
tion, according to announcement made
today, VIII attempt to support the
charges madc by Detective Helms
against Abbott, under whose direction
he claims TO have operated
One of the lines Of proba BILE inquiry
was indicated today when Helms. after
tcs'liying that he knew Luther Brown.
former partner of Earl Rogers. said:
Abbott and Brown met me al the
steamer landing on the day | left the
city, after quitting the service of the
United Railroads. Abbott asked me
what ] knew about the dynamtinpD
What dyEamiting?' inquired Mr..
Hcney
1.-The dyDamiting Of Gallagher s.
home said The witness, referring to
the blowing up in Oakland last spring
of the home of Former Supervisor
james l.. Gallagher.
The defense objected TO this line Of
inquiry aud 1T was not pursued further.
Attempts to Intimidate.
Another opening wedge was inserted
when Helms declared that several ef.
forts had been made 10 prevent his ap-
pcarancc as a witness in The Calhoun
trial. Mention was made of two men
who went TO his home in Trinity coun-
tY several weeks ago, and Helms
charged that since his arrival in this
city plot had been laid in the Office
of w. il. Metzon. a prominent attorney
of this city, to trap him in n conversa-
ton over the telephone. The testimony
followed an inquiry by Mr.. Rogers, who
graphopbone had been attached to the
telephone while he was speaking from
the other end of the line
1t was while Helms was on the stand
that the most dramatic outburst of the
day occurred. Helms charged that Alb
hott had once expressed 10 him wish
that 'ssome one would shoot Hcney,'
and that Stanley Moore had congrat-
uIated him on his performance in fol,
lowing Burns.
Usually deliberate in his manner,
Stanley Moore arose in his place at the
counsel table, and in a voice trembling
with passion told Helms that he was
Lying like a dog and perjuring him
self
Witness Defes Attorney
The face of the witness palod at the
insult and he stepped in front of Judge
Lawlor with his arm extended in a
threatening gesture as he de6ed the
young attorney 10 make good his
charge.
Charles w. Cobb, law partner Of Mr..
Hcney, who was credited with II pay
ment of $4,000 by Rudolph Spreckles
for services in the prosecution, wns the
third witness of the day. Mr.. Heney's
purpose, evident from the questions and
replies, was TO support his claims that
he had engaged in the work of prosccu.
tion without compensation and at great |
personal sacrifice.
The inquiry had not proceeded far
when Alexander King of Georgia OBJ |
jected on the ground that it served no
purpose save the laudation of the IN.
tcrrogator. The court permitted Mr.. !
Heney to continue, however, and Mr..
Cobb said he knew that his associate
had thrown up his representation of the
government in the Hyde Benson land
fraud cases and the Binger Hermann
case, and that he had refused President
s offer TO direct the prosecu-
tion of Senator Borah of Idaho Mr.,
Cobb affirmed that Mr.. Heney had lost
his law practice since entering on his
duties rs municipal prosecutor.
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