The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-28
.HENEY RAILS At
: CALHOUN TRIAL
so Help Ne God l Will Not Let
Ny Character Be Assailed,"
He Exclaims.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2s.-"I do
no; pay any attention 10 the barking
OF ours"
This was Prosecutor Francis J. He
news answer during the Calhoun trial
Tuesday To a charge by Attorney By
ington for the defense that Heney
was making unfounded statements re-
garding the alleged relation OF Cal
houn towards former Supervisor Jas.
Gallagher.
This statement created an uproar
In the court and Attorney Byington
rose holly aud made an angry rejoind-
err. Judge Lawlor ordered the attor-
neys TO cease quarieling. but Heney
rose despite the courts warning ana
shouted, II will reply In kind II have
TO 20 TO Jail for H. / have stood that
sort OF talk from Heiney Ach for four
months and SO helr me God, Will
not let my character be assailed with
out answering"
Gallagher was still on the witness
stand yesterday anu the very nrst
question HeGey asked him stirred up
storm that lasted one hour. Heney
asked Gallagher regarding Gallagher's
relations to the board OF supervisors
prior to CalLoun's alleged connection
with the board. The defense objected
and the row was on. Judge Lawlor
| finally ruled the question out and all
OF Gallaghei's testimony referring TO
this period was stricken from the rec
ord.
| San Francisco mas just spent some
$4,000 and is still spending In the
neighborhooo OF $500 day TO prose
cute cases of alleged graft.
II Is reasonable certainty that
Patrick Calhoun. q rich street railway
president. vino is charged with offer
ing to bride city officials In order tc
secure valuable franchises. will be &C
quilted.
To find Il men qualified to pass or
the guilt or innocence OF this man ap
proximately $4,000 was spent. Many
times $20,0GC San Francisco had al
ready spent In a fight to bring Others
before a bar of justice. Before this
$4,000 fury renders It's judgment
many thousands more will be spent.
For whatf For convicting the gull
lty!
Perhaps.
For Furnishing the guilty?
Hardly.
Rake San Francisco over and you
might find 10 men who really believe
that Calhoun will eventually so tc
jail.
Professional gamblers are offering
10 to /. with no takers. that Calhoun
will not even be convicted
There may be a conviction. There
have been convictions before. Schmitz
the boodlirs mayor was convicted
Louis Glass. a bribing telephone mag
nate. was convicted Ruef. the politi
cal boss. was convicted.
!, Schmitz is free. Glass Is to have
another trial. Rue; will probably b
freed.
Convicted felons. criminals OF type
dangerous TO American institutions
set free through the exercise of some
fiimsy technicallty of the law, some
trifing error OF form. which could mo-
In any way lead TO "A belief that Ihers
has been a miscarriage OF justice. ha:
been the history OF the San francisco
graft prosecutions.
II Is hardly within the realm OF pos
sihility that trial such as this one
of Calhoun, trial the record OF which
l
already contains more than 2.000,00'
words. can be drawn to a close with
out some errors of form creeping in
II is, therefore. "A practical certaint,
that even in the event Of a convic
ltion, Calhoun will either be freed o.
granted new trial by the highe
courts.
That Is Why San Francisco's thou
sands are being spent to show nov
dificult II is to punish, under the pres
ent laws.
IF we csn accomplish that much
the bringing OF the people. the right
full lawmakers. 10 an active under
standing" said Heney after the appel
late court decision in the Glass cas-,
had been announced, 'all the time
money and effort expended In tnil
fight in San Francisco will have beer
well spent