The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
Legal and Criminal.

pense OF Hebrew charity.
Legal and Criminal.
With ten for acquittal and two for con-
viction. the jury in the famous San Fran
ciso trial OF Patrick Calhoun. president
OF the United Railroads. charged with
having bribed a city supervisor. reported
its disagreement last Sunday and was
discharged. The scene when the jury re-
ported. was most dramatic. In the great
hall where the trial had been on since
last January, every available space was
occupied with interested spectators. and
Calhoun himself. was present with his
counsel. The Jurors had been kept vir-
tual prisoners for five months. since the
box. after long delays, had been filed.
The comment OF Calhoun was that he
was disappointed, but that he considered
the large majority for acquittal virtual
victory. He asserted, further, that the
judge was hostile. prosecutor Heney
bribed. and the criminal law OF the State
disgraced. He said that at the proper
time he would submit charges against
Heney for taking bribes and against Ru-
dolph Spreckles and James d. Pheian.
who financed the prosecution. for having
paid the alleged bribes. The case had
gone 10 the jury on the evidence pre-
sented by the State. the defense offer
ing no testimony. The estimated cost OF
the trial Is $4,000 Heney's argument ex-
tended over two days and half, during
which he indulged in fierce condemnation
Of the rich men Of San Francisco who
he said had debauched supervisors 20 get
cOntended that the alleged bribe money
was paid by Calhoun as a legitimate
legal fee and that the supervisor later
extorted Il from Ruef. The case was
greatly complicated by the testimony OF
private detectives employed on both sides
On motion OF the prosecution a new trial
was ordered and this will be begun at
once.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has
decided that the publication Of a photo
graph for advertising purposes without
the consent OF the subject, cannot be
made the basis OF a claim for damages.
The case in point was that Of a man
whose picture in his automobile was used
in an advertisement Of an automobile
clothing house.
Counsel for Broughton Brandenburg.
the writer, on trial al New York on the
charge OF having sold the New York
Times en- article said 70 have been signed
By the late Grover Cleveland. admitted
thar the signature presented in court by
the prosecution as having been cut from
the manuscript was not genuine. but pro-
posed 10 prove that II was not in reality
the signature originally attached. The
defense also maintained that the charge
would not stand. because the editors IN
publishing the article had relied on the
advice OF Mr.. Hastings, executor OF the
Cleveland estate
/ Racial antipathy toward the Chinese,
the high social standing Of the girl VIC
tim, and questions of church policy IN
mission work have combined 10 give IN
usual and national prominence TO the cir
cUmstances surrounding the death OF
Miss Elsie Sigel the twenty-year-old
granddau tighter Of Gen. Sigel. OF civil war
fame, whose body was found concealed IN
a trunk in the Eighth avenue den Of a
New York Chinamau known as William
A. Leon. an Anerieanized version Of Le-
ung Lin. on June 10. The young woman
had been engaged with her mother in the
work OF Christianizing the Chinese resi-
dents Of the city who came to the Mott
Street Mission. Letters found in the room
occupied by Lin and signed BY Miss ST.
gel showed that the young woman had
become infatuated with him or he with
her, while at the same time evidence was
found showing that she had offended him
by accepting the attentions OF another
Chlnaman named Chu Cain. Both Lin,
the suspected murderer, and his cousin.
Chung Sin, who lived in an adjoining
room, disappeared from their accustomed
haunts and the New York police had sent
out general alarm and description. The
girl had disappeared on the 9th, but q
telegram signed with her initials had been
sent from Washington 20 her family IN
New York by some confederate TO delay
the search. Last Monday Chung Sin
was captured at West Galway. N Y,
where he had fed Ind obtained work as
a cook. Under the tortures OF the third
degree he confessed to having seen Lin
commit the murder by strangling Miss
Sigel or the bed. and that he had helped
10 rope the trunk in which her dead body
was found. An important and conclusive
BIT Of evidence in the case Is a letter in
Chinese which was addressed 10 Lin at
the National Hotel In Washington. but
which was not called for
The State OF Kentucky has lost its cases
In which the effort was made TO tax S292.-
0000o0 worth Of securities and property Of
the Southern Pacific Railroad because II
Is Incorporated under Kentucky laws. The
Court Of Appeals held that only such
property as represents investments on the
high seas is taxable here. This amounts
TO about $8.000000. and for that amount
the company viii have TO pay at the rate
Of 30 cents on each 500. The assessment
will be levied back five years.