The San Francisco call., 1909-03-26
By w. Russell Cole

The impanelment Of the jury to try
Patrick Calhoun on q charge of bribery
stands destined 10 go down into legal
history as the synonym FOR all things
errauc. Il has developed unexpected
and Unforeseen twists on several occa-
siors. bu1 yesterdays accomplishments
won first laurels over all previous
performances
For a week prior 10 yesterday there
lad been loss progress toward the fll-
iug OF the three vacancies in the jury
BOX than there might have been in the
same iength of time in the proverbial
search for needle in haystack. And
then. without any warning at all. the
spect or tie case changed completely
Yesterday three talesmen were passed
subject to percmptory challenge, all
records for progress during single
day were broken and the box was
GUed for second time
THREE ESCAPE CHALLENGE
Ir IS rather hard 10 explain how it
All anl- bout: it Just happened.
short season Of peacefulness seemed TO
settle over the courtroom, and while
j. lasted the three talesmen slipped
serenely through The tortuous narrows
of animation and We're accepted
without challenge before amy one con-
cerred really stopped 10 think what
3lad IRA Inspired
The three who arrived We're James
If Gorman. = carriage painter; Henry
a.. Graham. collector Tor the Cali
rornia Transportation company. and
charles *. Blender real estate
Gea ler.
IL is q peculiar coincidence that this
second iiling Of the jury box, bringing
rle trial TO The end OF its second stage.
las taken exactly as long as did the
complete impanelment or the jury
which tried and convicted Abraham
Euef on similar charge.
Unless the reopening Of Germans
examination should result in his dis
Qualification on "a challenge for cause,
Tho second vollev Of peremptory chal-
lcnges viii be dred this morning.
il happened that German and his
former partner. Edward GOwan. now
retired. were both summoned on the
Eenire from which the tslesmen ex-
amined yesterday were selected. Cor
man was the first talesman examined
at The morning session. and it was he
who called attention TO the business
relationship with Gowan and 10 the
. fact that the latter was related TO
l7rancis j. Heney.
~ leD ArDKan was c2l4eue TO the Jury
box during the afternoon session the
subject or his conversations with Gor-
lnan was reverted 10 and he explained
them in the same way German had
done. lie testified that he had . per
sonal opinion. however, and did not
believe DE would make good juror
GOwan himself was challenged and
excused without protest.
OPINION CHANGED IN COURT
Henry G. Graham, who was the sec
ord Juror accepted, was also The second
examined At the morning session or
court lie told Stanley Moore that he
had never expressed an opinion as TO
the guilt or innocence OF the defend
amt and that he had not made up his
mind whether the boodling supervisors
lied or told the truth about their par
ticipation in the bribery deals.
O'Gara succeeded i'm getting an ad-
mission from Graham that he might
have openly expressed opposition to
the prosecution on the ground that too
long time had been consumed in
handiing the graft cases. but ne quail
fed this by adding that he had found
since being ia court that others than
the prosecuting officers were response
bic for the delay.
Charles X Blender. the third tales
man accepted. was given even a shorter
examinatiOn than either Of the others
He was passed by Stanley Moore after
only half dozen questions had been