The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
WITNESS CONNECTS
RUEF AND CALHOUN
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is concerned" said A A Moore, all
they have to do is to say yes
who said anything about good
faith?" asked Heney.
You did" replied Moore.
Il did not" retorted Heney. Il said
the suggestion was not serious"
That is the same thing" answered
Moore
IF you want to know retorted
Heney, Il think this suggestion has
been made merely for the purpose of
its effect upon the jury"
Two Speeches Each Side
The court terminated the argument
and opposing counsel then stipulated
that two Of the attorneys for each side
should address the jury. and that there
would be no time rule at the beginning,
but that an agreement might be en-
tered into later on regarding this
point.
ihe important features brought out
clearly yesterday morning were the
fact that Abe Ruef made several visits
to the home of Patrick Calhoun at the
time the money was paid for the troll
ley franchise, and that he made those
visits under circumstances which indi-
Gated that he did not care to be seen.
The fact that there has been an ex-
odus Of URS<sd Railroads sleuths from
the city during the last few weeks
was also brought to the attention of
the jury.
Ruef at Caihoun'S House
Robert Perry, member of W. ].
Burns staff. who was detailed to fol-
low Ruef prior to the trapping of the
supervisors, was recalled to the stand.
Did you see Abe Rtye on August
80. 1862 Heney asked the witness.
Yes"
where
August 80, 1906" testified Perry,
Il saw Ruef leave his home at 1900
mobile in Pacific avenue near Webster
street. About o'clock / saw Ruef
come out of the house at 2525 Webster
street, which house I learned later was
Mr.. Calhoun's.
"Ruef went to his Office in the after
noon, and later UP to the Temple Israel
after p. n. Then his auto went
north. I found it standing later where
ii had been in the afternoon, and about
away
From Calhoun to Schmitz
On August 81 1 saw Ruef leave his
Office at about O'clock in the after
noon Mr.. Duffy. the supervisor. was
near In one of his plumbing wagons
and he drove Ruef as far as Webster
street, where Ruef got out. Duffy
drove away and Ruef walked slowly
toward the house, looking back as he
went I saw him enter the house at
2525 Webster street and later saw
Thornweu Mullally and Mr. Calhoun
go in. Later Mr.. Ruef came out and
went TO the home of Mayor Schmitz
in Vallejo street"
The cross examination of the wit
ness by Stanley Moore failed to shake
his testimony in the slightest degree
Roy j. Kelly and Harry C. Wilbur
were called to the stand and asked
concerning their attempts to serve sub
penas on John O'Neill, the Calhoun
lawyer who attempted to keep Helms
from testifying. and Mike Morgan and
Jerry Van Wormer two United Rail-
roads sleuths. 1t developed that al
though the district attorneys men had
sought diligently for the witnesses.
they could not be found.
Mysterious Mr.. Lee Called
After Golden NJ Roy, who was pres
ent at the trapping of the supervisors
and paid the money. was recalled to
the stand and testified that he had
never paid any money to Gallagher or
any other supervisor except those that
were trapped. Heney caused mild ex-
citement at the table of the defense
by announcing that he intended to call
the mysterious Mr.. Lee" of the United
Railroads as a witness.
Lee" who had been recognized as
i. D. Maroney, an employe of the
claims department of the United Rail-
roads, was expected in the city on the
1l:So O'Clock train from Eureka.
The rest of the morning session was
taken up in the discussion OF the adj
instability of evidence to show that
at the time Abe Ruef was visiting the
home of Patrick Calhoun 1t was "a
matter of common notoriety that his
relations with the board OF supervisors
were corrupt, and that this must have
been known to Calhoun
Evidence Not Admitted
The assistant district ATTORNEY cited
authorities to justify the admission of
evidence to prove the point. but the
defense strenuously objected, and the
court took the matter under advisement
until the afternoon, when it was held