The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-23
TEMPERS WORKED
TO THIN EDGES

San FRANCISCO. May 22.-AdJourn-
mont of court last night 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 princl-
pals Indicated their relief at tempo
rory escape from the strain OF the
past few days. when every step for
ward has been characterized by skir
mishes legal and persona that hourly
increase In bitterness.
Tempers on both sides were worked
to thin edges while Rudolph SpreclS-
els, millionaire banker. who financed
the prosecution. and John Helms, al
ternated on the witness stand yester.
day. and 1t was evident, from the in
tense interest displayed by rival coun-
sci, that a crisis In the case had been
reached. bur not passed. Interest was
sustained until a late hour in the af-
tenoon when assistant District Attor-
ney Francis y. Hency, ignoring two
restraining orders issued by court of
similar Jurisdiction, announced that
he would ask Judge Lawlor's pcrmiS-
sion TO open sealed packages seized
in the raid upon the office OF William
NJ Abbott and alleged to contain doc
uments stolen from the Office OF VII
Liam J. Burns. head Of the prosecu-
tons corps of special detectives.
Arguments upon this issue were de-
ferred until Monday, when the prose
cutIon, according to announcement
made Yesterday. will attempt to sup
mort the charges mado by Detective
Helms against Abbott, under whose
direction he claims to have operated.
One OF the lines of probable inquiry
was indicated today when Helms. af-
ter testlfying that nc knew Luther
Brown, former partner of Earl Rogers,
said:
Brown met me at the steamer land
ing on the day I left the city after
quitting the service OF the United
Railroads. He asked me what ! knew
about the dynamIting
What dynamiting?" inquired Mr.
Heney.
"The dynamiting OF Gallagher's
home" said the witness, referring to
the blowing up In Oakland last spring
OF the homo OF former Supervisor
James l. Gallagher.
The defense objected to this line OF
inquiry and It was not pursued fur
ther,
Another opening wedge was insert
ed when Helms declared that several
efforts had been made to prevent his
appearance as witness in the Cal
houn trial Mention was made of two
men who went to his home in Trim
fly county several weeks ago and
Helms charged that since his arrival
in this city plot had been laid in
the office OF w. II Metson. promln-
ent attorney of this city. TO trap him
In n conversation over the telephone
The testimony followed an inquiry by
Mr.. Rogers who askej the Witness If
he knew that a graphaDhone had been
attached to the telephone while he
was speaking from the other end Of
the line.
II was while Helms was on the stand
that the most dramatic outburst OF the
day occurred. Helms charged that
Abbott had once expressed to him a
wish that "some one would shoot Hen
ey." and that Stanley Moore had con
graduated him on his performance In
following Burns
Usually deliberate In his manner,
Stanley Moore arose in his place at
the counsel table and, In a voice trcm
bling with passion, told Helms that
he was lying like a dog" and per-
juring himself.
The face of the witness paled al
the insult and he stepped In front of
Judge Lawlor with his arm extended
In 4 threatening gesture as he defed
the young attorney to make his
charge
Charles w. Cobb. law partner OF
Mr. Hcney, who was credited with a
payment of $4,000 by Rudolph Spreck-
els for services In the prosecution.
was tho third witness of the day MT
HeneyS purpose evident from the
questions and replies, was to support
his claims that he had engaged I'm
the work Of the prosecution without
compensation and az great personal
sacrifice,
The inquiry had not proceeded far
when Alexander King objected that
1t served no purpose other than the
laudation of the interragor The court
permitted Mr. Heney to continue, how
ever, and Mr.. Cobb said he knew that
his associate had thrown up his rep
rosentation of the government In the
Hyde-Benson land fraud Gases and the
Binger Hermann case and tha. he bad
refused President Roosevelt's Offer To
direct the prosecution of Senator Bor-
ah OF Idaho. Mr.. Cobb affirmed that
MT Honey had lost his law practice
since entering upon his duties as mu-