The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29

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and the glass door had been broken
In. The work OF looking over every
paper found In the rooms was finished
tonight after two safes filled with
Calhoun's personal papers and another
used by Thornwell Mullaly had been
forced upon by an expert called in by
the officials.
Tho search was watched by Cal
houn In person today on his return
from eileen county. where he spent
Saturday on hunting trip.
This scarch is being made under a
bogus warrant and Is designed only TO
permit them to look at our private
papers," said Calhoun tonight, stand
Ing amid the disarranged furniture Of
his Office while the detectives ran
sacked his safe. You can see for
yourself that they have found nothing
and that they expected to find moth
Ing. If they we're abiding by ideals of
] true dealing and fair mindcdness, why
| did they make this search on Saturday
night and Sunday when we cannot
| reach the courts To question their
| powers? They desire TO look al my
private papers and seized a time when
they could do SO without interruption,
when was away from the city"
AS tho officers turned from the last
! safe tonight A. A. Moore of the Cal
houn defense. asked:
did you find anything. sergeant"
NO" answered Detective Sergeant
| Mulcahey, who, with the Burns men,
conducted the search.
did you expect 10 find anything"
asked Calhoun
Tho officers announced that he was
through with his work and Calhoun
| said.
We'll officers, will You leave us
| now with the debris OF this ofIlce?"
The raid on the office was rendered
! dramatic enough through the refusal
Of Earl Rogers of Calhoun counsel to
permit 1t. The glass panel OF the Of
| fee door was shattered with police
mans club. and the detectives
stepped in. In the meantime word
had been received by Burns that a
large number of railroad mon were
| being gathered at one OF the barns
and he called on the police for help.
| Thirty uniformed patrolmen and a
dozen or more detectives were rushed
to the Office building and tho search
! made with these men at hand
According TO the statement made by
Burns, he had suspected that some
one in his employ was receiving
money from the defense In the Cal
houn case and other cases arising out
| of the bribery charge IN connection
| with the overhead trolley franchise.
| Burns said that he finally became con-
wheel that Hamlin, his secretary. had
been approached In roundabout way
| and that he was in receipt of 5000 a
month from these persons, for which
he had been systematically betraying
| the secrets Of the prosecution to the
| defense.
Having satisfied himself as to this,
Burns placed Hamlln, Mckinley, Cor
| hin, Van Wormer and Plat under ar
rest He states that Hamln. Corbin
and Platt confessed and he secured
search warrants by virtue OF which
his men entered the railroad offices
ana Luther Browns office and went
through all papers they found. The
arrest OF Abbott. Brown, Handlon and
Murphy followed and they were bailed
out as soon as they arrived at tho
| police station.
fec fully Justify our proceedings" said
Detective Busn tonight I'VE were
looking for copies of our records and
papers in connection with the various
cases and found what we sought. The
confessions and the papers We found
are convincing proof of the bribery OF
my men by the Calhoun interests
The trial Of Calhoun will enter on
Its twelfth week tomorrow with six
sworn jurors and five temporarily
passed In the box, 1t Is expected that
the work of completing the jury will
be rendered doubly difficult BY the de-
velopments of the last two days,
MIR. Calhoun made q statement to
newspaper men tonight In which he
said
You have been, gentlemen, wit
nesses of one OF the most significant
outrages ever committed on the Amer
lean contient Under ont constitution,
and as part OF the fundamental basis
Of American liberty, every man Is pro-
tected against the unlawful search and
seizure OF his papers.
Yesterday afternoon was legal
holiday wns absent from the city.
William ] Burns took this opportunity
by swearing out bogus complaint to
seize upon the offices OF the United
Railroads and make q search Of It's
papers and records
Calling attention to the fast that he
had protested number OF lines
against the detectives looking at pa
pers which from their headings bore
evidence that they could never have
been in possession OF Burns and that
one of the searchers replied that they
were looking for a signature to tele-
gram, Calhoun continued:
This could not under any stretch
Of law have been within the purvicw
of a search warrant made nyoweiliy
for the purpose Of securing papers
belonging to Burns The evident pur-
pose of this search warrant was not
to obtain papers belonging to Burns.
1t was a fishing expedition for the
purpose of looking into the private af-
fairs of the United Railroads and, IL
possible. gathering from tho files owl
dence to support their alleged charges
OF bribery against me.
This search and the manner of Its
conduct is a fitting climax to the
course which the prosecution has pur-
sued toward me-"
At $50 o'clock an injunction was is
sued by Superior Judge Frank J. Mu
rasky. enjoining the district attorney
and William ]. Burns and their agents
from continuing the search. Of the Of
fees OF the United Railroads The re-
straining order was served just as the
examination Of the papers in Calhoun's
office was almost finished