The San Francisco call., 1909-02-09
By w. Russell Cole

With one more talesman passed tenn
porarily TO the box in Judge Lawlors
court the first long stretch in the i'm
parchment Of jury to try Patrick
Calhoun for bribery will be completed
II may be another month. or even
longer. before the entire jury is sworn
but the filing Of the jury box will
open the way for the exercising of the
first peremptory challenges. and so it
stands as a milestone OF progress.
The eleventh man was chosen yester-
day and passed without challenge from
either side. II was near the adjourn
ment hour when this happened and the
possibility Of securing the twelfth
talesman at the same session evapo-
rated as soon as the examination Of the
next venireman showed signs of length
The peremptory challenges will be ex-
ercised Immediately the box is filled.
and then the work OF filling up the
vacancies viii begin. 1t is a safe esti-
mate that not more than five or six Of
the talesmen now in the box viii sur
vive the peremptories. so that the end
is still far from sight
REsTAURANTMAN ACCEPTED
Frederick G. wulzen, until recently
the proprietor of a Third street res
taurant but at present not engaged in
business. was the talesman accepted
from the p examined yesterday. From
the answers he gave to the questions
put to him by the attorneys for each
side he appeared to be close to the
standard OF an ideal Juror. and was
passed after a comparatively short in
quiry into his state of mind. Earl
Rogers. who examined him in behalf of
the defense, passed Wulzen after he
had stated that although he had a
slight opinion concerning the graft
cases In general he could put IT aside
and would be perfectly willing, were
he the defendant, to be tried by jurors
in his own state OF mind.
Heney brought out the exact extent
OF Wulzen's opinion by pursuing the
same line Of inquiry that Rogers had
already taken up. The talesman said
that he believed bribery had been go
ing on and that somebody was guilty
Of giving money to the supervisors in
The trolley franchise deal. but that his
opinion did not extend to the identity
OF the individual Heney took up sew
ersl kindred subjects, received straight
forward answers. and declared himself
satisfied. Rogers supplemented his pre-
vious examination with an additional
brief inquiry. and again expressed his
Willingness TO accept Wulzen.
The real resumption OF the eXamina-
tion OF talesmen did not occur until
nearly noon yesterday. The ninth
special venire, consisting Of 70 tales
men, was in court at O'clock and the
preliminary examination conducted by
the court occupied the better part of
three hours The result was the re-
tention Of "a talesmen from the venire,
and an order was made for 60 more
special veniremen to be summoned for
tomorrow morning. There viii be no
session of court Friday, owing to the
holiday. and a recess viii be taken
from Thursday afternoon until next
Monday morning
CONTEST OVER TALESMAN
The first contest between the attor-
neys yesterday occurred over the at
tempt OF the defense 10 retain in the
box James A. Wilson Of $50 Ashbury
street. a mason and builder. who was
prejudiced against the granting of i'm
munity 10 the supervisors and who be-
lieved that il Calhoun paid a bribe he
was held up. Heney's challenge was
contested DA CNduley moore. ana the
prosecuting attorney attacked Wilson'S
views and put some hypothetical ques-
tions that left the talesman without a
ready explanation. Ieney dismissed
The subject by telling Wilson that he
didn't think much OF his logic. and
the challenge was allowed.
Daniel ". Scanlon. dealer in laundry
supplies. had decided opinion. and
said that he would not want jurors in
his own frame OF mind TO try him IL
he was a defendant. He was chal-
lenged by the defense, as was also
Thomas Scoble. hardware merchant.
whose opinion concerning Calhoun's
guilt or innocence was fixed so deeply
that evidence would not remove it. Al
bert Wfndt OF the Eagle tannery said
he had been analyzing his own mind
ever since he received his summons as
tslesman and had determined that Ii
would be impossible for him TO act i'm
partially. A challenge in his case was
interposed by Stanley Moore
Henry J. Ralston. president of the
Tsalston ison works. had an opinion
which began on the very day the hoard
of supervisors granted the overhead
trolley franchise TO the United Rail-
roads, and which had never altered.