Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-02
CALLS HENEY'S
ANSWER TRADE
ATTORNEY SAYS RECORD WAS
PERVERTED
CALHOUN TRIAL MAY BE ENDED
THIS WEEK
Kino Declares Special District Attor-
ney Violated Duty and Oath
of office-Witnesses Tell
of Attempted Bride
cBv Associated Press.)

By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The trial
of Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads, may be brought TO
an end during the week which opened
with today's session. All the testimony
offered by the prosecution today was
If secondary character, and reference
10 absent witnesses indicated the case
of the people was nearing colnpletloH.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
I Heney offered testimony TO cofrop-
crate the statements of John ii. Helms,
at one time employed as a detectlNe ny
the United Railroads, and then lhlro-
duced a witness who had made
sfenographic report of the confessions
of suneryisors trapped through the ell
forts of w. j. Burns z,.,,
A. the close of the days session
which opened the twenty-hrst week Oh
the trial. it was evident that but rev
witnesses remained to be called, anu
attorneys for the defense were dsNeu
as to their intentions. ~,
Whether or not the defendant VIII
nresent any witnesses in his own pc
half could not be ascertalned, put II
is NOT believed that any EXTENDED case
is to be offered by the attorneys Ior
Calhoun.
TOId 10 SIdHu TaS
John II. Helms. whose appearance
as a. witness in the trial OF PatrlCh
calhoun. president of the United Rali-
,.oads has added materially to the
length of the proceedings, today toiu
Of EFFORTS alleged to have been mace
NV agents of the defense to influence
his testimony Helms, referring 10
conversation he claims to nave hau
with Winfield S. Lamp, rahcher WIZ
interviewed him by direction OF "A. ?;
Munroe. declared he had been ADVISED
~, w T BURNS of the district attor-
nevis office, to try to trap any person
Who sought to prevent his appearance
as a witness for the prosecution.
"After we left my ranch to come 10
San Francisco" said Helms, Il was
called I'D at Harris by Lamb, VINO toiu
me that he and Munroe had gone 10
can Francisco after my first inter-
view with Lamb: that they had seen
their people; that it was all right
and for me to stand pat asked MN
if he had the $4,000 1 had demanded 70
suppress my testimony, and ne salu
NO, I then told him that was going
to San Francisco
IRREGULAR Conduct Alleged
Attorney Hugh O'Neill was subst1-
tuted temporarily for Helms ana tes-
titled he had gone to Trinity county "
see Helms, but had turned PACK on
meeting his brother. John OMEN.
O'Neill stated that he had met Hei1ns
ON the latter's arrival in this city, put
tha Conversation was not related be-
cause of objection by the defense.
THE witness said he had gone TO see
Helms on his own initiative and at ms
own EXPENSE. He admitted he had seen
Attorney w. H Nelson on the eve Oh
his departure and on the day OF ms
return.
IIenev sought to ascertain the sub
stance of a telephone conversation be-
tween Helms and O'Neill. Stanley
Moore of the defense, in the course OF
an objection. declared the prosecution
had established no limit of Irregular
conduct on the part Of Metson or Oh
Attorney Munroe of Eureka.
Heney Answers Objections
In the course of a lengthy reply MT.
1Tf a man sets out to bride a wit
ness he generally selects an agent ne
knows will keep his own counsel anu anu
so If Metson selected his friend anu
Masonic brother Munroe for this work
he did so in the belief Munroe would
save himself if called as witness.
We cannot expect Munroe to take the
stand and admit a penitentiary Of
Tense. ,-
Does not the discriminating letter
sent by Munroe to Lamb show that
Munroe has perjured himself? Does ms
advice to burn this letter not show MS
conscience was scared with knowledge
that he was about to commit a felony? ?
We have proved to this jury that the
activities of Metson and Munroe were
criminal activities"
Testimony Corroborated
'eTfAs is an absolute perversion of
this record" said Alexander King of
the defense. 81 do not think this TRADE
of the district attorney should have
been permitted. 1t is a violation of his
duty and his oath of Office
Policeman Charles Golf, one Of the
men who accompanied Helms to Trim
ity county, was called to corroborate
the previous testimony.
Golf, who occupied the stand during
a considerable portion of the day, cor
roborated all the important allegations
contained in the testimony of Helms.
The witness stated that he had heard
all or parts of the conversation Helms
claims to have had with persons who
attempted to interfere with his appear
ance as a witness.
Helms was then recalled and asked to
identify the documents introduced in
evidence last week.
The witness selected r huber of re-
ports on jurors, declaring them to be
copies of reports taken from the office
of w. J. Burns by e. a. Platt an agent
of the district attorneys office and de-
livered to Helms as an agent of the
defense.