Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-05
CALHOUN'S JURY
EXHAUSTS PANEL
| EIGHTEENTH VENIRE MUST BE
CALLED
ONLY ONE MORE SEAT IN BOX
TO BE FILLED
1eney Takes One Talssman to Task
Because He Does Not Respond
to His Questions
Promptly

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.-Dls-
qualifying prospective jurors at the
rate or five an nour, the attorneys en-
gagged in the trial OF Patrick Calhoun,
president OF the United C.allroads, eX-
nausted the seventeenth special Venlre
late today without securing an occu-
pant Tor the twelfth seat IN the jury
box.
when court finally adjourned until
tomorrow the record disclosed that 5OS
citizens actually have been interro-
gated at greater or less length, and In
this respect the trial has eclipsed the
record OF Abraham Ruet's trial, where
peremptory challenges were first eXer-
cised at a much earlier stage.
,ehe proceedings today were for the
most part of = routine character, a ma
jroity of the talesmen being challenged
because of opinions relating TO the de-
PENDANTS guilt or innocence.
Ernest II. Thompson, a manufactures
who was interrogated during the early
session, was passed by the defense and
engaged in several sharp exchanges
with Assistant District Attorney
Francis j. Heney before he admitted
belief that Mr.. Calhoun was innocent
A challenge by the prosecution was
finally allowed in his case.
Judge Lawlor will examine the
sixty citizens, tomorrow.
Interruption Furnished
Ernest l.. Thompson, manufacture
of gas and electric appliances, FUR
nished the first interruption to the
routine character of the proceedings
After being accepted by the defense th'
talesman, irritated by Francis J. He
ney's demands for direct reply to MI
questions, turned to the assistant dis
trict attorney and said: Il don't like
YOUR going after me as II l was
criminal. 1t seems to me that you are
trying to make me realize that l have
not the same education you have"
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Mr.. Heney disclaimed any such in
tention, reminding the juror that he
had repeatedly asked the question, ano
Thompson was later requested BY
Judge Lawlor to give direct replies
Thompson declared that he would MOI
believe a newspaper II It's contents
were published under oath. He evinceo
a great reluctance to serve but affirmed
that he could try the defendant fairly
He had been advised by his brother
? who was an attorney, that If he de-
clared his opinions he would be ex'
cused. Again Mr.. Heney objected thai
the juror was giving irrelevant replies
and Stanley Moore or the de1elSe looh
exception to the remark.
well let it CO." said Mr.. Heney
81 understood we were trying to SAVE
time, but if Mr. Moore is going to dc
all the talking, or half of 1t, cannot
see that we are going to save time"
what I object to is the tone OF Mr..
Heney," said A. A. Moore. ut offends
my sensibilities to hear man wran-
Cling and snarling with juror"
The talesman later declared he was
pretudiced against labor unions, and
that he employed union men only be-
cause he could not do otherwise.
The examination of Juror Thompson
was prolonged for over an hour. during
which time he charged that Mr.. Heney
was asking him "catch questions" and
was trying to trap him.
The juror was unable to state posi-
lively what he had read concerning the
case, and in order to determine this the
remainder of his examination was post
poned until later in the day. The at
torneys thereupon took up the examin-
alton of the other talesmen, and at the
time of the noon adjournment thir-
teen members of the seventeenth spe-
cial venire had been discharged for
various reasons.