The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-18
HENEY BITTER IN
HIS DENUNC|AT|ON
Says Evidence of Guilt Is
Enough to Sink Calhoun to
the Depths of He'll.
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENSE
MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA
Is Severe Upon Methods En-
ployed by Prosecution to
Obtain Evidence.


SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 11-Francis is
j, Heney, famous throughout the coun-
try as prosecutor before he came to
this city four years ago, laid down his
half completed argument in the case of
Patrick Calhoun tonight after relating
his ambition TO become district attorney
of the new administration in San Fran
cisco, and after outlining, with all the
vehemence OF his fiery disposition, the
theory of the prosecution that tends to
connect the president OF the United
Railroads with the charge Of bribery
that has served as the basis of a five.
months trial.
Mr.. Honey expects to conclude by to-
morrow afternoon at the hour of ad-
journment, and it is hoped that Judge
Wm. =. Lawlor. after submission of the
argument. will elect to give his instruc.
tions, which Will, it is believed, require
about three hours to deliver, and give
the case TO the jury in a night session.
Otherwise, as is admitted, the instruc-
tions Will be deferred until Saturday
morning.
Recalls Some History.
Mr.. Heney exploited the history OF
several political bosses with whose his
tory he manifested acquaintance.
SEQ down the line," said the speak,
er. Remember Boss Tweed, of New
York, Butler, of Missouri, Blind Chris :
Buckley, Sam Raiuey and Phil Grim.
whether they divided with their subordi-
mates? Do you suppose they prospered
without the cooperation of the men
they put in office2'
He attempted to demonstrate to the
jury that the prosecution had no course
open save to grant immunity 10 the su
pervisors who gave the most direct tes-
timonv against the defendant, and he
related IN every detail the history OF
Abraham Ruef, Eugene f. Scbmitz and
the other men charged with completely
in the briberies of the labor union ad
minlStratlon.
Dramatic Incidents.
One Of the several dramatic features
of the day was when Mr.. Heney. reach.
ing a discussion OF the activities of
VIM. n. Abbott of the legal force OF
the United Railroads, walked 10 point
opposite Mr.. Calhoun. and shaking his
finger at the subject Of his discourse,
said:
ar am talking about Wm NJ, Abbott
thar whom no midler villain e e'er cut a
throat or scuttIed ship. In appear
ance q Sunday school superintendent, he
is Vet one OK INC Ultu uu voc it'PobSt
bic for this record of black lniqulty.''
Mr.. Heney spoke in courtroom
packed 10 the doors. and crowded be-
yond the doors into the lobby of Car
penters' hall, to the Sidewalk.
Judge Frank III. Dunno, before whom
several Of the graft defendants have
been tried, shared the bench with Judge
Lawlor, and the large audience included
several prominent clergynen
Intense Interest Manifest.
An hour before the doors of the court
room were opened a crowd of, 50o per
sons stood in Fulton street. Women,
many of them unattended by escorts,
made up half of the throng, and two
mounted patroImen; assisting 1ozen
policemen on the sidewalk, were Obliged
10 clear way TO the hall time after
time by squirting their horses into the
groups on either side of the entrance.
From Berkeley, across the bay, came
\ delegation Of 100 women and these
with others formed in long line, while
majority Of the men wero driven
across the street.
Half an hour before a. A. Moore re-
sumed the argument begun LAST Iues"
day afternoon, the last avallable seat
in the court room was occupied.
When the bailff raped for order
and Mr.. Moore advanced to the jury
box for the last installmcnt of his long
address. the space reserved for counScl
and press was tightly packed with priv
ileged spectators, g.,
III deplore, as YOU must, SAID MI
Moore in the course of hls remarks
sstbat San Francisco has been put PACK
ana kept back indefinitely by warning
factions. whether war for revenue only
mr. nurclv for political purposes.
The sneaker then declared his lnten-
zion +o demonstrate that neither the
president of the United RAILROADS nor
any of his attorneys or agents, had IN
any manner obstructcd the course of
justice. s rJo,r,s
OF John Fl. Helms, the detective, at
one time in the employ of the defense
and prosecution, he said:
f.Helms, BIZ his own statement, went
m the wilds of northern California, 10
nut up trap for brother Mason n at
the behest Of his imported cnlct, WI
liam + Burns. 1t was brutal pertldy
ono of the hard and inhuman things
! that appear in his record.
Mr. Moore defended the process
whereby agents Of the defense secured
comics Of report on jurors. lie De
no1nced VIM. j, Burns for inauguratine
What he termed ga SPY system on men
called to the hlgn oItlceS OF Tue Jury.
,,If this thing had been feasible from
thc standpoint of the prosecution, he
said. "tbey would have stocked this
jury With twelve men men who had had gsfso5
ant. Is it to be wondered at that We
did moi submit to jurors selected by
this man Burns, imported for devillst
purpose. even though we were told that
fhe prosecution was working Tor thf
honor and glory of God. -
Were Miserable Wretches.
"If the miserable wretches who pro
cured these jury reports had copies oi
their product for sale, is Patrick Cal
houn TO be blamed II he took any mean:
to protect bimself?'
Mr.. Moore's closing words were a!
follows: 49,,
s.In moment moro ! shall leave will
YOU The honor Of Patrick Calhoun
every man is master of his owI
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