The San Francisco call., 1909-04-02

/ by a man named A Setral1ian. who re-
sides at 1907 O'Farreu street oliver
informed me that the man had called
at my Office several times during the
! day. and said that he desired 70 see me-
on very important business. His busi-
ness seemed so urgent that oliver
deemed il necessary to bring him TO
the baths When I finished bathing
went to the lounging room. and there
met the man. setrakian.
He first informed me that he had
been one of the striking carmen ana
that during the last strike in San Fran
cisco he went about making speeches
in behalf OF the strikers. He said that
he had come 10 see me at the requesc
OF James H. Bowling. the secretary OF
the carmen's union. and that Bowling
had some very important information
bearing on the Calhoun trial He said
that Bowling was very anxious to meet
met I told Setrakian would be very
busy that night. but would see Bowling
in day or two. He said he knew that
it would be necessary for the prosecu-
ton TO act at once. thereupon told
him that would see Bowling thas
night at o'clock at my residence
setrakian then. left. saying he would
communicate with Bowling irnmSdi-
ateIy.
AT o'clock that night received a
telephone message from Setrakian tell
ing me that he had Just communicated
with Bowling. and that because of the
latter's being so well known in San
Francisco he feared it would be un-
wise for him to call at my home. and
asked me If 1 would not call at the
residence OF Bowling. I became very
much nettIed at this suggestion, and
told Setrakian would do nothing OF
the sort; that il Bowling was anxious
TO see me he would have to come 10
my house Setrakian then apologised
for his suggestion and stated that he
would call me up again in five min
utes, which he did. and said that Bow
ling would come right up. Accordingly
in short time Bowling. whom I had
never met before. came to my resi-
dence.
Was Thrown Down
He stated that the reason he was
there was that the United Railroads
had thrown him down He said they
had promised to pay him a sum OF
money. but had never done so. I told
him that had always understood that
those were the methods OF the United
Railroads and their crooks. thugs. jury
bribers and witness buyers. told
him l had frequently heard OF persons
who had been treated in the same man
ner.
I then asked Bowling what the na-
ture OF his information was. to which
he replied that Calhoun had certain
statements which he. intended to use
in his present trial. and to which he.
Bowling. had access as well as having
copies. One OF these statements. he
said, was twenty-five pages long. II
he and several of his friends. he said.
facts were not Just what they appeared
in the statements. the documents would
be Ineffective. I then asked him what
the purport OF these statements was.
and Bowling replied that they tended
to show that certain persons connected
with the prosecution had conspired to
bring on the last streetcar strike.
I asked him If it were not true
that the railroad company had sug-
gested the statements. and Lad had
them signed by the witnesses referred
to by himself.
Well. of course" he replied. ~they
put statements into the mouths OF the
witnesses when these men were max
ing the statements. but the statements
are not all untrue
1 asked him if the statements were
sworn to and he said they were not:
that they had simply been signed by
the different persons. I then asked
him what he expected the prosecution