Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-27
CA[H0UN'S FORMAL STATEMENT
 ABOUT HIS REGENT TRIAL

beioW IS gwen the formal state. ment issued by Patrick Calhoun, whose long-drawn trial terminated re- gently in a hung jury:
 "Of course. I am disappointed at the failure of the jury to acquit me of the unjust charges which have been brought against me. should have liked my vindication by the jury to have been absolute And yet, when all the circumstances are con. sidered, from the fact that ten mem bers of the jury were in favor of acquittal, it must be recognized that l have won substantial victory. The record of the case demonstrates that my trial was most unfair, un. paralleled in the annals of Ameri. can jurisprudence. The judge was hostile, the assistant district attor. ney bribed. the administration of the criminal law of this state disgraced.
 From the testimony of Rudolph Spreckels, James D. Phelan. Charles s. Wheeler and c. W. Cobb the fol. lowing facts clearly appear:
 Prosecution Plot.
 "Messrs. Spreckles, Phelan and Wheeler united in the organization of NOHlpdnNs 1uSl DTItf to the fire. for the purpose of super imposing system of roads upon the existing tracks of the United Rail. roads. Contemoraneously with their railroad activities, Messrs. PheIan and Spreckles discussed with Francis J. Heney his employment in an at tack upon the then officials of San Francisco. Following the fire and some time in July, 1906, the firm of Heney and Cobb. which included in it's membership J. J. Dwyer, was formed for the express purpose of engaging in the so-called graft pros ecution. and at the same time of car rying on the civil practice of law in the city of San Francisco. Dwyer's membership in the firm was conceal ed from the public. because he was the head of the Independence league and the manager of William H. Lang don's campaign for governor of the state.
 Tn October, 1906, Mir Langdon was brought from Modesto to San Francisco by Francis J. Heney, and Mir. Spreckles met him at the house of his political manager. J. J. Dwyer.
 When Spreckles and Langdon en- tered room alone, leaving all Of the other people out of their private ! conference. Mir. Heney was Rudolph l Spreckles' private attorney. When | he came out of the room MT. l Spreekles private attorney. Francis Heney. was appointed as the dis | trict attorney of San Francisco.
 Price of Infamy.
 There lie in the court room forty | checks made by Rudolph Spreckles to Franics J. Heney since his alleged | as assistant district at. torney. Those checks were deposited | in the American National bank to | his private account They aggregate | s23 800. The first of them amounts to $500. They are the price of his He cannot escape the fact hat he is a corrupt public official by the contention that he has been engaged in a holy crusade. He can | not defend the acceptance of money rom a private citizen for the express purpose of enabling him to devote himself exclusively 10 the so-called graft prosecution without commit ing the crime of accepting a bribe. !.
 q here make the formal and spe- fife charge that Francis j. Heney stands side by side with James l. | Gallagher as corrupt public official. ;harge him with having accepted 'ribes, and I also charge Rudolph Spreckles and James D. Phelan with having given him the bribes; and if We can get a fair district attorney n the city of San Francisco I pro pose at the proper time and in the proper way to submit formal charges against Heney for having received ,ribes and Spreckles and Phelan for having paid them.
 Dangerous Corruption.
 There is no branch of the admin stration of public affairs that should De so free from the Caint of bribery IS the administration of the law. There is no branch of public admin. stration so dangerous when improp- erly administered. as the criminal law t should be absolutely free from the .aint of corruption.
 "A district attorney owes not merely duty to the public in the