The San Francisco call., 1909-03-28
First Clash in Battle

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The first skirnish in last nights bat
tle-for battle il was. sharp. epoch
marking and decisive-occurred when
Earl Rogers. bound, he states, to the
Ferry building 10 receive his 10 year
old son from Los Angels. discerned
three Burns detectives and six police
detectives on guard in the corridor Of
the Balboa building. Rogers immedi-
ately decided that something was
wrong and asked the men what they
intended TO do. They gave him an
eVasive answer, and the attorney there
upon rang up the United Railroads.
and ordered 40 men down TO the Offices
TO protect them from harm.
Before the horde arrived, Detectives
Thomas Murphy and George Mulcahy,
followed by Detectives Gaughran, Cook
and Redmond, with Special Agent
Charles Oliver Policemen Teutenberg
and Fennen. W. II. Russell and Ray
SCHNEIDER from Burns Office, John Nc
Carthy from the district attorneys Of
fee, and all backed and directed by As
sistsnt District Attorney Robert Har-
rison, appeared at the offices on the
eighth floor with a search warrant, Civ
ing them the right 10 enter the Offices
and search them for evidence they be-
leved 10 be within.
Murphy and Mulcahy presented the
warrant. and Rogers laughed at il.
The thing is not correct IN form
and lacks entirely IN that 1t does not
specify the articles to be searched. I
win not obey It," he said.
Then Rogers shut the Office door and
imagined he was safe.
Give me a cIubi' fearless Tom Muir
ply called out
Policeman Teutenberg passed his
club. and Murphy smashed in the glass
coor with one blow, sending particles
of glass clear across the room. Then
Murphy and MUlcahy stepped through
the opening and told the astontsha
Rogers that he had better submit to
the search. Backed by his associates
Rogers protested. but in vain
Harrison now became the object of
the attorneys attack, but he main
tsined his position throughout the
evening with conspicuous success. To
al the objections he returned the calm
statement that he was going 10 search
the Offices; that ne had the power TO
search the Offices and that he meant to
do st.
II was here that the knot Of detec
tives were astoUnded TO see the Cal
houn men arriving in hordes. carried to
the scene from the car barns. The man
were hurried into the three inner Of
fees. Forty in all arrived and were
whisked inside.
From their position fn the two main
Offices the party found they were un-
able 10 proceed for lack OF proper tools
and one man was sent TO a nearby
hardware store for hammer and crow
bar. And now another man was sent
posthaste for police reinforcementg.
The police arrived in droves and
eQualized matters so that the evening
passed without other than the wild
verbal disturbances started now and
again by the Calhoun legal forces.
One Of the hottest controversies OF
the evening came of after the attor-
neys had opened Abbott's safe. rather
than have it blown open by the police.
and the telltale papers, duplicates Of
reports In Burns Office had been taken
out and wrapped up. Stanley Moore
demanded receipt for each Of the
20 reports, ana this was laughed at bv
young Harrison, who wrote out a re-
ceipt for the whole number and fb-,s+
- into tne youthful protestant's hands
one OF the points made by the Cal
houn forces during the evening was
concerning report made on James I
Arthur, q retired contractor living al
z165 Seventeenth street, who had been
Interviewed by the prosecution and had
steted that he was for Heney everv
time This man was examined IN the
Calhoun trial. now on, and had been
peremptorily challenged by the defense
Moore and Rogers insisted that
they be allowed 10 take copy OF mis-
report before allowing IL to 90 out o.
their hands, and Harrison granted their
plea.
SCHNEIDER apd Russell declare II easy
10 identify Se papers as reports that
have been sent from the Burns office
10 the Calhoun defense. Sometimes the
report IS on the same kind Of paper
used in Burns Office: sometimes IL was
recognized by the initial of the inter-
viewer upon il; again the wording
stamped II as pilfered from Burns Of
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The stronghold Of the United Rail
roads at Oak and Broderick streets
was 10 nave been searched also yes
terday. bat Il was found that ali the
papers formerly filed there had been
transferred TO the Balboa building.