The San Francisco call., 1909-01-27
By W. RusseR Cole


BY W. Russell Cole
i may have been merely the tonic OF
J httle sunshine taking beneficial ef-
lect on the chronic pessimism Of the
attorneys in the Calhoun case. or II
may have been the appea rance Of q cror
on talesmen actually less opinionated
man those previously examined. which
suooenly changed The entire aspect OF
the trlal IN Judge Lawlor's court yes
Ierday- The number Of temporariiv ao-
oepted jurors leaped in two sessions ~
co1lC from I'VE TO eight making the
nay record Of progress nearly equal
70 unat Of the two weeks preceding. The
thfee talesmen who successfully nsvi-
gated the crooked channel from the
Nenire to the jury box were
street
John II. Powers, architect asse sacra
mentO street.
Arthur 5. Holman, insurance. 2e1s
Van Ness avenue
NEW PANEL EXAMINED
shortly after Holman was adnitta,
10 the box the venire was exhausted
ana halt IN proceedings was ordered
lew minutes before O'Clock. The
new panel of.65 was in court for pre.
-lillnary examination. and the re.
mainoer Of the afternoon was faker
up by Judge LawlOr in listening Il
lAe statutory excuses offered in tbe
general attempt to escape service. The
reg 1lar proceedings toward impaneI-
ment viii be resumed at $50 O'clock
this morning
Ll mas been noticeable that nearly
every ialesman accepted up to vester.
Gay has been either the first examfnef
~ d morning session or one Of whose
examination, begun the night before
mas oeen continued over to a morning
session 80 1t was yesterday in III,
case OF David Holzberg. the first of tn.
three additions TO the list Of possi.
bilities
Ihe Inquiry directed to Holzberg wa,
pegun Monday just prior 10 adiourp.
ment and was resumed as soon as conr-
was convened in the morning. stan
ley Moore continued with the question.
ing OF the Geary street jeweler and
optician, passing him on 10 Hene7- sffa,
a short time. The latter e,,iae,,.I,- -,
not prepOssessed in HolzOerg's fa ,-,,. :,
the outset
JEWELER WITHOUT OPINION
Not only did Holzberg assert that his
Mlhd was free from all opinions con.
eerning the guilt or innocence of PAT.
rick calhoun, but also that he was
equally free from opinion regar5ino
the carmen's strike ana the right oI
wrong Of granting immunity TO hood
ing supervisors.
10 you mean to say that YOU tax
no interest IN the manner in which your
CITY IS being run or whether it is being
sold out to bOOdlers?" demanded Henev
I'm not interested" HoIzberg an
sWered- It's no part Of my business
whether the supervisors sold out the
cltE or not ] leave that 10 the poli-
Ucians"
DO you vote?" inquired Heney.
No. not very often"
Holzberg st"ted that his eyesighi
was poor and that he was able TO read
the newspapers but little This was
the only explanation he vouchsafed OF
his lack Of interest in civic matters. He
had no personal acquaintance, he said
with either Rabbi NietO or Rabbi Kap.
Ian, but he deplored the fact that they
mad mixed in the Ruef affair" Asked
finally TO analyze his own mind, he
said that he was sure he could be fail
10 both sides. and Heney passed him.
EIGHT ADMIT OPINIONS
The next eight taIegmen went dowr
like tenpins. for every one had a SCI
and unqualified opinion. In the order
In which they came they were Phillip
Zimmerman. president OF the thinner.
man malt company; Joseph Perry, liv-
eryman; Joseph l.. Conrad. leather bell
manufacturer: Frank II. La Haye, au.
tomobile casting manufacturer; Ste
phen @. Chapman. president Of the Con
sOlidated motor car company, Albert
T. Lacey, secretary Of the JOSEPH
Wagner manufacturing company; Jo-
seph Fischel. tailor, and Gustaye A
katz. butcher
Katz told Attorney Lewis T. Bying.
was examining him fhf
defense. that he had a decided opin-
ION and could not be fair, but wher
asked il he could give Calhoun a fail
trial he said Yes" On the strength
OF this answer Byington clung to him
10 the extent Of resisting a challenge
fnterposed by Assistant District Attor-
ney O'Gara-
what do you mean by saying yol
could not be a fair juror. but still thai
YOU could give the defendant fail
triaI27 asked O'Gara-
..Oh. i didn't mean to say that" ex.
postulated the juror. Il meant TO say
that ] could not give him fair trial
have q very decided opinion"
R4ine-fon changed his mind in an in
s+ant Instead Of continuing to resis
The challenge he interposed one of hi'
own and Katz was dismissed. while Z
smile nickered at the DEFENDANTS table
and broke into a broad grin al that o
the prosecution
eoNTEsT OVER PRINTER
u7a;Y-r B. Nackey Of 2272 Howar'
street 4 printer, caused the hardes
eeh, of the day between the attorneys
he got into the bad graces Of Bying
Ton al the outset by admitting that, a.
union man, be had sympathized VIII
The carmen during their strike and ha'