The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-17


The diplomacy of score of police al
dcials suf1ced to prevent an unprece
dented crush In Carpenters hall IN
day when the final argument in behaI
Of Patrick Calhoun was closed. an,
Assistant District Attorney F. J. He
ney faced the jury TO review the case
An hour before the doors OF thf
court room were opened, a crowd o
500 persons stood in line. Twc
mounted patrolmen. assisted a dozer
policemen on the sidewalk, and were
Obliged TO clear way TO the hall
time after time by spudding their
horses into the groups on either side
of the entrance.
cation of 100 women. and these with
others formed long line, while ma.
jodty Of the men were driven across
the street.
Half an hour before A. A. Moore
resumed the argument begun last
Tuesday afternoon, the last available
seat in the court room was occupied
When the bailiff raped for order.
and Mr. Moore advanced to the Jury
box for the last installment of his
long address, the space reserved for
counsel and press was tightly packed
with privileged spectators,
II depore. as you must said Mr.
Moore, that San Francisco has been
put back and kept back indefinitely
BY warning factions. whether they
war for revenue only or purely for
political purposes"
The speaker then declared his In
tentlon to demonstrate that neither
the president OF the United Railroads
nor any of his attorneys OF agents
had in any manner obstructed the
course Of justice.
OF John H. Helms. the detective at
one time in the employ Of the defense
and prosecution. he said:
Helms. by his own statement. went
10 the wilds of northern California to
put up trap for a brother Mason at
the behest Of his imported chief. w
J. Burns. II was brutal perfidy, ono
of the hard, inhuman things that ap-
pear in this record"
Mr. Moore defended the process
whereby agents OF the defense secur-
ed copies of the report on jurors. He
denounced William ]. Burns for inau-
gurating what he termed "a spy sys-
tenn On men called to the high Offices
Of the jury.
"They would have stocked this jury
with twelve men who had precon-
ceived opinions. hostile to this defend
ant Is it to be wondered at that we
did not submit to Jurors selected by
this man Burns, imported for devil
ish purpose. even though we were
told that the prosecution was working
for the honor an glory Of God?
III the miserable wretches who pro-
cured the jury report. had copies OF
their product for sale, Is Patrick Cal
hoUn to be blamed If he took any
means TO protect HIMSELF"
Mr. Moore's closing words were as
In moment more 7 shall leave
with YOU the honor Of Patrick Calhoun. |
Ever man is master OF his own soul. |
No faint can come except by his own
act But taint may come to his hon.
or by obloquy. through the pain and
degradation of punishment for an un- |
crime, worse than any !
death a man can die.
Life is not ours TO keep. Each one |
81 us knows that he nightly pitches |
his tent a days march nearer his last |
nome But his honor is his to keep |,
and life is nothing In comparison with
honor. a man lies down with the |
Innumerable caravan, but his honor
goes down to his children and their
children
The mother. whose son is brought
nome TO ner on his shield, is COM
orted In her sorrow by the knowl'
e1ge that his honor is unstained The
'nlpmaster. who sends away his crew
% HE boats and stands on slippery
ieck until the seas engulf him, goes
iown with the knowledge that his hon
lr and the honor=of his deed will sing
orever
So We want you 10 leave Patrick
-ahoun'e honor unstained. This has
'een long war-we must end It and
We end 1t gladly. We leave with you
ne honor OF Patrick Calhoun, per
'uaded that justice will be done, and
nai the great and good God who regu"
stes the course OF the Universe and
watches the fall OF the sparrow will
'lve the victory to Patrick Calhoun"
commenced within ten minutes, had
'carcely started when his voice was
dised to pitch that carried his words
{" inc street through the open win
lows. The yigor that has character
1ed many of his less important bat
ies during the trial was applied in de-
very OF his opening words his face
sew scarlet with the venemence of
us utterance, and his arms swung
orcibly in the gestures that usually
'e EMPLOYS.
You know how much force there
vas IN Mr. Moore's offer to submit
lns case TO you without argument,
'sid HeDey. "Hc came before you
s'th we'll prepared address, and he
alked Tor day and a half.
. lic has asked you 10 presume Pal
'ek Calhoun innocent. He has ask
q you TO presume that every man,
Noman and child in this community.
rno has raised d hand III defense of
Justice. arc scoundrels of the deepest
,ye- He has asked you TO presume
nat Spreckels, Phelan and Heney are
1n.eeeped In villainy. but thai Patrick
-alaoun Is innocent.
. lSn there euOi.ph here of evidence