The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-28
HENEY RAILS At
CALHOUN TRIAL
$50 Help Ne God ! Will Not Let
My Character Be Assailed,'
He Exclaims.

SAN FRANCISCO, April PSI do
not pay any attention to the barking
OF ours"
This was Prosecutor Francis ]. He
ney's answer during the Calhoun trial
Tuesday TO a charge by Attorney BY
insteH- fer the defense that Heney
was making unfounded statements re-
garding the alleged relation OF Cal
houn towards former Supervisor Jas.
Gallagher
This statement created an uproar
in the court and Attorney Byington
rose holly aud made an angry reJoind-
err. Judge Lawlor ordered the attor-
neys 10 cease quarreling, but Heney
rose despite IN courts warning and
shouted. II will reply in>kind If | have
TO go to jail for IT, ] have stood that
sort of talk from Heiney Ach for four
months anC so help me God, | will
not let my character be assailed with
out answering"
Gallagher was still on the witness
stand yesterday and the very first
question He;ey asked him stirred up
a storm that lasted one hour. Hency
asked Gallagher regarding Gallagher's
relations To the board of supervisors
prior to CalLouns alleged connection
with the board. The defense objected
and the row was on. Judge Eawiof
finally ruled the. question out and all
OF Gallaghei's testimony referring to
this period was stricken from the rec
ord
San Francisco has Just spent some
$4,000 and Is still spending In the
neighborhood OF s400 day TO prose
cute cases Of alleged graft.
II is a reasonable certainty that
Patrick Calhoun. a rich street railway
president, who IL charged with offer
ing TO bride city officials In order to
secure valuable franchises, will be &C.
quilted
To find IL men qualified to pass on
the guilt or innocence of this man ap-
proximately $4,000 was spent. Many
times $4,000 San Francisco had al
ready spent in a fight to bring others
before a bar of justice. Before this
$4,000 jury renders it's judgment
many thousands more will be spent.
For what? For convicting the gull
ty?
Perhaps.
For Furnishing the guilty?
Hardly.
Rake San Francisco over and you
might find 10 men who really believe
that Calhoun will eventually 90 to
Jail
Professional gamblers are Offering
40 10 A. with Qstakers, that Calhoun
will not even be convicted.
There may be q conviction. There
have been convictions before. Schmitz,
the boodfirs mayor was convicted.
Louis Glass. bribing telephone mag
nate. was convicted. Ruef, the poiiti-
cal boss, was convicted.
Schmitz Is free. Glass Is to, have
another trial. Ruef VIII probably be
freed
Convicted feions criminals OF type
dangerous 10 American institutions,
SCI free through the exercise OF some
fimsy technically of the law, some
trifiing error OF form, which could not
In any way lead to Il belief that there
has been miscarriage of justice, has
been the history of the San Francisco
graft prosecutions.
Ii is hardly within the realm OF pos
sihility that Il trial such as this one
OF Calhoun trial the record OF which
already contains more than 100000
words. can be drawn TO a close with
out some errors of form creeping in.
IL is, therefore, practical certainty
that even IN the event of convic-
ton. Calhoun will either be freed or
granted new trial by the higher
courts.
That Is why San Franciscos thou
sands are being spent to show how
difficult IL is to punish. under the pres.
emf laws.
IF we crn accomplish that much.
the bringing Of the people. the right
full lawmakers, to an active under
standing" said Heney after the appel
late court decision in the Glass case
had been announced. all the time,
money and effort expended in this
fight in San Francisco will have been
weel spent