Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
CALHOUN CALLS
RAID OUTRAGE
RAIL WAY MAGNATE CONDEMNS
ACTION BY SLEUTI..S
GRAFT PROSECUTION slTTEpLY
DENOUNCED
San Francisco Stirred by Fast pevel-
opments-Other Arrests Are Be-
Iieved to Be Pending
Today
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were looking for signature to tele-
gram Calhoun continued: i.
This could not under any stretch OF
law have been within the purView OF
a search warrant made avowedly lQr
the purpose of securing papers belohS
ing TO Burns. The evident purpose OF
this search warrant was not TO optaih
papers belonging to Burns. 1t was
fishing expedition for the purpose OF
looking into the private affairs of the
United Railroads, and II possible gain
er from the files some evidence TO
support their alleged charges of brib~
cry against me.
%The offices of the United Railroads.
over the protests of its officers, We're
wrecked, it's doors broken open, lts
safes cracked evidently by an expert
cracksman. This search and the man
ner of its conduct is a fitting climax
to tn, course which the prosecution mas
pursued toward me.
''The members of the prosecution
kno- that after having postponed my
trial for two years. in "A short time IL
will be submitted to jury. Ihey
know also that it will be extremely
difficult for them to empanel jury
which will do their bidding. The eX-
animation of the veniremen has DEM
| onstrated this fact.
"Seek to Prejudice
"Now. on the very eve of the sub
mission of my case. they seek III TINS
manner to prejudice the public and the
| Jury against me as their last hope OF
| success.
Just here | will call your attention
TO the fact that last night Schlndler
claimed to identify certain report
which had been made upon MI AR
thur. who was among the first twelve
men in the jury box summoned to try
| me.
This report he claimed. was one
| he had made to Mr.. Burns, and in
this report it appears that SCHNEIDER
| states that Arthur was the most pre-
JUDGED man that he had found against
me in all his examinations, and yet,
with full knowledge of this fact. the
prosecution passed him as a fair juror
and forced the defense to peremptory
challenge.
what the members of the prosecu-
| ton want is jury already prejudiced
against me. and they have been stead
/ lily making every movement to secure
that end They know that l am abso-
lutely innocent of the charge which
they brought against me.
"They tried with an immunity con-
/
| testimony to be used against me, and
| when he refused to do so. they forfeit
ed his immunity contract and prose-
| cuted him.
Select Sabbath Day
"Ths Sabbath day has been selected
deliberately to rifle the offices of the
United Railroads because these safe
breakers under the guise of law were
| afraid the court would enjoin them,
and they made haste to crack the safes
before an injunction could be obtained
against them"
| In conclusion Mr.. Calhoun said the
fundamental trouble of the wrong
doing of the so-called graft prosecut-
ors is the turning over of the office
of the district attorney to the control
of Rudolph Spreckels and his coterie," +"
and declared that this "high-handed
outrage" would react upon the prose-
cution.
He referred to Burns staff as a
corps of privately paid spies which
Burns had succeeded in grating
| upon the office of the district attorney"
and called attention to the fact that
| Police Judge Deasy, who issued the
search warrants, had but recently
| been appointed by Mayor Taylor from
the staff of the district attorney.
Did Not Have Complaint
|
When Stanley Moore appeared and an
bounced that he had an injunction, is
sued by Judge Murasky. Hanley de-
clined to recognize it because 1t was
not accompanied by the complaint
This was produced by Moore.
This action is not numbered or any
thing of the kind said Hanley. You
cannot by injunction restrain the pro-
cess of the criminal court"
Turning to the detectives he said
You go along and search in there and
| will take a chance on that and ad-
wise you, so go right along and do that.
advise you officers that they have no
power to restrain you from executing
your search warrant"
| Following the search of Calhoun's Of
| fees, Detective Burns said: THE copies
of reports and other data gathered by
us in the bribery-graft cases. found In
the offices of Patrick Calhoun and his
attorneys. and the confession of the
men arrested yesterday, fully justify
the action taken by us and furnish con-
vincing proof that my men were bribed
and sold the secrets of the prosecution
to the United Railroads"
Burns stated it was not alleged that
the original papers were stolen from
! his Office but copies made of them
which We're then sold to the United
Railroads defendants by men in his
| own employ.
Burns stated that several hundred re-
ports of Investigations of veniremen
made by his men were found in the
search.
Rex N Hamlin, Al Mckinley, William
Corbin. Jerry Van Wormer and E. A
Platt are still in the city prison. All
but Corbin are charged with grand lar
| ceny Van Wormer, who was moi
! charge 49, night, was released today
upon IA writ of habeas corpus issued by
Judge Van Nostrand. but was imme-
diately arrested and charged.
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