Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
INTEREST REACHES CLIMAX
In the Trial Now Near Its End. Masterly Concluding Argu- ment of Defendants Attor- ney---Heney Will Close For the People Today.

San Francisco, June 16.-With men and women scrambling and wrang- ling for standing room in the court room, Caihouns explanation of the bribery indictment against him was practically submitted to the jury to- night, when A. A. Moore, senior coun- sel for the president of the United Railroads promised to submit his case during the first hour of tomor- rows session.
 As the five months trial approach es its climax, the dormant public in terest is awakening to the point of eager demonstration and the behavior of the public at Carpenters Hall to- day sorely taxed the patience of a dozen policemen stationed at the en- trance. A still greater crush is look ed for tomorrow when Moore con- cludes his address and the last argu- ment is begun by Heney.
 MoOre's argument which has Val ready lasted eight hours was pro- nounced tonight by adherents of both sides a masterly review of the case His power of dehunciation, his sar casm and his flights into classical realms evoked frequent murmurs of appreciation, or laughter, from the audience, and while the speaker open ly confessed the weariness his hear CTS felt at the close of the long day, -ahe attendance had not diminished .yhen the hour of adjournment ar Ek k-ived.f
 ~ Patrick Calhoun, whose wife, daughters and sons, were present throughout Moores address, relaxed his solemn department of the last few weeks and laughed openly at some of the speakers metaphors. His friends, business associates, and the friends of his attorneys pressed him into the foreground but throughout the day he never ceased to observe the jurors and take full note of the scene in the crowded sections behind him.
 Suppose, for the sake of argument that this money was shown to have been paid by Ford to Ruef," said Moore when he made one of his sudden shifts of base, "could any one here called as a witness say that this payment was anything more than a surety for peace? Ruef was known to be the omnipotent power, not only controlling the supervisors but also in connection with the entire labor element of the city.
 However, this is all mere specu- latiOn. There is no evidence here that Ruef ever received a dollar from Ford for any purpose. Should We then be forced to show what disposi- ton was made of any sum enter ing into the transactions of the Unit ed Railroads? We are not here to account to Heney or any one else how we legitimately expend our money"
 Moore referred to the immunity granted the supervisor witnesses as "a strange and sad story" When We look for a reason explaining the strange artiffciality of this transac- tion," he continued, it seems that these men were taken into the fold of Sprecke.s-under the outstretched wings of the graft prosecution whatever that grizzly horror may be. Gallagher and Nicholas were both swearing for their necks. There was a kind of bastard immunity given them-a sort of bunco game since pronounced illegal-that nearly ap- breaches bribery itself"
 At the time of adjournment, Moore had attacked every vital feature of the prosecutions argument paying particular attention to the alleged discrepancies in the testimony of the supervisors; to the claims that Spreckels wanted a rival street rail- way system, and to the activities of the private agents of the prosecution.