The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-18
Calhoun Case Will Reach
The Jury This Afternoon
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lfticaI advancement" Moore continued:
| Wherein has justice been INSTRUCTED
| by this defendant 1t is queer, indeed,
yet characteristic of a case like this, that
without any proof of a crime having
been committed We have been taken far
aheld and have been forced to indulge
in merely nebulous matter without CO.
hesion or form, merely to becloud facts
before this jury. You can not obstruct
Justice, gentlemen. unless justice is TO
be done. There was a long story thar
somebody had sought to sequester or
bribe this soldier. Helms. That is a
sad, sad story of human perfidy. What
Helms did was to set up job on
brother in a fraternity TO which he be-
longs. Helms made a proposition that
he would do anything that was required
that was on his farm. ANY man who
would do that kind of thing is unwor-
thy of belief or consideration vet he
did IL under the instructions of his
imported chief. Burns. II is a thing
you should allow to sink into your
memories as one of the peculiar hard
brutal things that may be done by
cunning prosecutor against defendant.
THE STOLEN REPORTS
Speaking of the stolen jury reports.
but carefully avoiding reference to the
theft, Moore attempted to justify their
possession in the hands of the defense
by declaring that the prosecution would
have stacked the jury with men of pre-
conceived opinions had it been possible
to do so.
Then he referred to the testimony
concerning the Gallagher dynamiting
as vile and outrageous insinuation to
besmirch the honor of the defendant.
He cried.
Oh, it smells in my nostrils; it offends
me TO discuss it, The life of James /.
Gallagher is dearer TO Patrick Calhoun
than 1t is TO anybody else on earth. ex-
4 oh n co1f
and children: Why, sirs. we hope that
the winds of heaven may never strike
MIN roughly; We hope that he may
by beast or venomous reptile / speak
OF both Heney and Gallagher, and Heney
is our most virulent enemy It is be-
cause OF our instinct for lf-preserva-
ton. / believe there are men here now
in this prosecutions corner who If any
accident happened to Gallagher or to
Heney, would raise the war whoon that
/ the United Railroads had compassed the
destruction of these distinguished citi-
zens. Let them die in their time: theN
never will by us.
"THEsE CREATURES,
| Moore concluded with an elonuent
peroration in which he made a strong
appeal for sympathy for the defendant
setting the latter's honor on a pedestal
and endowing 1t with a value far ex
ceeding that of life itself There was
one Earring note TO the oratorical svm
metry of the carefully prepared appeal
when the speaker allowed his hate IN
! rise uppermost and, with a wave of his
hand toward the attorneys for the
/ prosecution, referred to them as these
creatures"
Il have reached now the last of my
argument he concluded. 81 have safc
all I have to say on any subiect. and
! when my voice shall cease to offend the
air of this courtroom the last word that
/ can be said in behalf of Patrick Calhoun
will have been said. We leave the
honor of the defendant in your keep
/ ing"
Motion in Sullivan Suit
The United Railroads has at last
/ taken notice Of the suit filed more
/ than year ago by Joseph A. Sullivan
a stock holder. naming Abe Ruef and
/ the corporation as defendants and
praying that Ruef be ordered to re-
/ turn to the Golfers of the streetcar
company the 100000 bribe money maid
| him.
Notice was filed yesterday bv the
United Railroads investment company
that 1t will move to set aside the sery-
ice of summons made upon 1t In the
case. As the corporation has no ON
GERS in this state the summons was
/ served upon the secretary of state. q
F. Curry. as the law permits in such
conditions
The motion TO set aside the service
Will be made upon the ground that
the investment company is foreign
corporation, it's charter having been
issued by the state of New Jersey.
that 1t transacts no business in Cali
/ fornia, and that it has no managing
agent, business agent, cashier or sec.
rotary in this state Afidavits in SIM
port of the motion were made by vii
liam j. Duane and George w Bacon
secretary and vice. president of the
United Railroads investment COMPANY
The action was begun by Sullivan
May %, 1908. In the complaint II is
asserted that the president of the
United Railroads paid $500, 900 to Abe
Ruef to unlawfully and corruptly in
huence the supervisors, and Sullivan
as a stock holder in the streetcar cor
poration, wants the cash returned to
| the company.
J. o. U. A. NJ. TO BUILD HoME>Detro,t
June 1.-THE national council, Junior Order OF
United American Mechanics. today passed
resolution accepting the offer Of the Tennessee
state council to donate grounds and buildings