The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20
BY EDWARD r. o'DAY

SDltlc0 SNSctly, "AAAA
a plainly apparent effort, through all
that ordeal
Just within the rail the newspaper
men sprawled in the various attitudes
OF concentrated attention and frenzied
composition, their faces masked
or disspproval. In front of them, on
either side. girdling the prosecutor on
the right and the defense on the left,
sat shoulder to shoulder in grim form
alton. the detectives, spies. "gumshoe-
men" and gun fighters who have waged
the guerrilla warfare of the trial
On the left sat the defendant sur
rounded by his counsel. Grfzzled
Moore senior, with closed lids and
jaws, meditating modant sarcasms.
Black Moore junior. alert, with a wan
smile. Sneering Earl Rogers. with the
look of a Mepfisto turned barrister.
Pinchbeck Billy" Abbott; Byington of
the pursed lips, rousing queries as to
why he should be there at all: and Bar
rett, the sleek presentment of good
living. With these, Thornwell Mutually.
no worse for last nights feast. and
Doctor Coffey, grinning sardonicaily.
or them all only A. A Moore showed
the physical manhood of their client,
Patrick Calhoun There surely was a
fine figure OF a man, worthy of the ad-
miration of the wife and daughters in
the corner and Of the blond. pale son
at his back; but viewed narrowly, not
of a delicate physiognomy--bullet
head. bullying brow. sharpwnose, lips
who knows how sharp tbeneath the
cropped mustache, and peuchy. double
ohm But a man of strength for all
that adequate to the demands of the
drama in which he plays leading role.
Banked on the right sat the jurymen;
u in the box, the thirteenth man--an
unusual feature OF this most unusual
trlal--sitting outside in solitary state.
And above, on the stage. his specialized
eyes fixed on his desk. the ever ready
pen poised between his fingers. was
Judge Lawlor, gray haired, but eolored
like an embarrassed schoolboy.
Langdon and OGara sat at the peo-
Plies table, but there were no eyes
for them There was scant notice. too,
for the men who sat beside them. Pro-
lessor Bunnell who taught Abe Ruef
at the university, and DR.. Shadrach
Beasley, who struck Abe Ruef in the
face. Beasley sat where Heney was
Of
There are eyes and ears for one only
now Attention, falling like pail of
death over the assemblage, concen-
trates on Heney. who rises and begins
to speak
Here certainly is the hero II this
gnawed at by vultures; what is Lear,
cursed with flial ingratitude. to this
champion srrayed against the Titans of
greed, shifting wellnigh single handed
against liars and hypocrites?
AS 1 watched him. facing that jury
and knitting up the sleeve OF evidence
so cunningly unraveled by the de-
Tense there came to my mind the story
of another great trial, of another great
prosecutor, whose zeal was fierce but
pure" and 1 framed to his case the
words which Lord Macaulay applied to
Edmund Burke, the immortal leader of
the impeachment of Warren Hastings
Men unable to understand the ele-
walton of his mind have tried to find
out some discreditable motive for the
vehemence and pertinacity which he
showed on this occasion. But they
have altogether failed. The idle story
that he had some private slight to re-
venge has long been given up. The
plain truth is that Calhoun had COM