Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
ONE ADDED TO
CALHOUN'S JURY:
ONE DISMISSED
AUCTI0NEER GIVEN ONE OF
TWO VACANT SEATS
JUROR CHALLENGED MADE DIS
QUALIFYING REMARKS
Sixteenth Special Venire of Sixty Citi-
zens Ordered Returned for Monday
for Selection to Try Rail-
way President
TBv Associated Press1

q AN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-There
was another shift of jurors in the
~ case of Patrick Calhoun today.
Duncan B. Hider, an auctioneer, was
passed by both sides to occupy one OF
the two vacant seats in the box, and
later in the day Judge Lawlor allowed
a challenge by the prosecution directed
against David HolZberg, one of the jur-
ors accepted several weeks ago.
The session of court ended with the
tenth talesman Of the day under ex-
animation by the prosecution after he
had been passed by the defense.
The challenge interposed yesterday in
the case of Juror Holzberg remained in
abeyance during the greater part of
the day, while agents of the prosecution
sought Henry Kallman, formerly a
business partner of the juror. When
the witness was finally produced he
was subjected to an examination by
Assistant District Attorney Heney,
who first asked the substance of Ho1Z-
berg's opinion concerning the graft
cases, as expressed during their joint
business enterprise.
Did Mr.. Holzberg not tell you that
he thought these prosecutions were
hurting business and that they should
be stopped, and did you not tell a
mutual friend that you did not think
Heney would let him on the jury; that
he would be a good juror for Calhoun,
and that he owned stock or bonds of
the United Railroads."
'I don't remember saying that" re-
piled Mr.. Kallman. Il did tell some
man not long ago that Mr.. Holzberg
would not convict, because it seemed
to tickle the man to have me talk that
way"
A. A. Moore and Earl Rogers of the
NdefenSe resisted the challenge and Mr..
fHeney replied for the prosecution. AS
Holzberg left the box he advanced to
Mr.. Heney's seat, and said:
'I have no bad feeling toward you,
Mr.. Heney-no feeling at all.''
The prosecutor thanked the juror
and the regular interrogation of tales
men was resumed.
|, The trial was continued until to-
morrow. The sixteenth special venire
of sixty citizens was ordered returned
next Monday.
Fifteenth Venire Examined
Three weeks of tedious jury making
had been nullified partly when the trial
of Patrick Calhoun was resumed today.
with two seats in the jury box vacant
and a challenge for cause pending
against another juror who was passed
during the early stages of the trial.
The proceedings were not resumed
bOOcly Q11I1A uOSG 14dWlOI ndQ COIIp1SL-
ed his preliminary examination of the
fifteenth special venire of jurors. OF
the sixty citizens summoned twenty
five were excused the majority assign
ing business interests in support of
their claims to exemption from service.
1t was expected Judge Lawlor would
decide the challenge interpoSed yester-
day in the case Of David Holzberg, the
jeweler and optician who is charged by
the prosecution with having expressed
opinions hostile to the representatives
of the district attorneys office and IA
vorable to the president of the United
Railroads. The prosecution succeeded
in establishing that the juror owned
bonds of the United Railroads to the
amount Of $500, and the assistant dis
trict attorney, F. J. Heney, devoted
much attention to this fact.
On his arrival today Mr.. Heney an
nounced he had issued a subpoena for
Henry Kallman, a former business as
sociate of Juror HolZberg, with whom
he is alleged to have discussed the pros
ecutor, the assault on Mr.. Heney by
Morris Haas and other phases of the
case.
Up to the time of the noon recess the
agents of the district attorneys office
had been unable to locate Mr.. Kallman,
and by direction of the court the at
torneys took up the Interrogation of
talesmen in the effort to fill the elev-
enth seat.
Two citizens were dismissed because
they had opinions, and considerable
time was devoted to a third, Duncan B.
Hilder, an auctioneer. Hitter, although
he had known three members of the
former board of supervisors, professed
to have no opinion relating to the case.
and never to have heard of the alleged
confession of Abraham Ruef. He was
finally passed by the defense and the
prosecution began his examination.
Hilder was temporarily passed as the
eleventh juror in the Calhoun trial.