The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-21
|N[WBURGH IN TEARS
| ON WITNESS STAND
Attorney on Trial for Attempted
Jury Bribing Denies Story
Told by Blake
Wife of Accused RACES Against
District Attorney on Leav-
ing Courtroom

Sobbing between answers during his
examination, Adolph S. Newburgh, on
trial for attempted jury bribing, was
behalf before Judge Murasky and a
Jury at last nights session of his trial.
Throughout the trial of Frank J. Muir
ply. who was similarly charged, New
burgh displayed few emotions other
than fright, and he testified in that case
Last night he was pale, nervous and
extremely irritable. At frequent inter
walls he buried his face in his hands
and wept So often was this scene
reacted that Attorney B.. Schlesinger
was forced to ask his client to speak
louder and to address the jury.
The session yesterday was bad one
for Newburgh. During the noon recess,
as the defendant and his wife were
| leaving the courtroom, Mrs. Newburgh
burst into a rage and attempted to sub
| ject District Attorney Langdon to a
bitter denunciation. Newburgh, after
various attempts to quiet his spouse,
was compelled to clasp his hand over
her mouth, and with great effort she
was prevented from carrying out her
| intentions. This display of temper
prevented the woman from appearing
at the trial during the afternoon and
evening sessions.
SMALL FEE CAUSE OF TEARS
! From o'clock In the evening until
! 1890 Newburgh was under examina-
| ton, first by his own counsel and then
| by District Attorney Langdon in cross
examination. The defense put up by
| the witness agreed in many despects
with his former testimony and dove
tailed into the statements made by
Murphy. But there were wide differ
ences between the defendants testi-
mony and that of E. A S. Blake. Be-
fore proceeding very far Newburgh at
! the suggestion of his counsel denied
| unequivocally all Blakes discriminating
testimony. He did state, however, that
the false affidavit prepared by Blake
was to be sprung In court during the
| examination of Ruef talesmen, as 1t
would create sensation.
For all his trouble in conducting the
police court end of the Ruef case New
burgh received a fee Of $50 day from
Ruef and it was the statement of this
fact that caused the defendant to shed
his first tear.
Before he had become an attorney
at law Newburgh was engaged in
1 many enter AIlScS--th> ~ LdilIlCIJ pc0-
dler and agent. He had also sold
blankets and blue cloth" to Chinese
residents of this city.
! Newburgh said that he told Carroll
Cook, former superior Judge; DR..
Rosencrantz and Joe Naphtaly, po-
lice court lawyer. that Kelly had So
illcited a bride to vote for an acquittal
! II he became member of the Ruef
jury, but that he did not tell Ruef.
| Following the procedure taken in the
trial of Frank j. Muruhy. Newburgh's
attorneys called many witnesses who
testified to the defendants record as a
! lawyer. Two important facts in com
nection with Newburgh's career as a
| lawyer came to light. 1t appeared that
! Newburgh had physical encounter
with Superior Judge Edward p. Mogan
over a difficulty that occurred in the
latter's courtroom 1t was also stated
! that Newburgh had been implicated in
1.-THE alleged theft of three racehorses
| from the old Bay district track and
that warrant was issued for his ar
rest
| William H. Schooler, who at the
trial of Frank J. Murphy placed him
self in an unenviable position as a
witness, was called to the stand yes
! terday and testified that he had been
Schroeder seemed to have forgotten
many Of the conversations that took
place between himself, Newburgh and
! Murphy.
CLASH BETWEEN COUNSEL
During the morning session Robert
Ferral one of Newburghs attorneys,
declared that Assistant District Attor-
! ney. Cook could not be insulted,"
! whereupon Cook appealed to the court,
asking that Ferral be reprimanded. The
court instructed the jurors to disre-
gard the occasional outbursts of temper
among counsel
| Schlesinger during the afternoon at
! tempted to elicit from witness the
statement that he had been approached
! by Butch Bell, a notorious Ruef gum
shoe man, Schlesinger asserting that
Bell was acting in behalf of the dis
] trict attorney.
/ This insulting reference brought
Langdon TO his feet instantly, and he
explained just who Bell was. The
reference made by Schlesinger to the
notorious character proved boomer
! ang to the defense, for Bell has ben