Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-25
CALHOUN'S JURY
AGAIN DEPLETED
TRIAL MARKED BY DRAMATIC
DIALOGUE
TWO SEATS IN BOX VACANT AT
CLOSE OF DAY
One TaIesman, Who Says He Worked
for Southern Pacific, Declares
Corporations would Run
Government
IBy Associated Press.I

OAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-The
~ prospect of completing the jury to
~ try Patrick Calhoun, president of
the United Railroads. on an Indictment
charging bribery was indefinitely post
poned today, when, after accepting
Thomas Lockwood, a sawmaker, as the
twelfth juror, the attorneys introduced
evidence and argument in support Of
challenges which eventually vacated
two seats in the box.
John Scollard. a hotel man and shoe
dealer, was dismissed on challenge by
the prosecution and Arthur S. Holman,
an insurance agent, whose right to try
the case was questioned by the de-
fense. succumbed to the challenge after
some vehement declarations concern
ing his opinions Of public service cor
porations and their relations with mu-
inequalities.
Before the hour of adjournment the
prosecution interrogated two other
Jurors who were not challenged and
the fate of David Holzberg, another
Juror was still in issue when the pro-
ceedings were interrupted by the days
adjournment.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
]. Heney disqualified Mr.. Scollard be-
cause the latter had been friendly with
former Mayor Schmitz in Alaska and
because the juror had expressed opin-
ions hostile to the prosecution prior to
the trial.
Stanley Moore of the defense ques-
toned Arthur S. Holman as to his at
titude as expressed during trip from
Del Monte to this city during last No
vember.
Denounces Corporations
Mr.. Holman admitted having engaged
4, e hic
fellow employees during the trip to San
Francisco,
He had resented the remarks of a
visitor who declared that such occur
rences as the shooting of Heney by
Morris Haas were typical of the west.
and had declared that New York had
furnished more illustrative example
of graft in the case of Tweed and his
associates.
AZ spoke of the seeming tendency of
corporations to rule municipalities,
said the juror "and I resented the i'm
putation that graft thrived here. 1t
was a good, hot dispute. such as you
attorneys have here in the court room,
and | think I expressed a belief that
the corporations were trying to run the
government because used to work for
the Southern Pacific and 1 think
learned enough of it's relations with
the Union Pacific to justify this opin-
ion.
81 do believe the supervisors took
the United Railroads money and that
they took gas and water and telephone
and prize fight money. I believe I de-
nounced the conditions under which the
corporations debauched cities and mu-
inequalities"
Challenge Allowed
The challenge interposed by the de-
Tense was finally allowed.
Mr.. Heney then took up the exam
ination of Joseph E. Emmons, who ad-
mitted that two Of his wife's relatives
were in the engineering department OF
the United Railroads. He was allowed
to resume his seat.
Charles H. Suydam, another juror ex-
amined by the prosecution, professeo
ignorance of the fact that his mother
in-law owned stock Of the United Rail
roads, and was allowed to resume his
seat after declaring that knowledge OF
this fact would not affect his opinion.
David HolZberg, an optician, who was
accepted nearly a month ago, was the
last juror whose right to a seat in this
box was attacked during the day. Holz
berg admitted that he owned a number
of bonds of the United Railroads and
that a friend of his, who was travelling
for a wholesale house, also owned
bonds. The juror said that since the
trial commenced the bonds had ad