The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-20

him he wanted Burns followed at all
times and wanted reports made Of
everything he did, every place he went
and every one to whom he talked. The
witness then told Calhoun that he had
been attempting to shadow Burns by
having two men on motorcycles fol-
low him at all times but that this
method had not been satisfactory.
Calhoun at once authorized him to en-
gage an automobile for this purpose
and the witness did so.
Prior to his talk with Calhoun the
witness said he had been receiving re-
ports daily from his men and had been
handing them in writing to William
NJ. Abbott, doing so often at the coun-
sci table where Abbott sat with the
other attorneys engaged in the Ford
trial.
MOORE ATTACKS BURNS
Here the storm of protest descended
again, and this time the proceedings
were effectually interrupted for an en-
tire hour. Stanley Moore started the
argument with a formal objection,
and when asked by Judge Law1or to
state his grounds explicitly launched
into an argument that quickly swerved
around into a vicious attack upon Spe-
cial Agent Burns.
1--WE submit" cried Moore, that
even If detectives were employed to
follow Mr.. Burns it was neither un-
lawful nor unfair for us TO have him
followed. He was then only a pri-
vate detective in the employ of Mr.
Spreckels, who has testified here on
the stand in this case, and while it
might have been an advantage and an
assistance to Mr.. Burns to be the only
man permitted to follow others around
Ia
has nothing in the world TO do with
the legitimate issues involved in the
trial of this case. Should we go into
this il would also be pertinent to in
quire which side employed the most
detectives and it might be pertinent
TO inquire who began such tactics and
who employed them first
When crimes are committed. your
honor answered Heney. whether
they be dynamiting. bribery or muir
der. il has been the accepted thing
since society was first organized for
there to exist an organized executive
arm OF government to gather together
evidence of crime and to conduct the
prosecution of guilty men. But what
can be the purpose of a man charged
with bribery in having the footsteps
of his prosecutors logged? Is that
done TO discover crime? Is that done
to unearth guilt? 1t is not unlawful
for man charged with crime to run
away, but it is evidence of a guilty
conscience. Nor is it unlawful. possibly
10 have witness run away or to pre-
vent employees from testifying. hut
these things also are evidences Of q
guilty conscience. Conduct may al
ways be inquired into II 1T throws
light on guilty conscience"
King responded with an attack on
Burns whom he referred to as "a man
who might not be trusted" A. A. Moore
went further and spoke of Burns as
q man who ought to be Swallowed even
today" He turned also to a villffica-
tion of Rudolph Spreckels. whom he d.
rectly charged with having formed a
scheme to seize the property of the
United Railroads. The latter's actions.
he said, had been in line with the
maxim IF you can't Jail "a man YOU
may break him" Moore also declared
that Heney had been in Spreckels' pay
and went on with more charges and
insinuations until Judge Lawlor called
a halt.