The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
CALHOUN JURY
PANEL CHAIRS
STILL VACANT
Carl F. Haas, Temporarily
Passed Tuesday, Excused
After Much 0ratOry
LangdOn Tells of Difficulty in
Filling Box Owing to Tech
nicaI Objections

= The lone juror secured on the sew
..eHth day OF the Calhoun trial after
hours OF orstory and a wordy war, de-
parted yesterday amid further flights
:Of forensic fury and oral interchange,
and the end Of the days session, after
80 ialesmen had been examined. found
!. The Jury box devoid Of everything save
d. - empty chairs. Carl F. Haas, the
temporary juror passed Tuesday. was
excused from service on the challenge
Of the defense. against the protest of
District Attorney Langdon. The de
Tense showed BY questioning the tales
man on matters unearthed by them
after the citizen had been passed into
4he box, that Haas had expressed an
opinion anita gonistIc to Calhoun. and
slso showed that in expressing him
self Tuesday the taIesman had not
been understood by the court and the
attorneys. Haas speaks with a slight
German accent and, though very in
telugent, sometimes does not succeed
in phrasiDg exactly what he means,
especially when attempting TO acquaint
half q dozen attorneys with the hair
splitting variations in his mental at
tltude toward the complex issues in
1olved IN the trial OF Patrick Calhoun
and the moral questions connected
with Il.
WORK OF GUMSHOE MAN
On reopening the examination Of
Haas yesterday morning at the begin
ntHg Of the session Attorney Stanley
Moore said that he wished to question
the talesman on matters discovered
since the examination Of the day be-
fore and. on the judges consent, at
once asked Haas IL any one had called
on him at his home within the last few
months and interviewed him concern
tng The graft cases. and the Calhoun
- case in particular.
Haas answered that no one had, and
Moore read him extracts from a paper
before him, evidently a report from one
ef CalhOun's gUmshOe army, with the
query If he had not expressed the SEN
tlments contained therein TO a young
uis r. representing himself TO be real
estate dealer. Haas could not place
the z gent but did remember having
made some such remarks to some one.
DO YOU remember" Moore asked !
consulting his paper, a young man
calling At your place claiming TO be a
real estate agent. and do you remem-
ber tnat you said 10 him that Calhoun
vas in a bad FIX now and couldn't get
s5ut2 DO YOU remember saying that
grating ought to be stopped. or a poor
man wouldn't be able to do anything at
an within few years, that the wealthy
would buy what they wanted, and stop
what they didn't want?"
HAAS Is EXCUSED
Haas remembered, vaguely. or
thought he remembered, having made
some such statements, and Judge Law
Tor. disreg egarding these allusions in
their general application. at once ques-
riQBed the juror regarding the extent
70 which he had dwelt upon the posi-
riOn Of the defendant, and discovered
enough 10 convince him that Haas had
sthought and talked about Calhoun and
she issues involved in the trolley mag
mates indictment and trial. Therefore
he eXcused. the juror from service
i. Icangdon was on his feet in protest
" hen Judge Lawlor indicated that he
was tnelined 10 allow the challenge of
The defense.
saTf. q man in the frame Of mind in
v-fio5i- this juror finds himself can not
pass muster here" the district attor-
neE shouted, then we viii never be
able 70 secure jury to try this case.
Mr.. Haas expressly states, and has
stated so repea tedly, that he has moth
ing personal against the defendant.
He sfIirms that he can put aside what
ever opinion he has and enter the jury
box prepared TO judge the defendant on
4he evidence and the law alone He
states that he viii grant the defendant
The presumption Of innocence allowed
by law All that we can hope to Sc
cure is a man honest to himself and
with 4 good conscience to determine
this case Every citizen Of intelligence
who has followed this case at all has
an opinion regarding it. and unless we
can get man who can say; as the
juror has said, that he can set aside his
opinion, then we can not get jury"
In answer to this Moore declared