The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
CALHOUN SAYS
BURNS SEARCH
WAS OUTRAGE
Prosecution Is Charged With
knowledge Of United Rail-
roads Presidents Innocence
Desperate ard UnscrupuIous
Men" Accused of Attempt
ing TO Prejudice Case

vate once last evening and prepared
a statement bearing or the search Of
HIS Offices for the stolen papers Hay-
ing dictated the statement 10 his ste
nographer he called in the newspaper
men. but expressly ordered that the
Bulletin representative should be
barred. The statement was then read
BY The stenographer. and copies given
to each OF the morning papers. It
reads as follows:
You have been, gentlemen. the Wit
nesses Of one OF the most significant
outrages ever committed on the Ameri-
can continent Under our constitution
and as part Of the fundamental basis
OF American liberty every man is pro-
tected against the unlawful search
and seizure Of his papers.
LEGAL HOLIDAY. HE SAYS
yesterday afternoon was a legal
holiday. I was absent william J.
Burns took this opportunity by swear
ing out bogus complaint 70 seize
upon the Offices Of the United Railroads
and make z search OF its papers and
records.
one OF TIE men sent along with
the police officer was the notorious
Schindler. who has been proved IN
court 10 have circulated bogus petit
tion under my name. among others.
which he sought 10 have signed under
The representation that he was friend
y 70 ne
1T has been proved in open court
that ne lied when he presented this
petition 10 q number Of citizens OF san
Francisco who were likely 10 be called
for jury duty. The evident purpose Of
this lying petition was 10 prejudice
me before the public and 10 disqualify
jurors The other was a Burns agent
named Russell II was these two men
who searched among the papers OF the
United Railroads. among my private
papers and among those Of M Abbott
and 1lr. Mullally.
SEARCH FOLLOWED PROTEST
Il cali you gentlemen. TO witness
how frequently I protested when these
two men carefully looked through
papers which from the headings bore
aneresrioned evidence that they could
never have been in Burns possession
I call you further 10 witness that
on one occasion when protested
AGAINST these minions Of Burns and
spreckels going through my private
teIegrams and those OF the company
that one Of them said he was looking
for signature TO telegrams- This
could not under any stretch Of law
have been within the purview Of =
search warrant made avowedly for the
purpose OF securing papers claimed 70
belong 10 Burns.
The evident purpose Of this search
warrant was not 10 obtain papers be-
longing TO Burns. because he well
knew that the United Railroads did
-5t have any papers belonging TO him
search warrant was q fishing ex-
ton got out during my ab-
for the purpose Of looking into
arivate affairs Of the United Rail
and. If possible. gathering from
the files some evidence TO support
their alleged charge Of bribery against
ne
@HIGH HANDED OUTRAGE
7 believe that the American people
love liberty. I. believe at heart they
are honest. fair and upright, and I
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in this last high handed outrage has
overreached itself and that the whole
country VIII be rapidly brought to a
realization OF the infamies which have
marked its career.
You have seen how the Offices Of
the United Railroads. over the protest
OF its officers. were wrecked. its doors
broken open. its safes cracked by evi-
oently an expert cracksman.
This search and the manner OF its
conduct is a fitting climax to the
course which the prosecution has pur-
sued toward me. It's members wei
know that their days OF power are
numbered. They know that after hav-
ing postponed my trial for nearly two
years that IN a short time it wiz be
submitted 70 jury.
REFERENCE TO JURORS
They know that. in spite Of an un-
scrupuIous special prosecutor and a
hostile court. It VIII be extremely diff
cult for them 10 impanel a jury which
VIII do their bidding. The exa-nina-
tion OF the veniremen has demonstrated
this fact. Like desperate and unscru-
pul0us men they are seeking, on the
very. eve Of the submission OF my case.
10 prejudice the public and the jury
against ne as their last hope Of sue
cess
Just here viii call your attention
70 the fact that last night SCHNEIDER
claimed to identify a certain report
which had been made upon a Mr..
Arthur. who was among the first y
men in the jury box summoned TO try
me. This report. he claimed, was one
he had made TO Mr.. Burns. and in this
rzBort it appears that SCHNEIDER states
A-+hvr was The most prefudfce6