The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-29
GRAFT CASES
FURNISH BIG
SENSATIONS
Latest Developments at San
Francisco Bring More Rot
tenneSS to Light.
DETECTIVES SEARCH
RAILROAD OFFICES
SEVERAL ARRESTS FOLLOW
STATEMENT OF CHIEF BURNS
LIKELY TO DELAY TRIAL.

San Francisco, March 2s.-Following
the sensational developments in the
bribery-gTaft cases yesterday, brought
about by the arrest of three United
| Railroad officials and five other per-
sons fin connection with the alleged
| theft of jury lists, data concerning We
/ niremen and similar papers from the
Office of the district attorney and that
/ of William J. Burns, who heads the de-
tective force of the prosecution. Frank
]. Murphy, associate counsel for Abra-
ham Ruef during the trial of the for
mer political boss, was taken into Gus
| tody today.
The others arrested are William A.
Abbott. assistant general counsel for
/ the United Railroads, Joseph H. Hand
| lon, claims agent for the railroad: Lu-
/ ther Brown, head of the railroad de-
| tectives; Rex y. Hamlin, private sec
| rotary to William j. Burns: Al McKin-
ley, declared to be a confidential en-
ploye of the railroad; William Corbin,
said to be a former agent for Ruef;
Jeremiah Van Woruer, a railroad de-
tached TO the district attorneys office.
Baiied Out by Company.
Abbott and Murphy are charged
with having received stolen goods, and
all the others with grand larceny.
Handlon, Brown, Abbot Murphy
have been released on Tided by
an agent Of the railroad company.
From late last night until early this
morning the Offices of Patrick Calhoun
and his legal staff in the Balboa build
ing were in charge of Burns men, who
were armed with a, search warrant is-
sued by Police Judge Deasy. The search
of the rooms was begun after their oc-
cupants, the attorneys associated in
the defense of Calhoun, had refused
the detectives admission and the glass
door had been broken in. The work
of looking over every paper found in
the several rooms was finished tonight
after two safes filed with Calhoun s
personal papers. and another used by
Thornwell Mullaly, had been forced
open by an expert called in by the Of
ficeTs. The search was watched by
Calhoun in person today on his return
from Glenn county. where he spent
Saturday in a hunting trip.
Calhoun Present.
This search is being made under
bogus warrant and is designed only to
permit them to look at our private pa
pers." said Calhoun tonight, standing
amid the disaTranged furniture of his
Office while the detectives ransacked
his safe. You can see for yourself
that they have found nothing, and
that they expected to find nothing. If
they were abiding by ideals of true
dealing and fairmindedncs, why cid
they make this search on Saturday
night and Sunday, when we cannot
reach the courts to question their
powers. They desire to look at my
private papers and seized a time when
they could do so without interruption,
when / was away from the city
Asked If They Found Anything.
As the officers turned from the last
safe tonight A. A. Moore, of the Cal
houn defense, asked:
Did you find anything. sergeant"
No" answered Detective Sergeant
Mulcahey. who, with the Burns men,
conducted the search.
Did you expect to find anything"
asked Calhoun.
The officer announced that he was
through with his work, and Calhoun
said:
We'll. officer will you leave us now
with the debris of this office?"
The raid on the office was rendered
dramatic through the refusal of Earl
Rogers, of Calhoun's counsel, to per-
nit it. The glass panel of the office
door was shattered with a policeman's
club. and the detectives stepped in. In
the meantime word had been received
by Burns that a large number of raj
road men were being gathered at one
of the barns and he called on the po-
lice for help. Thirty uniformed patrol
men and a dozen OF more detectives
were rushed 10 the office building and
THE search made with these men at
hand.
Statement by Burns.
According to the statement made by
Burns. he had Inspected that some one
i'm his employ was receiving money
from the defense in the Calhoun case
and other cases arising out of the
bribery charge in connection with the
overhead trolley franchise. Burns said
that he finally became convinced that
Hamlin, his secretary. had been ap-
preached in q roundabout way, and
he was in receipt of $500 a month from
these persons. for which he had been
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