The San Francisco call., 1910-08-04
.CALHOUN'S
ATTORNEYS
ORDERED
jailed
A. A. Moore, Stanley Moore and
s j. j. Barrett Sentenced for
2. -.-. Contempt, Following
... Disorder in Court
JUDGE LAWLOR CALLED
U0NTEMPTIBLE BY LAWYER
Railroad President, in Speech to
Bench, Says II Would Be
Honor to Be Sent
TO Prison
. JUDGE LAWLOR CALLED
! CONTEMPTIBLE BY LAWYER
"HCKERT ORDERED TO
BE SEATED AND SILENT

- A PROLONGED scene OF wild
"a disorder in Judge Lawlor's court
a = yesterday morning followed the
.deuial by the Judge of the motion
!. made several weeks ago for the dis
1niasal al the indictments against Pat
RICK Calhoun and his fellow defend
ants, and when it was all over three
OF CALHOUN attorncys-A. a. Moore,
!: Stanley Moore and John ]. Barrett
had been adjudged guilty of contempt
..6f court. The first named, who Of
Tended the Judge by a second attack,
MaS sentenced TO 10 days imprison-
mant and the others TO five days each.
=. The offending lawyers did not, how
eyer 20 to jail. Judge Lawlor, of his
.olYyy motion, allowed them to remain
: :.free. until Monday, in order that they
:rlight institute proceedings 10 test his
tight TO punish tscms He directed the
!. District attorney in the meanwhile to
I. prcpafe orders of commitment.
Fickert Makes Threat
s.. Stanley Moore, who IS a son of A.
-:kss~AIocrc. was the first TO take fling
. at the. Judge, but he wns quickly
: Joined: BIZ the others. Every one took
:: part ia tlie hurry burly. Calhoun him
.s6lf made 4. speech. in which he vir-
..:ttlsliy challenged the judge to pro-
p. .lQu0ce. him guilty of contempt, and
s53d.-rtliat II he were sent to jail it
'9Eolrid sbe heralded all over the country
: s$:=aA @llonor. District Attorney Fickert
:. .lsJ.o5ested with all the vigor at mis-
J.. conjroand against a statement of the
: lQQrt tsat he had simply followed the
a6ag~of the defendants and threatened
80: sake the matter before the grand
/: silT5.. l. A. Lane, one of Fickerts as
:. ssiste ufs. broke in with a ringing de-
..fense of his chief.
] From the body OF the court there was
app plause more than once. Particularly
- tlle. conclusion of Calhoun's remarks
:W.ss. this noted. a round of hand clap
ping. led by Lorenzen. the Banjo eyed
Kid" disturbing the equanimity of the
COURT. II appeared as if the court had
bern. packed by sympathizers of Cal
ho1gf in anticipation Of some such
-scefTe. IS that enacted. Stanley Moore
. showed that he had come prepared for
: an ATTACK upon the judge by stating
that lie held in his hand the ballot
paper OF Judge Lawlor as candidate for
nomination TO the supreme bench.
: Besides the attorneys regularly en-
pleyed by Calhoun in these cases-the
.-:two Moores. Barrett, and Lewis F. BY
'ington--there were in court Porter
Ashe. f. .sheehan and other lawyers of
the- United Railroads.
( Filings by Lawyers
= Among the remarks made to the
judge by the lawyers were the follow
ing
BY A. A.HMOorei You are a partisan.
a.bitter partisan. and doing dirty poll
tics. I. hold you in very thorough de-
testation as an absolutely contemplate
man" :.
BY stanley Moore: Il intend to reply
to: what your honor has seen fit to say
as a political document and in the do
ing. Of: peIitics from the bench that you
sIGstitE in your occupancy"
:. By>J. r. Barrett; In postponing this
; case 70 the eve of the primaries you
1llaye taken it out of the sacred temple
: Of justice into the political arena"
- Harriet also said the judges conduct
was infamous
Opinion of Court
- In the written opinion which precipi-
ta.ted the riotous scene, Judge Lawlor
said there was no doubt Gallagher was
remaining away because of some form
or understanding or agreement While
there was no formal testimony tending
TO bring the responsibility for the dis
appearance OF the witness to these de-
PENDANTS. the judge said. every effort
should be made to establish the facts
If there had been any completely on the
part Of the defendants. Toward the end
OF his statement. Judge Lawlor re-
ferred to the evidence of dynamiting
and of the suppression of testimony by
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