Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-29 | Page 1 | Twelfth Week of Trial

TWELFTH WEEK OF TRIAL Growds Interested in Calhoun Case in Attendance San Francisco, March 29. While the routine of Jury empanelment proceeded pro-ceeded in Judge William P. Lawlor's department of the superior court to- i day, opposing forces of attorney s ami detectives, engaged In the trial of Pat- j licit Calhoun, president of the United ; Railroads, practically Ignored the early session, and devoted all their at- ( tentlon and energies to Issues devel- j oped since last, Friday's adjournment. 1 Almost as soon as-the bailiff, opened the twelfth week of tho trial, a crowd 1 of spectators fought for entrance to j one of the police courts, where tho arraignments ar-raignments of nine defendants, actual 1 or alleged attaches of the United Rail- j roads, were scheduled to take place. ! Meanwhile, the district attorney's of- ! fice and the legal staff of the corpora- ( tlon prepared for the third, and moBt j Important legal contest of the day, J when Judge Frank J. Muraskey, of the superior court, will pass upon nn In- junction, whereby William J. Burns 1 and other agents of the district uttor- J ney 's office, were yesterday ordered j to desist from forcing entrance to of- fices and safes In the various depart- I ments of the railroad company. j In the case of Jerry Van Wormer, ; one of the four men arrested on a ! charge of having assisted In the theft of documents from the office of Detective De-tective Burns, a writ of habeas corpus ha been made returnable before Su- , perlor Judge Van Nostrand. It has been intimated that the evidence evi-dence against the nine-men In custody cus-tody will be laid before the grand jury at Its next meeting. ,