Identifier: regeneratorsstud00bonn (find matches)
Title: The regenerators; a study of the graft prosecution of San Francisco
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Bonnet, Theodore F
Subjects: Political corruption Political corruption -- California San Francisco San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
Publisher: San Francisco : Pacific printing company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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un came to the end of his trial. The specific charge on which Calhoun wastried was that of promising a bribe to SupervisorNicholas. The prosecution was to prove thatNicholas received the promise from Gallagher,who received it from Ruef, who received it froman ofificer of the United Railroads. A very smallpart of the time consumed in the trial was spentin trying to establish the facts charged. Mostof the time was spent in efiforts to prejudice thejury against the defendant. And to that end theprosecution was permitted to introduce a largemass of testimony having not the slightest bear-ing on the issue. The street car strike was thetopic of much testimony; also the dynamiting ofGallaghers home and the contest in thievery be-tween the opposing stafifs of detectives. As aconsequence of the scope vouchsafed Heney byJudge Lawlor, this trial, involving but one ques-tion, the question as to whether the promise of abribe had been made to a supervisor, draggedalong from January 12 till June 21.
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WILLIAM P. LAWLOK The midnight meeting judge who presided at theRuef and Calhoun trials. THE CALHOUN TRIAL 235 At the close of the trial after the case wasin the hands of the jury. Judge Lawlor gavea fresh illustration of his mental attitude in thegraft cases. To render the illustration obviousit must be explained that the Ruef jury, amajority of which voted for conviction on thefirst ballot, was kept out till the last man wasconverted. This necessitated a session of nearlyseventy-two hours. A majority of the Calhounjury voted for acquittal on the first ballot. Itwas soon learned that only two jurors were hold-ing out for conviction. Judge Lawlor made theirconversion impossible by discharging the jurywithin twenty-four hours. As soon as the trial was over there was talkof starting another trial at once. Heney beganvociferating as passionately as ever, pourmg outhis torrent of words, uttering the threats that soseldom fructify in achievement. But things werenot so bad as in the days wh

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