Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1909 — BEARER OF HISTORIC NAME ON TRIAL TODAY [ARTICLE]

BEARER OF HISTORIC NAME ON TRIAL TODAY

Calhoun, Grandson of Statesman, Accused of Bribery. San Francisco, Jan. 12.—This city witnessed today the unusual spectacle of the calling for trial on a criminal charge of a grandson of a vice president of the United States and the bearer of one of the greatest names In the history of American statesmanship. The accused man is Patrick Calhoun of New York, San Francisco, Cleveland, Pkrsburg and other cities, grandson of John C. Calhoun and probably the most prominent figure in the street railroad world of the United States. The charge against Calhoun is bribery in connection with the granting of a franchise to his San Francisco company by the board of supervisors. The case was called before Judge William Patrick Lawler In the superior court. Calhoun is president of the United Railroads of San Francisco. The bribery with which his name is connected has caused the conviction and sentence to Imprisonment of Abraham Rues, former “boss” of San Francisco, and Eugene Schmitz, former mayor of the city.