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Show PR Rill "DC .BEi ll JE 1) UK I San Francisco, June S. Odds an! ends uf testimony, presented by tlu1 ftmspruMo.i t.j;iy, c-nga-cd the attention atten-tion ol tho jury 111 ihe trial of Patrick Pat-rick Calhoun, president ol the I'r.lt-el I'r.lt-el Hail roads. C'ross-examina'ioii of one of the agents of . J. Bums, agent of the district attorney's office, who pa 1 rieijaieil in the raids on the United Unit-ed Railroads' office, was rompletel. Assistant District Attorney lleney oneneil nn n l.iift.r nnni-i-r.l vhn.i he called Earl Rogers of the defease, .to account for smiling in the direction of the jury. John J. Itarrctl characterized characteriz-ed as trivial some of the testimony presented by the prosecution, and Judge Lawlor threatened to send Rar rctt to jail unless he desisted In the course of a warm dispute that ensued, en-sued, Heney said to Ilarrett: "Theso are the ebullitions of a man who was appointed to office by the crookedest mayor the city ever hn. Eugene E Schmitz." "Why, you've been mixed up 'n more crooked work than any man i this court room." paid Rarrett. Judge Lawlor subsequently statci that ho had made allowance for ?oni-of ?oni-of Ileney's shortcomings because lie had seen him stricken down in tho I performance of his duty. |