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Show But a Wrangle Occurs in the Lorimer Committee. Washington, Fob. 9 Tho Bonate Lorimer committee, today In executive execu-tive session, put J E. Sheridan, the detectlvo-atenographer who has figured fig-ured In tho charges of alleged perjury per-jury of Charles McGowan, a Hlnes-Lortmer Hlnes-Lortmer witness, to a test of hlfl ability abil-ity to record conversations over an oloctrical apparatus, concealed from the speakers. The test was a long one. The result may bo announced later Two committee stenographers took notes with Sheridan and the test ended end-ed in a wrangle. The Lorimer lawyers law-yers maintained that Sheridan "had not mado good " Representatives of the other side declared that he "had done n6 well as could be expected." Immediately after tho test, Sheridan Sheri-dan was put In tho witness chair and seemed to hac no difficulty In read ing his notes. Thero wore frequent , breaks, but it was said they repre- sented parts of sentences which he did not record because he had been Instructed to take onlj conversation relating to the Lorimer case. Edward Hlnes denied before the committee that he had tried to brlbo Miss Helen Seavers, telegraph operator oper-ator in n hotel here, to show him a message Detective Bailey had sent H. E. Kerr In crosB-examination, Attorney Hcaly asked Hlnes If ho had not gone to the operator who relieved Miss Seavers, telling him he was A C Bailey, and asking for a copy of th telegram "No, sir," Hlnos replied. oo |