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Show CALHOUN CASE IS .B-ViJfi.iJ State's Witness Contradicts Contra-dicts Testimony of Luther Brown San Francisco, May 27. Odds and ends of prosecution testimony, presented pre-sented at today's session of the trial of Patrick Calhoun, encouraged a belief that the case to be submitted by the state was drawing to a close. For the purpose of contradicting the testimony of witnesses, who have advanced a theory that the explosion, which wrecked the home of Former Supervisor James L. Gallagher, was not unexpected, Dr. Guy Brown, an Oakland dentist, and Thomas J. Warner, whose home adjoined the residence occupied by Gallagher in April, 1908, were Interrogated at length, by Assistant District Attorney Heney and Stanley Moore of the defense. de-fense. Nearly all the six inmates of Gal-1 Gal-1 lagher's home. Including Gallagher, were thrown down by the shock, Warner War-ner said. He denied that he had seen any member , of the Gallagher household in the yard before the explosion ex-plosion occurred, but declared be had never told any person to the contrary. con-trary. The testimony in the whole was directly contradictory of that j given by Luther Brown, who said his j information led him to believe that the explosion sas arranged to create I sympathy for Gallagher. J |