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Show JOHN HELMS IS WSTNESSi FOR PROSECUTION ' I CALHOUN CASE : This Is the Latest Sensation and Will Indefinitely Lengthen the Trial-Testifies Trial-Testifies That He Vas Directly Authorized by the United Railroads Rail-roads to Follow Wm. J. Burns, Head of Prosecution's Secret Service Department who was described as "tho most per-1 I jurcd "witness I ever met." San Tranclsco. May 20 Patrick Calhoun's trial upon a charge of offering offer-ing a bribe has been indefinitely lengthened by its latest sensation the introduction of John Helms as a witness for the prosecution. Helms testified yesterday that he had been directly authorized by the president of the United Railroads lo follow Wm. J. nurns. head of the prosecution's secret service department. In addition addi-tion he charged that Wm. M Abbott, of the United Railroads legal department, depart-ment, made an arrangements with E. A. Tlatt. then a Hums agent, whereby riatt, iu consideration of $200 per month, furnished the witness with copies of Bums' private and official papers from Burns' office. When Helms resumed tho stand to-' to-' day, -Assistant District Attorney Fran-els Fran-els .1. Heney asked him to relate the arrangements mado by him to shadow Horns. Helms said he Pai Piatt his money in saloons. Piatt, he said, was Jlnown to Abbott and Holms as "No. 22." He said the United Railroads paid him $10 a day and expenses, including in-cluding the hire of an automobile. Helms testified that William M Abbott Ab-bott (old him that the prosecution was trying to get Piatt to go before the grand jury and that he wanted him (Helms) to induce Tlatt to 6ign an affidavit to the effect that he (Piatt) had ceased to work for tho United Railroads before the office of Burns became officially attached to the district dis-trict attorney's office. Piatt, said the witness, signed the affidavit, and late-;, after leaving town through fear of being called before the grand jury, signed a second one which was more satisfactory to Ab bott. 'In reply to questions by Earl Rogers' Rog-ers' cross-examination of the defense. Helms said he had been a detective for six years 'and "a United States secret sec-ret operative for two years before he went to work for the United Railroads, Rail-roads, "Don't you recall that the day you were employed to engage motorcycles was the very day that Boxton testified testi-fied he had been instructed by Burns to perjure himself?" asked Rogers. Mr. Heney objected to this as an incorrect and an Improper statement and it was not answered. ' "Did you tell Mr. Abbott lhat Bnrns had once put counterfeit money in tho pocket of a man he wanted to get?" atked Rogers. "I did not," replied the witness. "Did Mr. Abbott tell you Burns had men in the employ of the United Railroads?" Rail-roads?" "He did not know it. I also luiow that the United Railroads had no meii in Burns' office." "It was a case of dog eat dog, then, " "That's it." agreed Helms. At this point, Heney and Rogers became involved In an altercation relating re-lating to the investigation of secret service men by congress. "Some of the papers said the congressmen con-gressmen and senators needed an Investigation In-vestigation by the secret service men," said the assistant district attorney, at-torney, John O'Gara. "And some of tho senators and congressmen con-gressmen were convicted In Oregon," added Mr. Heney. Helms was asked If he had ever seen n report by one of Burns' men, J. D. Arthur, a prospective Calhoun juror, |