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Show terviewed any prospective. Jurors In the graft cases. Heney asked the witness if he knew the duties of R. II. Hay Chapman, who spends much of his time in the court room, and who.had a desk In the office of Luther Brown, and if he had not seen about 2,000 reports on jurors taken from Chapman's desk when the office was raided hy the agents of the district attorney's office last March. Lorentzen said he had Been some papers seized, but did not know what i they were. The witness stated that he had directed di-rected "Jack" Cranford. an assistant, to follow Gallagher, the chief witness for the prosecution. Nicholas Korngold, successively employed em-ployed by defense and prosecution as a detect he. resumed the stand and stated that jn August, 1908, when XV. J. Burns of the district attorney's office of-fice had been cited on a charge or contempt, Abbott had directed him to get out of the city. IS PLACED ARREST Witness in Calhoun Case ChargedWithCarrying Concealed Weapons San Francisco. May 26. Harry' lorentzen, lor-entzen, one of the witnesses called by the ' prosecution in tho case of Patrick Pat-rick Calhoun, today was placed under arrest aa he entered the court room. Ho was searched by a policeman and dispossessed of a revolver. Lorentzen, Lorent-zen, who Is well-known in San Francisco Fran-cisco &a the "Banjo-eyed Kid," was charged with carrying concealed weapons. San Francisco, May 26 Harry Lorentzen, Lor-entzen, knownas the "banjo-eyed kid," was a witness for the prosecution In the case of Patrick Calhoun today, and opened his testimony by engaging engag-ing In a series of clashes with Assistant Assist-ant District Attorney Francis J. Heney. Hen-ey. Lorentzcji said he was a clerk in tho employ of Luther Brow'n, and that he received a salary, of $250 peri month. His duties, he said. Included Includ-ed the clipping of newspaper articles and other work of similar character. He admitted aly that he spent con-: siderable time Investigating the affairs of Mr. Heney. "What else have you been doing " aaked Heney, "I have done politics,'' said the wit-nees, wit-nees, who traid he had Investigated Jamcft L. Gallagher and other supervisors. super-visors. 1 He Etoutly denied that he had In-1 |