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Show ! William J. Rums with copies of tho affidavits alleged to have been made by R A. Piatt at the direction of William Abbott. He said, however, that he had never given Burns any information as to "lawful operations" of the United Railroads. He had not, he said, revealed any of the railroad s representatives or jurors. I IS PLACED (fWQTAMI! AGAIN' Spreckels Explains Use Made of Sums of Money Paid to Heney San Francisco, May 21. Returning to the attack upon the testimony of Rudolph Spreckels, millionaire backer back-er of the graft prosecution, the defense de-fense In the trial of Patrick Calhoun today made reference to the arrangements arrange-ments between Assistant District At-, torney Francis J. Heney and the department de-partment of Justice at Washington. Spreckels, under cross-examination by Earl Rogers, said he was not aware that Heney had been offered large sums by the federal government govern-ment since he undertook the graft trials. Rogers, Interrupted by Heney, said the defense had not yet received from Washington the statistics recently recent-ly asked for by Mr. Calhoun. Later, the witness explained that a check for $1,794.10, given to Heney, simply covered the prosecutor's office expenses for March, and April. Spreckels denied paying Heney's household expenses. Mr. Heney was allowed to add to tho record the minutes of every proceeding pro-ceeding Involving the prosecution of defendants Indicted by the Oliver grand jury In 1906 and 1907. This ho did for the purpose of meeting the inference that ho was engaged lo prosecute Calhoun in particular. Spreckels was finally excused from the stand, and John Helms, the detective de-tective who was employed by both prosecution and defense, was recalled for icrosrexamlnatlon. He testified that he "believed" he had furnished |