New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-27
A HISTORY OF TIE YELLOW PAPER.


@. How long did this piece of yellow paper
remain the back apartment of the drawer before you
took and put in Your pocket bookl A. II is imposs
BILE for Inc to say exactly but should think not great
while.
Q. Well. two Or three days or week. How longi A.
Well, cannot tell
O. siri A. According to-the impression that have
@ Just answer my question. A. ! Will.
Mr. Eyarts-He Is.
Mr. Beach-NO he is not answering
MI Evarts-According TO his impression, he says
Mr. Beach-Yes According to your recollection how
many dayswhat length of time did this paper remain In
the back apartment before you took it out and put 1t
in your pocket-bOok A. / should think not great
while: but cannot be explicit as to that
O. According to the best OF your recollection how long
A. According TO the best OF my recollection had that in
my pocket, should think, two or three years.
O. Well that is pertinent TO something may ask
you by and by. A. Well. cannot say.
O. Do you understand my question, sri A. II under
stand your question, you wish to say how many days
or precisely how long that lay in the back part Of the
drawer before put it into my pocketi
O. Yes, Sir ] did not say "precisely," but said &C
corng to the best of your recollection. A Well don't
recOect
O. Now you to understand the question; will 20
answer itf A. L don't recoect.
O. Tell me- according to the best OF your impression.
A. The best of my recollection isthe best Of my impress
sion is that cannot tell exactly what time it was.
O. didn't ask you to tell me exactly A. cannot tell
you; have criterion by which can recOllect.
O. According to the best Of your recollection, did it
remain in the back week before you took it out
A. l. could not tell you. Sir
@ whati A. could not say certainly; should think
it did, however.
@. Well, two weeksi A. could not tell you, Sir, p
long; IL did not remain great while
O We'll ron have said you should think rneer than
weeki A. Yes, Sir.
O. How with regard to two aSsssi A. could not tell
YOU Sir.
@. Well, what do you think about it, A. I have no
recollection about IL.
Q. Well, yen think it remained there longer than
week how macp longer than week, should you think
A. could not tell you, Sir
O. Why, II You think it remained there longer than
week, yo must have some impression about III A. The
only Impression that nave aoou' ~ is 'h"' ~ u'u NV
rem ain there great while.
O. Then you took 1t out folded 1t up, and put 1t In your
nocket.booki A. ! put it in my pocket; yes, Sir.
O. Do you remember how many times you Folded IL !
| A No Sir; do not don't remember. IL 10 foided;
don't remember anything about that matter.
O. WHAT A. IL Is folded now; 1t was folded wheh
put II into my pocketbook .
O. IL your eyesght good enough to see whether the
holes OF the check and the paper correspond placing
those pin holes together A. can't see the pin holes
O Can't see the pin bolesi A. No, BIZ.
O. Have you the pocketbook In when you keP'"' a.
| / have yes, Sir.
| The Witness Producing his pocketbookI-TheTt ii
| recoIlect Alright IL was kept In that compartment
@ Now fold IL up as you kept there don't tear H.
The Witness-wIi you have the kindness 10 iold III
cannot zee. .o
Mr.. Beach-we have put 1t In the folds ~ they are