The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-07
EDITION.
BY FALSE
AFFIDAv|Ts?
Hayter Declares that Mur.
derer John Koccis's Life
Was So Saved.
TO HAVE DIED YESTERDAY.
Court Interpreter Denies Point
Blank Lawyer Nekarda's
Deposition.
NEVER CONFESSED INABILITY.
Understood Perfectly All that Ksccis
Said ard Did Not Mlsin.
terpret SIavak.
NEVER CONFESSED INABILITY.


NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., Sept. r.
Joseph Hayter. court Interpreter in Mid
dlesex County N. j.. charges through
aihdaVits published In the local papers
to-day. that the Communication of the SEN
tence OF death OF John Koccis. who was
to have been hanged at Trenton yester-
day. to life Imprisonment, was fraudu-
lently secured.
He denies having made the afiidavits
that the Board Of Pardons considered.
and says that a desperate and success
full attempt to save Koccis's life was
made at the expense of his professional
reputation. ... "
Koccis. who was charged with the
murder of Mary Magolis at Trenton in
July. 1892. had able lawyers to defend
him. Their last effort to save him was
based principally upon an AFFIDAVIT of
f. Nekarda, New York lawyer, and
| publisher Of newspaper in the Sloval<
language. 10 the effeet that he had had
conversation with Hayter. who was
the interpreter for the defense at Koc-
cis's trial, and that Hayter had only
slight knowledge of the sloyak, the Ian
guage spoken by Koccis. ana that there
was no such word in that language as
Hayter at the trial interpreted as mean
ing Eyes"
This affidavit was supplemented by
an admission from Hayter that he had
only an imperfect knowledge of Slovak.
he being a native of the province of
Kalis. Russia.
Mr.. Hayter replies In his published
affidavits that he understood every word
A Ata. h.. L. A. n
mission to Nekarda or any one else:
that Nekarda had no opportunity to
judge OF his knowledge Of the Siovak
LANGUAGE, since he did not have twenty
CATION had been made by the Austrian
Consul and Sloval< Interpreters Of his
ability to interpret the language, and
erence t. all others.
A petition, numerousiy signed by
prominent county and city officials and
ed Koccls. was. presented to the Court
Board then declined to interfere. Koc-
c cd 60, counsel iso did not give up. however.
suit OF their second effort.
Lawyer F. J. Nekarda, who was found
at his office, 80 Seventh street. this
Hayters's statements were absurd.
Hayler, he says. made the admission to
him and to August Morchall, editor OF
the Slavak V. Aneenke. that he did not
understand the slayak language and
Koccis said in his testimony.
He Is man without any educa-
lawyers employed by the Austrian Con-
sulate. who examined him, found that
he did not know anything about the
slayak Language. In fact he was born
in Kalis, a town near Warsaw. in Rus
san-Poland. and the language spoken
there is nothing at all like Slavak.
Under such circumstances, am
firmly convinced that the trial of Koccis
was most unfair and unjust to him.
and the affidavit which / signed I am
prepared Ia stand by to the letter.
This reported talk of Hayter's about
false atfidavits Is all nonsense. I can
bring a dozen people to prove the falsity
of the statements he makeS He says
he made no admission of his ignorance
and that | did not talk with him over
twenty words. That in itself Is enough
TO show me what his word is worth.
Il merely interjested myself In the
matter because | believed that Koccis
was no; getting fair show. have
letters from him which prove this beyond
a doubt