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that explosion which, inflicted forty-ssvsr
~ don't rem sm ber." the witness rsplIed.
% , You certsi II you'd remember II Tou mac
'o9I tSs VIII w,tnes s answered thi, Question. hi.
answer was lost in the laughter which the
seem here are you sure thsy are the same you
wore that day"
lSSv ,Sy no ter Of fa S., Kind same
o.-Wefe you familiar with these clothes Ayes
o.-How long had you had thsmt A.-oh. some
.o..isd you not had them three or four years
.o.-And wore them daily except on sunday.t Al
'hink not; they we're 100 h.syy for sum iner vssr
that when you 90, tV 30 70 see cloudy
you would know whether 70 wear an old suit not
even. i.t that 90. Now how is your general
0.eood .. man Of u could .lpso,' A-wsr.
good. except for my hearing
And that is impaired TO the extent demon;
strated here on this cross-examination p
asked Mr.. Choste.
The witness did not answer this question,
ing his health, Mr.. Choate began an even more
intimate, inquiry concerning III. bpsinesss ca
aire was born In Verona. Oneida county. went
business there until 1858. when he came TO
this city.
9-whst was your business. in Troy MERCHANT:
Q-what Kind of merchant A.-Groeer. aud was
.t.rvsrd engaged in banking and railroad building
Mr.. Sage as railroad builder excited s !. Mr.
snt or sSsd su he bad de done
doing il. He frequently interrupted hts tor:
rent Of questions by explaining that ne DID
questions. but merely wanted TO test his
memory. The nnancler would sometimes say
that to answer some question he would have
would pretend great surprise that the witness
could not RENE mb Der even the names Of roads
might differ as to what Is aiding q road. Some
have aided rs director. and some only as a
M: We won't differ: we will divide the
roads you have aided In building as director.
as a stock FOLDER" The. witness either would
not or could not. and after. worrying him with
nss ss will let
Next the eross:eHominer brought ne su MT
New York. He man ragged under the license OF
testing the memory q the witness; TO show the
Sage 'S snd No. SCad snd asked
assisted ss nf IN ba H IN connection Win
Mr.. Gould as director or stockholder, After
very Lively spsrgnSs witness thopsht
them" exclaimed Mr.. Choate. The witness
:, There's twenty seven .mcre," said Mr..
Choate.. looking ut his list. Please hurry.
lou do business much faster than this in your
Mr.. Sage said something about 9 number Of
auxiliary roads that had been consolidated.
dom. and again said something about refer
Your books have nothing to do with what
am trying to deteTmine. which 10 question OF
Your msmorym Mr.. Chcete said l. ana. and a,
last Mr. Choate exclaimed:
Now, is 1t not true that you have millions
and millions OF dollars In roads that You have
All Of the counsel for the defence were on
se wtSdfsR tho 'ns Cn na ad
~ ss IL $!ss;. ssIs ~ ~: az
banker Bal emu What Kind Of a bank do you run Is
was not, and neither was 1t q bank circul ating
notes. Sometimes l have money to loan"
HI. said; mo,.r,.,a., Won ,r,nn.,
and calls and straddesP" The witness said
that he dealt in those n: ivileess
and esi. and sapd ne he said
The witness answered:
They are means to assist mon OF moderate
soIt Il .t ssusvol'nt institution. chi"
qqsFlefi (. MI II ch ssn:. Mr. Sag. replied Il"
gives men Of moderate means an. opportunity
to learn the methods OF business
DO you refer to puts or callsT'
Il don't understand"
witness with chuckle.
Mr., Choate affected q very puzzled look and
snS You pat Il soan
get the Charitable benefit; but IL 1t goes up
The Witness answered simply: II only get
what am paid for the privilege"
Now. what Is a strsddief" Mr. Choats next
" 4 straddle.'" replied the witness. lis the
privilege OF calling or putting" "a,
brows. that seems to me like Q game OF
It's game of the huctuation of the mar
:, That's anothe. way of putting, IT," Mr..
'hoate commented. looking as II he did not in:
,nse went very heavy against you In this game.
Yes. it did" the witness said.
That was an occasion when your custom ers |
Mr.. Sage looked as IL he did not Understand. |
' Did you not. then. have to barricsde your |
'fficSr The witness made some reply not |
os assG Who S 81 B s
or an hour when he refused to admit them.
This branch Of the question was left in that |
opened a new subject by unfolding three |
column clipping frop Newspaper which was |
headed A Chat with Russell sage" |
o-Ths reporters called on you soon after the sIplO-
S-6oH%s visited yc2. h sS.. :, A x;a,
Q-DId you read this after 1t was printed Al be-
.o-isit correct, A-RspOrtsrs sometimes draw on
1t developed that the article which Mr.. Choate
he witness When il had thus been idsntiaed
M Choate again asked the witness II the arti-
I'll Lam srcIaImsd. IA WIN askIn0 hin,