The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-16
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a waiter Testines that re was Drnnk on the
Might or the ALLEGED BribinE ana an EhitoF
Thought Ho wss Sober Next Dny-Testi-
mony All Halt Will ne Summed Up To-day.
Tho evidence in the Noonan.simpson trial in
Jersey City was oil in when the court adjourned
yesterday afternoon. Counsel win sum up to-
day. Each side will have i've hours for the
summing up. and Justice Lippincott will charge
tho jury on Friday. The usual crowd was In the
courtroom when Justice Lippincott and Judge
Hudspeth took their seats on the bench. Judge
Nevius Of the Circuit Court Joined them after.
ward and remained during tho day.
Frederick Petrick was the first witness. He
was a waiter in Buttnor's Star Hotel in Twenty
eighth street on the night of Dec. Q, when, II is
alleged, the negotiations between Beck, Simpson,
Pidgeon and Noonan for the release of BoscZ.
kowski from prison for q bribe Of $500 were
carried on. Hc testified that he wus in the
dining room whilo they were there, and that
Mr.. Noonan was sitting near the door and Beck,
Pidgeon and Simpson were sitting at the further
end of the room, about twenty-five feet away.
o.-How long did Pldgeon. Beck. and Simpson talk
with Buttner2 About half an hour
o.-After he went out what did Simpson. Beck. and
Pidgeon dop A.-They went down to the table where
Mr.. Noonan was and they wanted to put him to sleep.
o.-Did you see ANYTHING happen when they ap-
preached Noonana Ayes; Mr.. Noonan was drunk
and his cuff e fell 1 OF his n,l hand to the noor I went TO
mind; hs': a TREND Of mine and X, take care Of It for
This was C. contradiction of Beck's testimony
that Noonan gave him the cuff as a reminder
that he had borrowed $40 from Beck. On cross.
disehsrsed him. and that he is not en-:
he had not heard Noofnan say anything 10 simp.
son, nor Simpson say anything to Noonan. He
f back t OF the se eSnir wh %nm his ss ssff pS ssi1 of. over inc
Nicotine B~osczkowski, who had been brought
from r. the hes State prison M BY yo Edward wiTao LsvGRFt syx sne
the witness and the interpreter Bo~sczkowski's
testimony became very much mixed. He identi-
the Jail in Mover Der.
Q..Haven,. yon a little book in which you put
have got my mind In my book,
OWN you please turn to the book and tell
us when It was that Mr.. Simpson called on you
Acknowledgement Grey objected TO tho ques.
1lSn e sna to pe fhs Witn siS re eanmin ,eG tbe i booE RG .Sat
he could make nothing Of II. One entry showed
that simpson had called on him on Monday,
TSs. Attorney to q y tai9S Sat alsHEs saPRfiafS %hS Q? had Spn made 80;
n sss e rspiie ms tRnt So a ID 'h Pro SGSei ana Pie piece wt Of
paper. the Attorney.General requested him to
the Witness tines wrote wrote Simpson On being asked
to write It in Polish, he produced this. "sczym'
"Do you sec Mr.. Manning hereT" the Attor-
Yes. he was my, awyer. the interpreter re-
Didn't he say" asked Mr.. speer OF the inter
prefer "'he vas my lawyer also'r
"Thon why don't you say all he that saysf'
exclaimed MIR. Speer.
he must repeat everything that the witness said.
at the same time remarking that he would have
nnderatand ayerythinp the yitnass Sain.
The Acknowledgement abandoned the cross.
examination and Bosczkowski was taken back
Tony zymunski, the regular Polish court in.
tcrpreter; testifed that he went with Simpson
able to fix the date. Simpson. the witness said.
told the prisoner that 1t would cost 81, 900 to
f"Est that much money, but It'll that he expected
some from friends in Poland. and that when 1t
arr !H;Sn 10 v would i send send it t 70 the lS Y GENERAL Grew
on cross-examination, make n statement be-
fore Judge Garrettson, Mr.. Rapplcye. and my;
sftI ABOUT inc TRANSACTION III '"e JAM a.
1Q:-And did you say in their presence that simpson
Q.-And did you say in that interview that you did
1hou ls%e SIMPSON ans' s wa'' h m'' wanted sn,en 's to r 1ear; Saa the the
Pole. and Bosczkowski said: "Come back again in a
Odd you In that Interview before Judge Garrett.
son and Mr.. Rappleye say: ~ went over with him to
stopped me saying he didn't want his plea, changed
because he had taken the money"' A.-1hat's cor
.Q.-Dld YOU say. after coming from the jail TO M:
at aA this lime X.ggI DIDN'T say It that way: - -
9 Nv way Sd you .nn 81 say i xarv A much said 1nd.t to MT.
Rsppleye that You said to Mr.. Manning, y was sur;
prised to see Mr.. Simpson in, and Mr. Manning said
he didn't know that Simpson was In. and the next
thing saw was the storyin the Journal Did you
0.-in that interview before Judge Garretson aud
Mr.. R~appleyc. did you say anything about $1,000 or
l can't exactly say.
Q.-Do you not remember that you did not say one
word in reference TO Mr.. Simpson asking q thousand
dollars? A.-That question wasn't put to me and l
didn't answer.
Q-Piease answer my question. Yes or NO"
! Al didn't mention anything about IL Tor the reason
that 1t was not asked.
The defence offered in evidence Joseph NJ.
Noonan's check. which he received from Surro-
gate Lillis. which was cashed by silver Dol.
lar" Smith. the card Of the h 8 6 banl's n
Coney Island with Beck's name on II, and the
affidavit made by Simon Bnttner in silver
Dollar" Smiths place. Vigorous objection. was
rested.
The State introduced n number OF witnesses
to testify to the good reputation OF Beck and
Pidgcon. Among them were Max lhmsen. city
editor OF the evening. edition of the journal;
John II. Neldcn, sporting editor OF tho ErcninG
Worid: Samuel $. Fountain of the W0rid,
Frederick +. ShipInan, city editor of the Uorid:
Spirit Of the Times; Elias Clayton OF Bath
| Beach, Deputy Chief of Police: Charles Bridges.
night city otitor ofthe WOrid; Isaac White ofthe
U'Orld. and James summers. They all testified
that as far as they knew the reputation or Pid-
geon and Eeck was good.
Ebert Rappleye. editor Of the Jersey Cftv
journal, WINS recalled and testified that when
he saw Noonan in Browns saloon. near the
was sober.