The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-09
~TROCADERO IT
LOUIS J. BECK.

why did yon put up on the hotel this
sign if you had nothing to do with it"'
asked the lawyer.
tell my friends where l was at" STAN
80 you put up q, sign half a mile away
to tell where YOU were at to your
friends?'
Yes"
Did you order that painted?"
And yet you said you had nothing to
do with the hotel?" asked counsel, but
there was no answer and the eross-ex-
animation ended.
Simon Buttner, called out the States
lawyers. and an elderly looking man Of
quiet demeanor took the chair. He said
he was proprietor of the Star Hotel.
Ibid you see either of these two de-
PENDANTS on December 80" asked Judge
GarretSon.
YES, at my hotel"
Where were they when you first saw.
them?'
In the dining room,' said Buttner.
What We're they doing?
"Mr. Simpson was sitting and Mr.. Moo
nan was standing. up.
.'Who was with them?'
'fMr. Beck and Mr.. Pigeon"
How did you happen to come up?s"
"Mr. Beck asked me to come up"
DO you know where Beck came from
when he spoke to you?'
Il don't"
where did he go?"
''To the dining room
What was done when you reached the
room?"
II was introduced
How were you "introduced?'
Mr.. Buttner. Mr.. Simpson, Mr.. Butt
ner, Mr.. Noonan
"What was said after the introduction
asked Judge Garretson.
~ drink was ordered
Then what was said?'
Mr.. Beck or Mr.. Pidgeon said to me:
How about that money
''W7hat did YOU saw"
81 said: I am to give $500 and that's
'Mr. Simpson said that it couldn't be
done to get the man out of JAIL
What else did Simpson say??"
sHe explained the case and said that
an application had to be made to the
Court and Mr.. Noonan would not object
to the reopening of the case"
what else asked Judge Garretson.
"Well l don't know anything about the
case excepting what l have told you"
Was anything further said about the
money?"
Simpson and the other gentlemen"
.sWhat next was said?"
.sMr. Simpson asked when could the
money be paid (, sac sag .B I,,dne D. rrs+son
II told them that I wanted the change,
but if they insisted / owuld give them
a check
about the payment of the money at that
point?'
ssMr. Noonan was not at the table then"
said Buttner.
Did Mr.. Simpson say anything to Mr..
Noonan about the time or method of pay
ment?"
question was admitted.
yes. Mr.. Simpson called to Noonan
and said: Joe, I've made the bargain for
$780, and Mr.. CONAN said, oh, l don't
care. do what you please"
'WTha happened next?
s'Well, we had one of our great ac-
tresses there who sang. We had some
music and afterwards Mr.. Noona in
sisted on going home
oWhat became of Mr.. Simpson,"
and Pidgeon and Miss Conan and the
piano player
For some time, until four O'Clock,
when Mr.. Simpson went to bed.
.At the time you went into the parlor
where was Noonan2'
Did w you see Mr.. simpson any time
after that night, since?
..Did YOU see Mr.. Noonan?"
"a few days afterwards on the corner
of Thirty-frst street and Sixth
Whose place is that?"
Silver Dollar smith,s?9
ayes hut / have made a mistake. I did
see MI. Noonan since then. He was in
The Star aItb H Stm. Sit aiPtin nse * 4 a fabre. 5'ose0'i
Anv talk about that case that time?"
aHow did you happen to go to Silver
Dollar Smiths? % asked the lawyer
II was sent for by a messenger.
..yvhen you got there whom did you see
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. N~oonan-two Mr..
onan One was Mr.. Joseph NoonaE,
| bur the other / don't Know"
acan you point hin out?" asked Judge
| Garretson.
ssNo.. i don't see him here"
.Wfere were they?'
SIN a small room upstairs"
&Mere you i~ntroduced2'