The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-09


Beck angrily.
"Oh. you know very well. You know
it means not giving back the whole
the lawyer.
Il never worked there, never" replied
Beck with scowl at his tormentor
Walking up to the witness chair, the
lawyer, holding a card of the Bohemia
Publishing Company, asked Beck if
he had not given the card to James Arm
strong, the theatrical agent of No. Il
Union Square, New York city. Beck re-
Piled
That's my card; some were stolen from
our Office"
What eook do you publish?" asked the
lawyer.
we are about to publish one"
What is the name of this precious
work ?p
1T is about Chinatown, said Beck,
angrily resenting the lawyers ironical
tone.
'.All about opium Joints, hey; ever been
in them?" asked Judge Noonan with a
meaning smile.
"Only on assignments from news
papers, replied the victim.
I'm your detective agency in New York
did you ever employ a man named Guaf-
telberg?
Yes"
He was a convicted policy dealer,
wasn't hep asked Judge Noonan.
81 don't know
Ever employed a man named Wishout.
a discharged Parkhurstian detective,
whom you knew had been discharged for
queer work in the society?' asked counsel.
He's an honest man." sullenly replied
Beck
Aren't you the fellow who sneaked
into the house of the late Colonel John
r. Fellows possessed yourself of some
of his family secrets and then deliberately
published them to injure him in his cleo
tion?'' asked Judge Noonan pointing his
finger at the witness.
Colonel Fellows was friend of mine
and frequently employed me on investi-
cation work and I would not do such a
thing" replied Beck.
''Oh. he employed you as a detective,
did he?"
He gave me detective work of gem
eral character and so did John F. Nc
Intyre.''
said Judge Noonan. when did you say
you last met him?'' ~
Il met him last night in the Nassau
Building and he wanted to do detective
work.
why didn't you tell us this before?'
inquired the lawyer.
II forgot
do you know a saloonkeeper named
Warren Lewis of Brooklyn
No"
Weren't you a beer singer there?''
mo, sr,' emphatically.
do you know girl called Squint-eyed
Frankie?" daughter in court)
NO"
You see, Judge, he doesn't know any
of your friends imterposed the Attorney
General.
DO you know a man named Mortimer
Lewis, . resumed the counsel who is
your brother in-law's father?'
Il do not
..Do you mean to say he is no relation
by marriage with you?" sharply asked
Judge Noonan
81 don't associate with such fellow"
contemptuously rejoined Beck.
Answer my question, sir; isn't he con-
neeted by marriage with your"
my wifes sister married him. witness
drawled.
sons opium joint?''
mo-
Weren't you in partnership with an
opium joint keeper called Kit Benson?"
demanded the lawyer.
1.-THE name is familiar, y said Beck. r.
Weren't you employed in Goldenhorn's
dive in New York City?'''
Il know that there was such a place.
that's ALL
Didn't you once live at No. u East
Third street, New York City?" inquired
counsel.
81 may have lived there I lived ON
Third street, but can't recall the num-
ber,' replied the witness
did you not Beck" asked Judge Moo
nan, glancing at a paper in his hand,
'.once live there with disreputable wom-
an named Cock-eyed Mamie?"
NO never
"At any placer
mo
/ To Beck's evident relief his inquisitor
stopped dipping into this line of cross
examination and turned to his associa-
tions with Managing Editor Rappleye of
the Journal with whom Beck said he
had been associated for some time. Mr..
Rappfeye, he said. in response to ques-
tions put by Judge Noonan, had assigned
him to find out corruption existing in
the Prosecutors office.
HE asked you to do that, did he?" in
quired the lawyer.
Eyes, he assigned me to find if cor
ruption existed in Jersey City,
Your said the amazed lawyer regard
ing the Journals" champion of purity
and Investigator of corruption, and then
muttering a famous and appropriate pas
sage, 'Ye gods. must we endure all
this?' sat down for a second to recover
from the shock.
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