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green | wonder if the doctor is IN lien
is Blondy Kate still breaking homes.
How is Dirty John is Lindsay stu the
Bully REID
In other letters he refers to imaginary
enemies he had In this city and in Pater-
son, and invariably displays his desire
for notoriety by requesting the receiver
Of the letters to have them published in
the papers. They are literary curiosities.
If nothing else. Nearly all of them con-
tain threats against his enemies. After
Judge Hoffman had finished reading them
yesterday George T. Feuerstein, the
man to whom they were addressed, mad
testified that he IA no knowledge Of the
matters they referred TO, Prosecutor En-
win cross-examined Mr.. Feuerstein.
ssAre you interested in politics?" asked
the Prosecutor.
Eyes. a little . replied the witness.
.-Do you hold an Officer"
Yes, I have been a Freeholder for two
years and a half"
.swho is this Scott that Reid refers to
in his letter?'
Judge Scott of the District Court. He is
of Office now
who is Hinchcliffe?,
The present Mayor
who is Braun"
ssHe was the preceding Mayor"
when he speaks of Poor Joe, whom
does he mean?
Joe ouackenbush, I guess; he is the
Republican leader,
The witness said that the letters were
correctly addressed and declared that he
had read only two of them. When he
recognized the handwriting on the envel-
ope he put the letter to one side without
opening it.
John Adams, a saloon keeper in Pater-
son, testified that he knew Reid for TWEEN
ty-fve years, but had seen him only once
since he left Paterson. and that was three
or four years ago. When as boys they
worked together in a silk mill Reid struck
him on the head with a shoe. The witness
began to cry and Reid told him that if he
did not stop crying he would put him on
a skyrocket and send him to hell. Reid
told him that he knew President Cleve-
land, Governor Griggs and other promi-
nent men, but the witness did not be-
1ieve him. The last time they met Reid
told him that he was going to be a Water
Commissioners in Hoboken.
II laughed" said the witness, and he
told me that I was one of them damned
I didn't him that he was a man who
had his right brains"
The testimony Of the other witnesses
was of the same character with but little
variation. All the men from Paterson,
who had been associated with Reid, up
to the time he left there, fourteen years
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right mind. They testified that he was al
ways under the impression that somebody
or everybody was trying to do him..
Peter Murphy, a Paterson policeman,
testified that he met Reid five years ago.
and Reid had told him that he was then
living in the horseshoe, in this city, and
that everybody there was trying to do him
James Farrell, superintendent of the
silk mill, in Paterson, testified that the
last time he met Reid was five years ago,
1t the corner of Grove street and Pavonia
avenue. Il asked him what he was do
ing, and he said he was a Police Commits
sioner. Yes, you are, I said, you look it. ;"
The witness testified that when Reid
worked in the silk mill, in Paterson, he
often told him that the men were trying
TO do him dhe witness) out of his job.
Farrell also testified that the men in the
mill called Reid Crazy BIN" The wit
ness considered him erratic and proud.
Edward Beach, a Paterson silk weaver,
knew Reid fourteen years ago, before he
left Paterson One time the defendant
pulled out a black jack and put it against
Beach's head to show him how he was
going to do up somebody. The witness
told him to take it away.
Judge Scott is a leading lawyer in
Paterson, isn't he?" asked Judge Hoff-
man.
Il don't think So" replied the witness.
"He was a candidate for Judge of the
Criminal Court?'
Eyes, but he didn't get it,
Don't you think he's a good lawyer?'
II I wanted a lawyer / wouldn't hire
him. AS the witness seemed to be
prejudiced against Judge Scott the subject
was dropped.
Mrs. Maggie Jacobs, who was the wild
ow Of the defendants brother, Jonn, tes-
tilted that william was always queer.
He told her one time that their brother
Joseph, who died, had left her child
$1,000. 1t was not true, as she afterward
earned.
Thomas Reid, the defendants brother,
testified that he noticed a marked change
in William after Joseph's death. Will
lam thought that Joe ought to I'VE left
him some money.
Il asked William once" said the Wit
ness, why he didn't look for a job. He
said he had looked for a job. l told him
] didn' think he had
well, what them" asked Judge Hoff-
man, as the witness seemed to hesitate.
T was laid up for seven weeks in the
hospital"
ssHow was that2"
tsWhy Bill broke both Of my Jaws"
he witness said the defendant told