The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-10
WEAK AND IMPOTENT
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.Did you make arrangements with some
fenced that day. asked Judge Hoffman,
getting around the objection.
Yes. | did,
"Ill drop the court proceedings, and,
as you now know Beck and Pidgeon, when
did you first see hese-gentle-men?'
said Judge Hoffman with an ~ironical en-
phasis on the last word.
SAT Engels %ehophouse, a sort of sporty
place for actors. We hadn't been long
there, Joe and II should have told you
that when l went over to see Mr.. Noonan
about the case he said to me: I have
been looking all over for you. Two men
nave been trying to do something for
Bosczkowski and / told them you We're
his lawyer and they wan to see you at
Engels, l said Well, l don't know them,
but il you will come over and introduce
me I'll blow you off to a dinner and
theatre'-and we went over to Engeps."
'NWell go on; you are in the ~chophouse
now" said Judge Hoffman.
1--WE sat down and l asked Joe to have
a drink and shortly afterwards in came
Beck and Pidgeon to whom I was in
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of Bosczkowski, and, understanding I
was his lawyer, they said his friends on
the East side wanted to dc something.
They asked me what my fee would be to
take the case and I said $500; but they
replied that the friends ouldn raise that
amount"
Simpson, continuing. described what
readers of THE News know already-the
visit to Weber and Fields and Roster
and Bials' where they encountered Zella
Nicolaus and her husband. They had so
many drinks, witness said, that he remon-
strated with Noonan, who refused to
drink moderately. AT last they went to
the Hotel Renard, where he, Simpson, I'M
derstood tina the friend who was to pay
the money for the legal services was to be
found.
There Pidgeon asked us to drink, and
he said to me, Look here, Mr.. Simpson; |
have been in Colonel Fellows Office Nand
can bring you lots of business if you will
treat us right / asked him What he
meant, and Pidgeon replied, We'll, we are
not doing this for fun, and if you will give
us each $50 why we will try and get the
Pole to give up more Iagreed to give
them each $50 for their trouble.
"a few minutes afterwards~a woman
came in, and Pidgeon addressed her as
Lottie, and she rushing up to Pidgeon,
said, All, there's my Eddie She came
with her friend and sat at our table. At
ter a time, Buttner came in and Pidgeon
introduced him to me as the Poles friend
who was to pay the fee. He, Buttner,
said tina $500 was too big, and I told him
that he had no idea what work was to be
done.
'Just as I was arranging with Mr.. Butt
ner, Mr.. Noonan, who was over at the
other end of the room, shouted, What
are you doing over there?' and I said,
It's all right. Joe; I've arranged my
business for $780, and he replied, What do
/ care about it, come over here and have a
drink Then Miss Coma came in and We
had champagne. I was then beginning to
wonder how on earth l could get Joe
home. He was getting full and finally he
took a seat in the hall and wouldn't
move. 1t was so late that by and bye l
went to bed, and I thought Joe had gone
also. 1 left Miss Coma there with Pid-
geon.
"The next morning I came down stairs,
and I saw in the alcove room a woman "
ing in short skirts on a sofa, and Beck be-
side her holding her head. Pidgeon
came up to me and he asked me where
was going"
AT this point a recess was taken until
two o,e1ock