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'sYesE
Were you in two different prisons be-
fore you went to Trenton?"
II was arrested and put in prison at
Gregory street and l came to the jail
from there"
DO you know the lawyer, Alexander
Simpson,
Yes, I know him. said the role.
Dld you ever see him while YOU were
in the County Jail?"
I saw him there"
DO you see Mr.. Simpson now?" asked
the counsel and Mr.. Simpson stood up.
Yes, | see him. said Bosczkowski
smiling at the defendant.
When did you first see Mr. Simpson in
the County Jail?'
1t was about November
What timeIin November?"
In the afternoon
What day?"
Il don't remember"
Haven't you little book in which you
put down when Mr.. Simpson called ?"
II have got my mind in my book re-
Have you that book now?"
Trenton"
Keeper Iave~tv handed r., h,-- Z
papers belonging to the Pole, and he
looked lovlnsly at .nell as = "a.
old friends. He picked out a small book
from the package.
w II you pleaSe turn TO the book and
tell us from the book when it was that
Mr.; Simpson called on you in the County
Jail?"
Il object to that question: said the At
torney General, and object to his read
ing from that book
When did you make the writing in the
book in relation to the times when Mr..
simpson called ON you in the jail?
l can remember everything in nv mind
and in the book. said the Pole.
can you remember when Mr. Simpson
called at the jail?"
Il can remember what write, but not
what do not write.'
Did you put down the dates?"
witness.
I'm that writing did you write when
Mr.. Simpson called at the jail?"
Yes, replied the Pole and counsel
sighed with great relief, that at last he
had extracted the right answer from
Kosciusko's rather dense countryman
Take the. book" said Judge Noonan,
called"
.Ah, let me cross-examine on that if you
please" interrupted the Attorney Gen
eral, walking to the witness chair and
asking the interpreter to ask Bosczlzowski
to point out in the book the entries show
first date the Pole pointed out was Mon
day. November %. The second date was
November 26, Friday. Date No. 8 was
November 3O The marks indicating dates
puzzled the Attorney General, who. after
putting a few more questions. decided that
Polish memoranda resembled the ways
Of Providence so far as he was concerned,
they were past finding out.
When did you write this?, asked Judge
Noonan.
I write at the end of the days work.
# | have anything to write I write and
leave it some other day Bosczkowski
replied with complacent look at the
Court.
Have you written in that book the day
Justice Lippincott asked. and witness re-
Piled
4 am writing every day
Is there. anything in the book which
tinued the Court.
.'Yes."
Can you remember the days of the
month when Mr.. Simpson came to see you
Justice ,Lippincott.
Yes
Without the book can you tell all the
days when Mr.. Simpson called?' asked
NO" - "i'7' iep''eu
From your memory alone without the
book tell US all the days of the month
when Mr.. Simpson called ?"
1.-THE reason / am writing in nv book is
/ can remember was the lucid answer.
and counsel mopped his brow in despair:
but heroically returned to the attack
when was the first time that Mr..
Simpson called on your
November 20.''
.sThe second visit ?''-delighted at the
unexpected progress.
ION the twenty-sixth of November, Fri
when the next?"
'Dragmas,' replied the Interpreter.
"What the - What does that mean?'
gasped Mr.. Noonan.
rNOVembnr 30' eyD1ai,7a6 tbo irtoy,nra
ter
did you have any talk with Mr.. Simp-
son on November 20, when he called on
.Yes, 1 was speaking to him of my
case
You spoke to him about this case?e
Eyes. | speak to him about this case''
replied Bosczkowski
The Attorney General gingerly picked up
the book as II 1t was alive and regarded it
curiously for moment and then told the
Interpreter to ask the Pole who wrote the
word "Simmsen," in it. and he proudly re-
Now, IN try him in English said the
ness and pointing to the marks said,
'sWho wrote that word Simpson?r and
witness replied, "I sure"'
The Attorney General then picking up
piece of paper. told the witness to write e
Simpson and he did SO.
There's nothing the matter with that
exclaimed the Attorney General, holding
up thc PePei anu tAiCh oiiSlSu IL HI tVt-
dence.
Now write in Polish the name of
Simpson" and witness quickly trans
formed it into ''Sczymsyniski.'
when was it you left this county to go
to State Prison?" asked the attorney
General.
November 1o,'' he said. The witness
was in error, it was in January The
Attorney General then endeavored to as
certain what time Mr. Simpson first
called on him, but whether it was the
fault of the interpreter, who spoke one
Polish dialect while the banker spoke am
other or the Pole himself, no one could
say, but the result was that the answers
were never to the purpose, clearly show
ing the convict didn't understand what
was being said. The defendants counsel
complained of this. for they had behind
them as promptsr Mr. Tony Sczymanslxi.
the regular court interpreter, whom the
State would not have because his name
had been referred to in the case A
specimen of the queer answers Of the
witness follows
ssWhere were you when Mr. Simpson
called?' asked the Attorney General
ssI was in the Court House, No. 26. he
replied
No. 26 what do you mean?' asked
the Attorney General.
.sEe means cell No. 26, in the jail. where
he was lodged" explained the Court
when Mr.. Simpson called was there
any one with him ?" asked the Attorney
General.
HE was himself
Did you ever talk with Simpson about
the case?"
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