The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07
you've brought tohe money and Beck

nodded.
Go ON tell us what took place." said
Mr.. Garretson and Pidgeon halted.
well, Beck brought out roll of bills
and gave 1t to Noonan, who counted it out
and put it into his pocket. The next.
thing Simpson asked Beck if he didn't
want receipt"
what did Beck say?''
.'He said he didn't want one; but thought
that / (Pidgeon) would need one, and |
said yes, would like to satisfy my peo-
pie of my good intent. Simpson wrote out
a receipt and gave it to me.
'What did you do with the receipt"
"On the following day ! handed it to
my managing editor, Mr.. Rappleye."
What happened next?''
''WeH,'' said Pidgeon, after reflection,
Simpson asked:-'Where is my end of it?'
and Noonan said to Beck:-sWell, l ought
to keep this, for if / don't deliver
the man on the street 1 must give it up
But Simpson said: Look here, Joe, busi-
ness is business, want the money to use
tonight Then l told them that they
must settle their business themselves.
Nonan then said 'Aleck, I'll tell you
what I'll do. I'll make you a
loan All right said Simpson, pro-
viding you'll make it half Noonan count
ed out some money and gave it to Simp-
son and we went out to Browns and had
two quarts of wine at Browns where we
met the two men,
who were the men?" ask Mr., Gar
| retson.
81 don't know One was called, think,
| Callahan.
ssThap what did Won do
Had a round OF cigars and then Simp-
son left and Noonans asked where we were
going"
What did you say?' asked Judge Gar
retson
We said that we had nothing par
ticular on hand and Noonan accompanied
| US to New York.
What then?"
HE remained with us the balance of
| that night and in the morning follow
| ing that at four o'clock in the restaurant
| of the Star Hotel, 1 left him seated at a
| table. I have never seen him sence.'
Ibid you have any communication with
| him after that?"
Eyes, 1 telephoned to ask him why he
didn't keep his promise in releasing Boscz-
| howski and he"
| Judge Hoffman objected to putting in a
conversation over telephone. but the
answer was permitted and Pidgeon stated
| that he recognized the voice.
| At nrSt it was not NOonan'S voice, he
said, but the second person who came TO
| telephone was Noonan. at least he SAID
| it was Defendants counsel objected again
| and Justice Lppincott said that the
| trouble was that anybody might be at
the other end OF a telephone. Finally,
Mr.. Ciarretson asked
! Whose voice was it?
! "NOOnansS.'' y
"I object said Judge Noonan.
"How often have you heard him speak
| since you have met him?'' asked Mr. Car
retSon.
/ "A great many times"
| Have you heard him speak often enough
| to recognize his yoice?'
81 have, and have heard it over tele-
! phone before"
u object" interrupted Mr.. Speer. GU
/ have not laid the foundation.
| Counsel and Court here became engaged
in a legal battle over the admlsslblllly OF
evidence over a telephone. As in the case
| of a photograph, the foundation must be
laid ruled the Court, and everyone seemed
to be a. cross purposes, sort of sparrlng
10 straighten out the tangle Mr.. Garrett
son asked what number witness called up.
ITO the best of my knowledge 1t was
| 314B (the Prosecutor S telephone numper)
and he gave me that number on an oeea-
| sion when he dropped from 1000 to $500,
that l could call him up.
| ibid you recognize that voice.?
This was objected to but it was admit
| ted
Il think that was the voice heard on
| another occasion"
| ."Obiect-The trouble is" said Judge
| Hoffman, "that the other side is making
! testimony by what he says"
Now, let's see where we're at, said
Mr.. Garretson, repeating, the question; :.
| Pidgeon replied that he recognized it
| as Noonans voice. Mr.. Speer asked to
| cross-exam mime on that point of Identified
! ton and permission being given more
/ time was consumed in settling whether or
| not Pidgeon's alleged account of con-
versation with Nooman was competent.