The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-13

posed the Attorney General, amy differ
ence in the attitude or manner Of Mr..
1 Noonan between the first and the last
movement in the case?''
Eyes. He struck me as being at first
opposed to it strongly, and the was will
ing to have the application granted for
| change of plea. He then was doing me
! justice" replied the witness.
What do you mean by my Opposing it
strongly'?" sharply asked Mr.. Noonan.
| of the witness
WELL you insisted to the Court that
| there were many charges
you mean that the Court asked me
how many charges there were and I
truthfully told the Court?" said Noonan.
"Well, yes"
What hostility then did I show?" per-
sisted Noonan
My impression"
Il don't want your impression" inter-
rupted Noonan. II want the fact-What
did / say to the Court which was hos
t..e?..
Il can't recall the exact Words said
Manning
Mr.. Noonan then reading from Man
ning's typewriter testimony on the trial
of the case, asked the witness how he
could explain statements made then con-
flicting with those made today. The wit
ness couldn't explain. He insisted that
the statements were correct.
Il want you to recognize in an intelli-
gent way that you have made conflicting
statements, and l want you. if you cam t
straighten them out, to say So Fix it
up somehow said Mr.. Noonan, soothing
ly but Mr.. Manning snapped OUT
II do not assume that / have made any
conflicting Statements
'Then, according to you," the probing
continued 81 opposed the motion in
Court, and afterwards conceded your pc
titon?'
No answer.
Henry, more familiarly known as
..Spud,' Murphy, was the next witness.
He is Lawyer Manning's man Friday. and
he has lately emerged from the County
Jail, where he was spending an enforced
vacati ton for tampering with witnesses.
Murphy said he had met Noonan on
Washington street and Mr.. Noonan told
him he would like to see Mr. Manning
ITO give him help in the Pollock case"
What date was that?" asked the At
torney General, putting pellet of tobacco
in his mouth
"About the latter part of November and
first part of December said "Spud,"
smiling at the Attorney General, who
glared at him and told Mr. Noonan to
take the witness.
Reading from ''Spud's" previous testi-
mony, Mr.. Noonan showed that on the
trial he swore that he met Mr.. Noonan
son either Monday, November 20, or Tues
day, 80. 'fSpud couldn't explain the con-
fiicting statement.
James Mackenzie. of the Evening
Journal testified that on December he
was in Browns Court House Hotel and
saw Mr.. Rappleye. Beck. Pidgeon. Cal
laghan, Bindernagel, Simpson and
Noonan.
+ THAT'S my CASE said the Attorney
General.
81 object to all of it, said Mr.. Noonan
ION the ground that it is incompetent
irrevelant and impertinent to the charge
against me individually. I object parti-
cularly to the testimony of Beck and
Pidgeon. l don't think the Supreme Court
has right to admit it under the rule.
1Well, now, let us see,' said the At
torney General. you object to that tes-
timony and at the present time you do
not propose to put in any testimony until
the Supreme Court rules on the question
as to whether or not the testimony of
Beck, Pidgeon, Rappleye and Buttner is
in the case
Yes, replied Messrs. Noonan and
Simpson.
Then, Mr.. stenographer,' said the At
torney General, put that down on the
record and add that the Attorney Gen-
eral, if the Court rules the testimony of
these men in, consents that he will not
oppose an application for any reasonable
time for Messrs. Noonan and Simpson in
which to put in testimony in rebuttal
There now, supposing I die in the mean
time, that will go or record for all time
as what the Attorney General consents
g. :
IT hope you won't die, General, in the
meantime said Mr.. Noonan.
Thank you, I hope not Mr.. Grey re-
piled, and with chuekle added, F.but
there's no telling what will happen even
in this case"
The lawyers packed up their testimony
and the case is over until the Supreme
Court decides the question of admitting
the testimony of the Journals dive, re-
porters