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

| he declined To aecent service
"Did Won offer him tickets and wifi
ness feeq"
aJ did hut he wop,d not accant either !,
| aNon, tal,a soo,, ana te,l IN ,,hat vo,,
| atd Sxuit1, ragard ~ him J, saia the Attor-
~, ,c.a,,ar.,,
witness ren,,ed hat On Nav 4 10 and
II he hunted hin, IN going first 10 the
.Worldo building and afterwards fnd-
ing his residence
"How did Won find ont his residence p,
"From Information in Jersey Citv..
"Well YOU went to Beck,s residence
whom ala vo,, sae9,,
II saw his Wife,
what sort of q place did he live in?',
"A fat,
"What did you say to her?''
II asked if her husband was at home,
and she said he was not,
Mo-
What time did she say you could see
her husband?'
ANY morning before half past ten"
did you go the next morning."
Il did, but he had gone down town.
What did his wife say then?" asked
Mr.. Grey.
She said she would see her husband
and make an appointment to meet him.
You went again?'
Yes, and she said I was to come the
next afternoon. l did SO and saw Louis
j. Beck"
"You offered him the subpoena and
what did he say?"
HE said he would not accept service
Had you offered the subpoenas to his
wife the day before?''
81 had, but she wouldn't take them.n
eWeIl, go on. What did you do ne
! with Beck?"
'I made tender of the witness fee. as
had done to his wife, but he would not
accept it,
'sWhere did all this take place?''
.qAt his residence
where is that?"
mo. 26O West Fifteenth street New
! York.
so Louis ]. Beck wouldn't accent SER
vice of the subpoena?'' asked Mr.. Grey.
"No. sir. he wouldn't, replied the clerk.
Now. let us know something of this
man Simon Buttner. What did you do
about him?" continued Mr.. Grey.
ION May 10 went to No. 30l Broadway,
New York. They told me that Buttner
had been there but had gone for the day.
On the same day | went to No. 154 East
Forty-eighth street and in response to my
ringing the bell girl appeared. She said
that Mr.. Buttner was not at home. The
following day. Thursday. I went again
and this time little lad came to the door
He said that there was not one at home
I made no further inauiry.n
"The result was then,, said the Attor-
ney General, ssthat you couldn't find Butt
ner to make service on him?"
ssNo. SIR
eAnd you were not able to serve either
Of the three men, Beck, Pidgeon and
Buttner?p
.tNo, sir"
s'Did you take a letter from the At
| torney General to get on the track of
Buttner?'' asked Mr. Grey.
rYes, sir
Eyes, sir.''
s"To whom was it addressed?"
.sTo Frank Moss
Counsel of the Mazet Committee, New
York;.
eyes. sir"
.Wldt did MT. MOSS tell yOu.
.He told me that he had had no COM
munication with Buttner since he gave
testimony before the committee Mr.
Moss gave me Buttner's business address
and INwent to No. 5S7 Broadway, where
the National Reserve Association has its
office, but 1 couldn't, as told you, find
Buttner.',
CHATS all. unless Messrs Noonan and
Simpson wish to ask you any questions
said Mr. GREY.
Mr. Alexander Simpson then asked the
witness:-
.eWhen YOU told Pidgeon that you were
willing to pay for his services, what re-
plv did he make?',
ssHis exact words were:-sMoney would
not be any inducement,,' replied the
c,lerlr
.wbat kind of a place was Buttner's
%, the witness was asked by Mr..
Noonan
"An oesoa h,;Idino for the Mntua1 Re-
so,.,,o u,,,,,a +h;nl
s.nro,,r ,rassrs Noonan ana simnson ),
o;s 49, At+o,.,,a,, General after the last
,,;tnass had laft the stand "I now make
ofra. ard Give Won notice that in
-. - ~ go +ha+T have NOT heen able
- '.,.,,ae poa,, piageon Ruttner and
pavs,la,,a offer their testimony taken
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