The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
Declare They Were Told by De-
PENDANT Levin How to Get
Naturalization Papers.
HARD TO GET INTERPRETER.
Testimony of Foreigners Is That
Instructions Were Given to
Make Affidavit They Lived
in Country Five Years.

The trial % Nathan Levin. charged with
frauduleatly aiding and procuring natural
fzation papers ffon the s. Louis Court o:
Appeals. was continued yesterday in the
United States District Court.
Practically all OF the witnesses for the
Government are unable TO speak English.
On account OF the difficulty in procuring an
Interpreter only the witnesses wh5 could
speak English were examined.
Tn interpreter employed Friday was 4
Russian Jew. The witnesses Examined then
gpeah Is a dialect of the Russian tongue.
Judge Autdon. who Is assisting Judge
Adams. is acquainted with this dialect and
he discovered that the witnesses Gould not
understand the questions put 10 them by
the attorney through the interpreter He
accordingly ordered that until q competent
Interpreter could be found only those Wit
used.
Those TO whom it is charged false natural
!zatton papers were issued number over 81.
and out OF these the witnesses against
Nathan Levin. JohnSBasgalia. Thomas e.
Barrett and Policeman kaplau have been
Manisn Jews. Italians. Arnenians. Austri-
ans and of other nationaIities. Some diff
Guilty is looked for in securing an inter-
prefer who can communicate between at
torneys and witnesses.
The testimony OF those examined yester-
day was along the line OF the evidence adj
e1S ia - "ds ~ kAE tAA0(l NAA1L Atlr-
witnesses had been induced 10 apply for
naturalization papers by Nathan Levin. and
had been instructed TO falsely state before
the Court Of Appeals that the applicants
had been in the United States FIVE years
and had come 10 this country before the
eye Of IS years.
United States District Attorney Dyer ex-
emined the witnesses for the Government
and Chester W. KIun for the defendant.
TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES.
Ike AbramowitZ Vas the first witness. He
testified that he was . years old and had
secured his naturalization papers October
6; that he had been in the United States
since June L, 1885. Levin. he said. made
a speech before the election In the Hebrew
language AT HarusarI Hall. Tenth and Carr
streets. in which he said that those who
did not take out naturalization papers i'm
mediately would not be allowed 10 peddIe
during the Worlds Fair Or procure work
during the time the FAIR was in progress.
Levin. the witness said. gave Instructions
how to procure naturalization papers. and
said there would be men IN court to answer
Al questions for applicants. II any ques-
tions were asked by the court witness said
he was instructed TO say that he came TO
the United States before he was IS years
old. and had been in this country over five
Harry Bold of No. SIS North Ninth street
Testified that he was % years old, a Russian
and had received his naturalization papers
the day before election. He had been In
this country four years. but was instructed
BY Levin. he said. TO state that he had
arrived before he was IS years old. 1t was
Charles Weissman. he thought, who acted
as his witness. and swore he had known
Bold eight years and some others for seven
years. who applied at the same time as Bold
for papers. After the election. witness said
Levin had him take out additional papers
under the name OF Henry PouId. h gave
Levin s.. and pawned a ring to secure the
amount.
Charles Parnes of No. 10s5 North Eighth
street testified that he was % years old and
had been In this country three years. He
received the same instructions from Levin
as had been given other applicants. When
the court asked how long he had been in
the country. Parnes said. he answered five
years. and that he came before he was Is
years old. Policeman Kaplan. according to
Parnes's testimony, was his witness.
Sam Halperin testified that he was %
years old and was IS when he came to the
United States: that under Levin's instruc-
ions he told the court he was "a years old,
mad been In. this country eight years and
had arrived before he was Is years old Two
persons whom. he had never seen before,
Halperin testified. were his witnesses.
Ben Garlic OF No. 1123 North Thirteenth
street. p years old. who said he had been
IN the United States since October. 1899,
and Dave Davidson of No. 7o17 North
Eleventh street. % years old, and In .thio
country less than five years. both testified
that they told the court they had been in
this. country five and eight years, respec-
lively, and had come before they We're Is
years old.
Levln's trial Will be resumed Monday. The
cases against John Barhaglia. who is in
dicted under the same statute as Levin. will
follow the trial now in progress.