The evening world., 1911-05-23
Shows That He Never Signed
False Testimony Given in
Supplementary Proceedings.
THE GRlLLING IS ENDED.
PlasS Goes Back on the Stand
and ContradictS Statements
of the Lawyer.

Daniel O'Rellly. the lawyer who f. ae-
cused OF having unlawfully received the
$500 worth OF stock stolen from Aaron
Bancroft In the corridors OF tho
Produce Exchange, transformed Itself
Into a fun slsed boomerang when ARA.
ham Levy got a chance to-day to begin
the redirect examination OF his client.
Buckner had taken up most of yester-
day afternoon In Questioning O.Relpy
about his testimony at an examination
In supplementary proceedings over n
Judgment obtained against him by n
modlste. In what purported to lie a
transcript OF the testimony given by
o'Reiliy In answer to the questions put
to him by the modlste's lawyer. Jacob
Buhler. O'Reilly was made TO say that
MS memory was bad and that as
soon as he got hold OF n little money
he spent Il in the white light district.
In the present case ne testified that his
lie was upright and his memory good.
The Tables Turned.
The very first thing Abe Levy did
when he got his chance was to produce
the testimony and to show to the Court
and the jury that O'Rellly's signature
IN the supplementary proceedings was
not to testimony. but to a formal adj
journment OF his examination.
Justice Davis decided that the sig
nature had reference only to the ad-
journment. and nothing whatever TO do
with the alleged testimony.
When the trial was resumed TODAY
the prosecutor turned his attention to
the taxi ride during which Plass turned
over the stolen securities TO Lawyer
Sullivan.
.. Did Mr.. sullivan ask you where
you were soing7 A.. No. sir.
q. Plass opened up the negotiations in
the cab. did he7 A. Yes, sir.
@. Plass said: Are YOU ready 70 do
buslness-aave you got the money'-or
something Of that sort. didn't he? A.
Yes. sir.
Acting Against Piass
Q. And you were acting with Mr.. Sui
Ivan against Plass? A. Yes, sir.
.. And Sullivan took the securities as
Plass handed them out2 Yes sir.
Q. You didn't touch them7 A. No. sir.
q. Why didn't you? A. l didn't know
what securities were stolen. 1t wouldn't
have done any good.
q. You weren't afraid TO touch them,
A. No. sir.
.. IL you were acting with Sullivan
you knew II would he all right for you
TO touch them? A. Yes, sir.
O., And II you were acting with Plass
1t made no difference " you touched
them or not, A. | knew that.
q. Then why did you tell Inspector
husseI nat you never laid a finger on
them? a. That was the fact.
The matter of the missing smeiter
stock was again gone into. Plass had
denied that the missing stock was IN
the envelope taken from Aaron Ban
croft. and suggested that George Ban.
croft was a degenerate and probably
knew the whereabouts OF tho Smeiter
stock.
.. Why did you welcome the sug
Gestion that George Bancroft was a de
generate' A. did not welcome Il.
didn't know II to be so, | did say &C
sullivan. though. to follow up the sug.
g%estion. but nothing came OF It.
; @. Wry didn't you question Plass abou,
Z the missing Smelters II you were aetna
with Sullivan? A. ] did question him
. Both Mr.. sullivan and | questioned him
told Plass 10 look again.
Sullivan Not Excited.
n Q. Wasn't sullivan very much excite,
! over the missing stock? A. No sir, n,
D Was not.
: @ Didn't YOU say TO Sullivan that 70,
had known Plass a long time. and tha
YOU could get him any time. as you ma,
r his telephone number a. l said he haC
e given me his telephone number, ant
that l would call him up.
e q. You knew Plass was a crook7 A
| didn't know anything about him.
q. Didn', YOU know that day tina
i plass was guilty OF receiving stolei
n goodsT A. l didn't thlnk 30.
Let us see" said Ruckner. and h.
read from O'Rellly's statement that ~,
e people he Was in touch with Ner
e pretty badly frightened.
O'Reilly again denied that ne expecte,
y to get anything more than the $50 Re
ne received from sullivan,
n Q. You stated yesterday that III
"a So was 10 10 eventually to the mel
u who held the bonds, didn't you? A
Yes. air.
Q. And they were to get the none.
n through Plass? A. Yes. sir,
4 Q. And still you didn't think Plas
!, was committing n cr,me2 4. I d!d not
n @. Isn't II a fact that your ~activit,
a after being sent for by Inspector Ru,
G sell. was that you were anxious o
h, your account A. No, II was TO hel
IS the police,
g. You sent for Plass; he came I
your house three times. Why did yo
n, d. that? A, To help the police.
At Q. Why. II YOU were working wit
Is the police, didn't you give Armstron
Plass's telephone number1 A. 1t WASH
@ Plass's telephone number. 1t was
number through wh.-h he could /
We reached.
II After O'Reilly left the stand forms
u Police Captain John G. McCullagh te,
e titled 10 the accused lawyers good cha
" acter.
!. Plass Back on stand.
:, Plass ven back on the stand 10 81
"a that he had not gone alone to O'Relly'
IT office on the morning OF March l6. n
n Aad gone with Yates. He denied sayin
J. to C'Reilly when they stepped out {
u the taxicab that n either he or Sull
van had made a false move they woui