The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-17


w. ard little man with close cropped
haw arose iip had been brought from
the penitoutiary ON habeas corpus Foel-
ker identified him loelker said he was
introduced to- ~o~insky by Dr. Shoe
maker Fe believed that the regents
certificate when 1t came was handed 10
him hv SCsinskv
The witness couldn't tell exactly when
he moved from itcwcs street, Brook lvn
TO Rutgers street. Manhattan but thought
he no"ed hack AZ the end of March isO,
Fe Go' an iicn'itica'iou card n, the re-
gents examination IN addition to the py-
amina ion paper. hut after his last visit
TO the Grand central Palace he got no
card of ans description Ask ed If he ever
got a pass card. the witness replied that
he go, one a. the end Of the examinat ION.
rNCFRrAi> ,Rorr HIs rAss Ctrps
Did you ever know what pass card
vas"
Not unless It waS what would call an
identification card
No card waS given q Won hv any on"
WHICH was designated bv those terms"
u don know of any data knoen or
designated a Il pass card
Until asked you YOU had mover heard
of the term"
Il think not
Do YOU roGall letter written 10 vou
by the Board of EeCent~ in 100; returning
to YOU raas card
Now think / know what Won mean
] rec owed from llhany u card certifying
Juet what examinations mad uasspd
Mr. foelker SAID "" Wa sur" tn. first
time h" got tho card 1t came from th"
Board nf regents II wasn't true ihat he
sent such card 10 III" Hoard of Regent
He meyer caused the card to hn sent 10
the Board OF Regents and didn't giv. pos
session "f II 10 any one A." believed H."
had destroyed il h" didn't know when
ou are sur" you never gave it - Max
Sos,nsSy:'
"Nc. absolutely certain
You volunteered the statement thai
Max Soslnskv wrut" for your Regents
CertiiCa'":'
he or somebody wrot" Nv acad,mc
CertiiCat" came bacl;
The witness didn't know thai an answer
came from The BOARD of EaCont- refusing
to send the c.riltiCat" II" only kn.w
that NlaN wrot" ana Ii" 2ut ine certificate
'Didni YOU know When YOU asked
Sosin.ky To writ" that thr handwriting
would NO compared with th" writing on
the "NaC,natlpn papers and that if the
writings wer" no, IN" sam" ,h"y would
know som.thinS wa- wrong"
No, tha' hadn'i occurred to M"
Mr. Steuer then Ca He'd for ti,. Cart lfiCata
which had neen brought from Albany hv a
representativ" ot RICh,.d Barber. clerk
OF the Court Ct ipl"ai~ II was marked
IN evidenC" and shown ia IN. witness and
ne SAID " was tne ON" he had received
he got u at 30 Rut gers street. he said
He wa asked to identify another Of the
defendant exhibits and said u vas IN
Soslnskv handwriting In" exhibit was
letter reading:
80 H. TGEES SIntEr. y
March &. iHb4
ErrLN1- enclose - cents III stamps
and pass ,ard- '"r winch | deslrc - law
students certificate. Hoping 20 receive
copy of ~" "oI'irCa'c a. soon a. poss blc
remain you,- truly.
oar" G. FnrLK.r.
WY DIp sosINsKy WRITE As FoELKER.
Is there any question hut That this
i"lier was ~rl'te1 hy SoS'nsky:"
No
Nj Sisurr reminded til witness that
h' had stated before that n. didn't know
about pass cards III Ma en- 1904. and thai
he said h" had destroyed the Ca"ds he
Lad and asked il tn" witness didn''
know that the Board of Regents did no,
,esue certificate until the pass card
had been sent. Nj foelke, didn't know
Il. he said. He said i; he hadn't destroyed
the pass card It mus have been the
Identification and admS,lOn cards that
hn destroyed Mr.. Steue. got him 10
admit that they took me admission card
Tway from ~" applicant when the
examination was over and asked if the
admission ana Identification cards were
We're not. ihBt the Identification card was
the one sworn To by the applicant in
which he declared he had had no aid in
the examination Nir Steuer then got
the witness 10 admit that the regents
keep that card lso The witness couldn I
explain then wha cards he had destroyed
There was no reason why you couldn [
have written that letter asking for the
certificate. was the-e?" asked Mr. S,euer
NO word YOU didn't understand or
dFa'f mol nrI ri had 1.Il h...
rals for writing"
No. there was no reason why coudn t
have written il
Then the reason was not that the
writing in the letter and on the sxamina- \
'ion ,Sp paper had to he the same
Mr. Steuer showed letter press copy
Of a second letter written to the Board
of Regents by Sosinsky to which hi-
name was attached and the witness
identified it as genuine He said he
either asked Sosinsky to write again oi
the latter said he would do SO Thu,
letter read
SO RUTGERS SrREFT New YORK.
April Is. 1904.
REGESTs: Enclosed please find - cent,
in stamps and pass cards. for which please
send as soon as possible law students Ger
tIf1cates From letter ! enclose YOU vii
fndt the Board Of Regents owes me 2j cents
Kindly send me a question book Tor tina
amount and oblig-.
Orro &. FoELKRR.
Mr. Foelker testified that the letter
mentioned az being enclosed was the
reply OF the Board OF Regents 10 the iirs
letter stating that it was found that hs
was two counts short OF the required
number and couldn't have the certificate
The letter said the rs cents had beer
put to his credit
Mr. Steuer produced book Of the cues
tions asked az the examination and wanteC
TO ask some OF them, but the court woulc
not permit il Mr. Steuer asked IN.
witness il he would undertake to answer
any Of the quest ions, but the court sus
tained an objection by Mr.. Mott
BILL HILDEBRASD DIDN'T WANT
Mr. Steuer changed the line Of dues
tionlng suddenly AT this point and after
learning that Mr. FOelker was mem.
her Of the Assembly in 1905 and laOt
asked if he knew man named Hide
brand Tn" witness said he did He
couldn't remember where he had met
HIdrbrand, but pointed him out in the
court room.
The witness admitted that in the fall
Of 1903 h" was a candidate for the senate
He thought that Mr. Hildebrand had thu
contract for sprlnkiinR the streets that
year. Tn" witness was "A member Of The
Iitirs ar nt the nd