The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-11

Williston and two by Dean, coming tc
Winston with the beginning very lit
tie and state from your notes what
Mr. Winston said. Let me change
that Go TO the line just before very
little TO the question asked by Mr.
Dean, then YOU may state what Mr.
Dean said and what Mr.. Wiiliston said
with respect to Mr.. Nyhoff and VIVA,
Mr.. Dean said about Williston goinp
TO vote or intending to vote for his
franchise and what Mr.. williston re-
piled to that. The first words are ..by
the way"
MR. DRUMMOND-L want to make
the record once more. Then We can
make the same record.
MR.. PARkER-Yes.
MR.. DRUMMOND-I want TO ask the
witnes again Q. Are you reading
are you proposing to read your short
hand notes and the verbatim language
indicated by such notes?
A. Yes. sir.
u You are not using the notes sim
ply to refresh your memory
A. No, sir
Mix DRCMMOND-Sow the defend
ant objects upon the ground first. that
the evidence Is incompetent. that ii is
incompetent to permit the witness to
read the notes OF his evidence to the
Jury as taken by him: that the rule is
.hat ne may consult such notes to re-
fresh his memory and to refresh his
recollection. he cannot testify to the
language as such as indicated by the
notes as primary evidence In ths case.
THE COTRT-Overruled
To xx,bfcI, .,,tt.
defendant. by his counsel. fhen and
there excepted
A Mr.. Dean speaking: BY the way.
what did Nyhoff say abou. this promo
sition.
Williston speaking: Very little. He
just walked in during the board meet
ing and spoke to US and the mayor.
held out his hand and said: Johnnie
mas matter to lay before the board
and took the franchise. out OF his hands
and read IT. Nyhoff put up his talk
and then left. Afterwards the MAYOR
laughed when he was talking to me
and said he did not intend to give him
anything. Nyhoff claimed to be able
to put up a plant in sixty days, but he
cannot do it. I do not believe he is
prepared with the money anyhow. I
cannot figure it out unless he repre-
sents A. F. Knots.
Dean speaking: Well. one thing
sure. you are not going to vote for
their franchise when l am going to
give you two thousand dollars, accord
Ing to our private understanding.
Willi~t"n sneaking:
! MIR. notwithstanding 10 what ?
A According to our understanding.
Q. All right. A Williston speak
ing: Yes. that is all right. / won't
vote for any but yours, and the steel
company will never get my vote for
nothing.
Dean speaking What have got to
do is to see the mayor tomorrow, bright
and early and have a talk
sWilliston speaking: Yes. get down
early. They will have a special board
meeting at about o'clock, so you come
down early and see me and then get
the mayor by himself about half past
I. want to see SOU get along with
this all right In taking the option
on those lots how long a term must
specify guess about sixty days.
Dean speaking: Well the matter will
be decided easily.sby that time; it may.
be thirty days is not long enough We
can tell better about.-thfs in day or
two. How does Shaw stand on this
matter anyhow? rit.
Williston speaking: / think he is
against you; in fact.~-he shows it in
every way. You can rely upon him not
influencing me in any way. as he be-
longs to the Steel people and will do
whatever they till him in matters of
this kind | can't figure out that dope
at all of NyhoT's. | can't figure out
who IS behind him.
MIR. DRTMMOND-We move to
strike out the evidence given by the
witness upon the grounds stated in
the objection to the question.
THE COTRT-Overrdfe
To which, ruling. the defendant. by
his counsel. then and there duly OK
copied.
MR. PARKER-Q Now, what Won
have just read. stated from your notes.
what Mr.. Dean said next and what
wlllistop said about what he would do
to get Shaw out of the way?
MR., DRUMMoND--We may have it
understood that the same record is TO
be made2
MIR. PARK ER-Yes, sir
Mr. DRUMAIOND-Your Honor
THE COURT may be understood
that throughout the testimony of this
witness that the same objection is re-
peated and the same ruling made and
exception to each question. That is
A. Mr.. Dean speaking Wen, one