The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-14

and Judge Van Fleet ordered court ad
journed for the day
short but spirited clash between |
the opposing attorneys occurred Just |
before adjournment. when the state at
tempted TO get before the jury an
answer to the question:
A STRENUOUS OBJECTION.
Did you say TO Dean at the time
that you as city official could no,
legally enter into a contract of this
nature?" Attorneys McAleer and
Knots were on their feet simultaneous
ly with an objection on the ground that
the statute does not prohibit city off,
cial from entering into a contract of IA
private nature, and that he ely was in
no way a partner to the contract be-
! TWEEN Wiliston and Dean for the op-
tions.
! The examination involving the
photograph records of July "a, July ~
and August II was one long sparring
match between Williston and Parker
the latter seeking direct and incrim-
mating admissions. which the defend
ant tried to evade, with hesitancy, then
with verbosity and tautology. and final
| ly with partial admissions.
/ fAhhEh UOES AFTER HIM.
| Preceding each statement in the die
tograph records. with the question
whether the witness remembered it, At
torney Parker would read the state
ment from the type written record, and
proceed to nail the defendant to the
cross for answer.
Wiliston modified nearly every answ-
er by saying the statement may have
been made that the record stated the
substance or that something to that
effect had been said. In this manner
the entire dictograph record was again
put before the jury.
Some of the vital testimony relating
to the interview and the record CT July
cath brought in in this way was as
follows:
i DEAN: Now according to our
Outstanding down stairs you are to
have $4,000 through this real estate
deal, and here is the fifty dollar to bind
the bargain. Stick it in your pocket.
What was that l gave you, fifty d
twenty dollar bill?'
| WILLISTON: TT is fifty dollars"
| DEAN: We'll put it in your pocket.
Now everything is alright"
Part of the record of July 27th was
as follows:
| DEAN: You have $4,000 coming to
you from me through the buying of the
lots. and maybe you pick up little
on the outside through the sellers end
of 1t. a little more than the regular
commission"
NYHOF'F WAS ALL RIGHT.
/ WILLISTON: You need not worry
about Nyhof you are treating me
alright. and you will get my vote.
will do all I can with the mayor too.
but you must go right after him and
stay with him. | will tell you what /
will do. l will arrange so as to go into
1 Chicago on Saturday noon and you can
see me early on Saturday morning. We
may all have some news then. l wish
| / could save some money on that corner
| lot but / am satisfied / cannot. He
keeps a card index up and down instead
of end ways. He showed me he paid
ls1.7oo for it. then assessments and
whole lot of stuff which ran il to $1,000
or such a matter. other stuff brought
lit up to about $1,000. He rents out the
shack on the back for $40 month. ]
will do everything l can Dean, and
know you will appreciate it
DEAN: Yes, l do, and / am going 10
give you some money right now. Here
is $50 more. Now that makes 500 don't
lit?'
FIX 1T ALL RIGHT.
wILLISTON. Yes, 500. Thank you.
! want to do everything for you. Dean.
We ought to be able to fix everything
lalright. One thing, I will block Ny
thoT-s little game before the board I
am going now, as l have an engage
lment You see me sometime tomor-
row
DEAN: alright l will come"
A conversation from the record of
august 11th was follows:
1 DEAN. Il went over to the bank and
got the money which you said you
would like to have today sure. Please
lhand me that envelope laying over
There on the dresser. Here, there is
nifty and fifty more makes a hundred:
that right amt it?"
| wILLISTON: Alright sir, and 1 am
lmuch obliged to you for il"
/ DEAN: you are surely very welcome
las one always likes to do the right
Thing when a fellow is doing the RICH.
thing by you. That is two hundred do
lars / have given you now. or was 1t
two hundred and twenty-five?"
| wILLISTON: TT is two hundred and
Twenty five. but twenty five dollars was
an account of what 1 spent for the OPP
ltion---the money / paid TO Mauch."
/ DEAN: We'll, that is alright, that is
lalright. We understand each other"
| DEAN: Now you understand one
thing Just al soon as the mayor gets
back from his trip and signs my fran
/ chise / will hand you two thousand dol
lars in cash for voting on ii. We will
tnx it up right away. and you know I
am going to do the right thing. I dont
know whether l will use that ioca ton,
or not. but of course that makes no
difference"
| WIIIISTON: 1T appears to me to be
"a grand location, and that you really
ought to buy 1t. IT is one central in
the territory where you want to do
business. All along the high line -
good
| With records of this nature in the
hands of the attorneys, and state argu-
ing that they are evidences of bribery,