The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-17

fact, there were times when hardly
anything could be heard mt ALL. The
witnesses present with me had the
same complaint Mr.. Dean instructed
me that in case / found il Impossible
to write any of the conversation from
the photograph to continue writing so
that TO give the impression to the wit
ness in the room that l was getting all
of the conversation These instruo-
lions | followed and l did not get amy
OF the conversation as written by me
at the request of Mr.. Dean.
After each of the photograph CONVEX
sations taken on each of the above
named parties. none OF which l was
bio to get hardly at all. at the request
of Mr.. Dean we faxed and made nm en-
tire new stenographic report of each
conversation placing any other sucn
conversation as Mr.. Dean desired. and
Mr. Dean then destroyed the original
conversation. and at no time and in no
place did I ever hear a dictograph
conversation between Mr.. Dean and
John Si--aia sko.
One day on my return from the city
OF Chicago at Mr. Deans request
made up a pretended dictograph con-
versation out on the typewriter by Mr..
Dean and copied by me in short hand.
The second record we tried to get on
Bowser Mr. Watson was a witness in
the room with me. The photograph was
not working and it WINS impossible to
hear anything said between Mr.. Bowser
md Mr. Dean. Mr.. watson after Mr..
Bowser left Deans room requested me
TO read my notes to him then. This
l tried to do and as 1 had none of tine
conversation 1 stalled until the tele-
| phone bell rang. Mr.. Dean was talk
ing and asked me how had gotten
| the conversation and / replied that it
was impossible TO hear anything he
cause the photograph WINS not In work
| ing order. Mr.. Dean then came up 10
the room and asked Mr.. Watson il he
| had heard the conversation and Wat
son said No" Mr.. Dean then asked
If we heard anything about his giving
Mr.. Bowser twenty FIVE dollars and
| Mr.. Watson and 1 said: No Mr..
Dean the following morning took the
| shorthand book over MIR. Watson
/ flee and tore it up in his presence say
/ ing that 1t was MT record and that we
/ would try to get another record on
/ Bowser.
In all of the first conversations be
| tween Mr.. Bowser and Mr.. Dean al
| which Harry Moose was a witness. Mr.
Moose did not try to hear and In fact
| could not hear what WAS said and the
conversation WAS long did not
| try7to get what was said and 1 do no,
remember what was said and what In.
| formation 1 have of the conversation
WIS given to me by Dean from his owE
! notes of lie the next day
| Dean destroyed every original short
| hand book that / took notes in Will,
on the other end of the photograph ant
had me make fake notes. Mr.. Dear
had me make fake notes in every cas-
and the original notes are not now il
I me ay dictos.ra ph record on Thomas +
Knots the mayor. Mr.. Dean said whei
Mr.. Knots signed the franchise tina
the job they put mp on him did no
work out the way they thought it wa
going to work. Dean. himself mad
all these records. There might hav
been some Of the- conversations whicl
} I heard from the photograph. in wha
J Mr. Dean made up but ar this time
do not remember in detail any part 0
: the conversations which I heard at tina
time or was supposed to hear from tn
photograph.
; (Signed) MEYER HIMMELBLAU.
: Subscribed and sworn to before m
: this 10th day of February A D. 1912.
? tSigred) STEPHEN A. CROSS.
tSeal) Notary Public.
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