Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06

ner a number of years."
Yes, sir"
You were friendly with him" :
Yes"
You felt under obligations to him.
Yes. 1 wanted to return the com
pliment."
you regarded him as an honorable
man?''
Yes, and I do yet
Then cross-examination brought ont
Ridner's asking Fitzherbert to intro
duee the bills.
Did you ask him if he was in
terested in the bills?"
mo"
you did not ask him why?H
NO"
Did you o think 1t peculiar that
a dentist should bother himself with
gas bills?"
mo
Did you ever give him a letter of
introduction to me-"
Yes"
ITO your knowledge. however, the
bills were not drawn by the law de-
partment of this State2'
mo"
'aThey were drawn by you?"
senator Given Rough Draft.
NO: they were brought to me in a
rough draft and 1 drew them"
did you give him all the copies of
the bills?"
Yes"
Fitzherbert could not say whether 70
or ITO was prepared first. He remem-
bered no dates.
why did you give the bills to Rid
ner for his Inspection"
There were two"
Did you not know he took from you
70 for the purpose of perpetrating a
fraud on the acetylene company"
mo, sir. l did not"
The copy of the bill drafted by Fitz-
herbert was then identified by the wit
ness. This bill had also been identified
by Ostby as having been shown him
before its Introduction.
You believed these bills to be mer-
itorius?"
Relied on Doctors Word.
Il don't know. I am no judge. I had
only the doctors word for it."
did you prepare the bills before the
Legislature metz"
II think before, I am not certain"
I'm whose possession were they be-
tween the time you drafted them and
introduced them?"
II think in the possession of the doc
tor most Of the time"
VERY well."'
did Wisehart ask you the name Of
the backer OF the billon
Il think So"
Why did you conceal his name?"
TT was none of his business"
Money Made Fitzherbert Indignant.
Fftzherbert said he became indignant
when Wisehart made the IS, 200 pro-
posal and he walked toward the door
as a hint to the reporter that the in
was at an end.
When he talked about money I was
through with him." said the senator.
He then testified that Wisehart
stayed after that and talked about
the dement's of the bill, but did not
convince him that they We're bad
bills.
Mr.. Wilson then tried to bring out
the fact that Fitzherbert must have
been convinced, because he called mp
the next day and told him, he
said, the bills were not good and
them withdrawn.
Senator Gebhardt declared thar tile
Encouragement was unfair in his
statement. Mr.. Wilson, to prove that
he was not, asked that the record o.
the direct examination be examined.
Refused to Stand for Bills.
Fitzherbert reiterated hat he told
Ridner that good or bad HI would no
stand sponsor for the bills. He
explained hat because of Wisehart's
he thought there was some
thing wrong with the bill, and did
not want to back them. Mr.. Wilson
asked If the bills were withdrawn
the next day, and wished to know
why they were not withdrawn. The
senator said he did the next best
thing and spoke at the hearing.
Fitzherbert said he Knew that Ostby
and Wisehart would make charges
against him and wished to know what
they would say.
Denied Signal Code.
Senator Leavitt objected to what he
thought was a signal code between Ed
wards and witness. He thought Ed
wards nodded now and then to coach
witness. Edwards resented the accu-
Fitzherbert denied that he and Rid
ner occupied the same room at the
Trenton House, but said their rooms
adjoined. He said that Ridner was in
Trenton most every night.
What was Ridner's business in
Trenton
"He was down here trying to get his
friends together to land the appoint
ment."
Fitzherbert then told why he spoke
in favor of the bills at the hearing,
and declared-tha he had heard of ac-
cidents due to acetylene gas and,
therefore, considered the bills good. He
admitted that Ridner he'd told him
about the merits of the bill. He de-
clared he was not excited at the hear
ing and that his mental efficiency at
that time was not impaired.
did you not say at the hearing that