Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-11-14
Cases
CO TO JURY TODAY
Court Overrules Defendants
Prayers in Closing Hours
of Trials
WITNESSES TELL
OF MONEY EXCHANGE

VA NAOANAs Ia
Trial OF Joseph Lefrlerl, Charles ]
Comic, and Thomas Tohazzo, charged
with conspiracy 20 obstruct public
Justice by cnticing away Witnesses,
was resumed In Room No. 2, General
Sessions. before Judge Rice this morn
ing. The case may go 20 the Jury late
today James Dempsey Is co-deten-
dant IN the indictment, but PLEADED 3
non volo contendero.
Al the resumption Of proceedings 70
day, Leonard =. wales, counsel Tor
iho defense. asked for an order Of the /
court. calling upon the Western Union
Telegraph Co., for the production OF
telegram sent from Bellevue, where
Lefrierl had been In charge Of the com
mlssary, 20 him IN New York, telling
him to return at once. This message
was referred 10 yesterday as haVins
been sent after Ernest Greenley, one
Of the witnesses IN the illegal liquor
1 sale case then pending against Lefrieri'
! had phoned 10 Bellevue. saying ne
wanted 10 see Leirierl.
/ Aftsr some discussion a subpoena
carrying the same effect as an order OF
court was issued. Then Mr.. Wales re-
called Miss Ainsworth, who was en-
ployed IN the Office where according
10 testimony yesterday, Lefrieri' Conle
and the witness Haldeman met me
latter saying Lefrleri save Comic 60
for him to give 10 Haldemon Tor GER
tain paper and Conte kept $40 out ci
it.
Mr.. Wales wanted 10 lnd out what
the witness saw Of the passage OF
money, or II she had seen II. Deputy
ATTORNEY General Green objected 10
certain Of the questions, ana was sOs-
tanned by the court. Asked II COME
had said 10 Haldeman, after giNins MN
the money, as Haldeman iestllleo, 10
beat it and stay away az ne anew
what would happen If he diun o MISS
Answorth replied that n me ren,slA
was made, It was outside the QuiCs'
Lefrieri was re<alled to so on Mlln ~ ~
direct testimony. Detective j lnsillau
having testified that Leirier caiie9 up ..l
. him a number Of times about lhe uqqo'
case. asking pames OF WITNESSES ~
frieri said he had only seen Iinsmai
twice. but neither time did ne ash s"0'
questions as Tinsman alleged.
e refrlori denied he had previously
, talked over his affairs with Donle OF
Tobazzo. In effect, denial OF consplr'0'
\ with these two defendants.
4 Under cross examination by Nr' Green
Y Lefrieri denied having seen before soih'
o to Greenley's, the paper In which Green
4, lev said he hadn't bought liquor at Bel
/ levue. Greenley had IL when he WI
Il npss) reached Greenley's place. ne salo
Lefrieri said he didn't know who wrot
a A. Regarding Dempsey's taking so I
.e Greenley. which the witness had sal
,f was loan. he said he didn't remembe
w telling Dempsey 90 get "a receipt or Tel
at ing him 10 draw up a paper for Greer
hi lev 10 sign acknowledging the mono
or as payment for leaving town.
b. Mr.. Wales then put Thomas Tooaz
ve on the stand and asked him about goii
a 70 see Grcenley with Lefrieri. lie ga
~ the three were alone In the house.
IN Maid no attention TO what the othe
were talking about Tie said hc sa
lto Greenley sitting down and signing
es paper. he said, and he was asked to sis
". too. He denied saying that Letrieri W
OF an old man and wanted 90 do what w
~ right. lie also denied hearing Lefric
Oh say 20 Greenley, 1--WE brought you u
'M money" TIE also denied giving L
frlerl any money 10 give Greenley' Il
10 states witnesses bowling, said Groenl
.rs wanted S35 for the paper he signed al
~, Lefrieri only having S3i borrowed
~ from him.
~ Under cross-eXamination the witne
~ denied having testified at the previo
,en trial that ne hadn't seen the par
not signed,
son menis made by state witnesses. ]
ne bozzo's testimony concluded and
nv third Of the defendants on trl
tde Charles Contc, was called. Obiectl
IN was made TO the witness telling
vas contents of the statement signed
Haldeman Afler considerable LEI
sparring the witness said that
statement said Ialdeman had
bought liquor at Bellevue, etc.
denied money passed between Lefri
nm and himself and Haldeman over
XII paper, or that he had told ialden
W. 10 beat it, General denial Of
other allegations made concerning ,
by the States witnesses also were
ny's tered.
ord William Mack. manager Of the Il
ihcd office Of the Western Union, was n
tain called. lie was asked 90 produce
lived message sent 90 New York 20 Lcfri
rom and did so. Mr.. Green objected 10
pub admission of the telegram on
ground that IL was not germane TO
man case. The court oyerruled the
'asy lection and the message was admit
ny 4 newspaper writer, George T..
''i1n Stengel, was then called 20 testify
''o TO the general reputation OF Er
Greenly and as 20 bis residence In
\ mlngton. Mr.. Stengel said that
,r.h lived IN seaford prior 20 coming
.sary this city last December, where Gre
Inc had lived lie said Greenly's REP
- ton for truth and veracity I'm the
,nni- munity in which he lived was bad
nro- NJ. +. Essig another newspaper v
III err was called by the State in rebl
,farv Of Tobazzo's statement that he
Cors seen Greenly sign the paper over W
.ford he and Lefrleti had gone 10 see Gree
49, The witness said Tobazzo had test
-RPN at the previous trial that he hadn't
Dempsey sign, reading from his re
Of Tobazzo's testimony TO that ei
rom After some further rebuttal the {
rested.
y Oe Mr. Wales then moved for the g
1t he nation OF the testimony Of WI
al IN Tinsman as not bringing into the
anything TO show the formation
~ conspiracy, and involving Of any
n only Lefrieri himself The court
D MED the motion.