Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-03
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INSTRUMENTATION
81. All connor--o. This letter. which you
..c scut wrote TO Mr. Maioney in New
Itrt what hour in the day did YOU write
thai4 A. mailed that from the postofl6e
had 70 60 there TO buy special delivery
around or O'clock. AT any rate, / don't
know where posted It, and ! handed it to
q clerk.
O. What day OF the week was IL? You
remembered other days of the week. Was
v on sunday A. No, II wasn't on Sunday
Q. On Monday? A. believe it was on
Monday.
Q. Where were you staying when you
wrote this letter. A. was in the hotel.
Q. In the Hotel st. Theresa? A. Yes.
Mr.. Conner
Q. You sent It BY special delivery un-
derstand3 a. Yes.
q. Have you seen that envelope since?
A. No. sir.
q, Did you ask any ono to show you the
envelope when they showed you the letter,
the envelope in which you posted the letter
which you say you sent from New York
IT 7-oclock in the evening? A. No, sir,
haven't seen It,
Q. As far as you know, Mr.. Maloney got
n and has II? A. Yes.
Q. You are quite sure It was around z
o'clock in the evening Of the day before this
telegram was sent? A. Yes, sir
@. What kind OF an envelope did you
use in sending It? A. used a plain en-
vclope.
O. Where did you get the envelope?
A. Wei, guess l had it in my travelling
bag
the primary election, you went to your
home and slept that night? a. Yes
O. where was that? A. Sharon Hill-not
my home. my sisters house.
@. You came into Philadelphia the next
day. A. Yes.
q. what time did you arrive in Phla-
delpha the next day? a. Well. the only
way / can designate that is, l went to the
railroad station, after buying some cigars,
and I asked them what was the next train.
They told me fourteen minutes. believe.
and 1 said, "An right, them aud bought
the ticket
@. YOU took that train? A. Ses.
Q. What station did you leave? a. Here
at Broad street.
O. where did you arrive in New York
uptown, Thirty-tliird street CT did you go
downtown. a. I arrived downtown. What
is downtown?
O what station did you get in in New
York?
BY Mr. Gordon-Q. The ferries? y. oh,
the ferry--I don't know arrived at the
station, that's all know.
Q. Don't you know whether you arrived
in a boat or in a train? a. No, I arrived in
train.
O. Did you change cars at any place? A.
No no. went right through.
q. What time did you get TO New YORK!
y A. don't know, I can't tell you that.
.sah @. Did you get to New York before dark
or were you over there in the afternoonf
A. Yes. It was before dark.
Q. Did you eat your supper that evening?
A. Yes.
O. Where did you eat your supper? a
At some restaurant over there.
Q. This hotel that you went to. where is
that located in New York? A. That is al
n, n.,l I ha1i
O. When was 1t you shaved your
mustache off? A. oh, I had that off
well, about three or four weeks ago.
9. Did you have 1t on on election day
A. No I did not.
Q. You did not have It on? A. l had
bad cold and I had fever blsters her
Gndicating1 and the serum would ooze ou
and the hairs would stick into It so
Just took the scissors and l clipped 1t of
and put zinc ointment over II.
Q. You mean TO say that you did no
kwear a mustache ON election day or prio
to election day? A. No, sir, l did not.
Q. When did you clip it? A. Oh, gues
q couple of weeks before that.
O. why did you stop wearing glasses
A. Well wear glasses for reading.
Q. You wore them primary electio
day, didn't you? A. Only when was mari
ing my ballot
Q. Didn't you wear them as you wer
walking around? A. No.
Q. Let US understand it. You went
New York on the first day after electio
and registered there some time toward SUI
pertime and stayed there all plight? a. Ye
sir.
Q. You met Mr.. AGaioney on Friday night
A. Yes
O. And you had been in communicate
with him before that: \. | sent him le
ter where / was
Q. When did you send this letter? 4. Thj
very day l arrived there.
Q. And sent you word he was coming
A. Yes he sent me word.
O. How did he send you word? A.
must have been by letter because 7 W.
TO see him at o'clock.
O. Where is the letter? Let me see
A. / do not know where II Is.
O. What did you do with II? A. / que
I laid 1t down in the room in the hotel.
O.. And what was said in that lette
Suppose you tell us. A. l cannot rememb
the exact words any more than DE
friend: will see you at the Alhambra Th
atre tonight at o'clock" just very brief
O.. What did you and he do in Ne
York Friday night after you met hi
at o'clock? A. We stood there at Il
Alhambra Theatre speaking. He says. 81
you want 10 50 In the theatre?" / sa,
mo, do not care to go IN"
q Yes. You stood there how long?
] guess fifteen minutes,
Q. Then whore did you 20? A. Why,
then walked along the street. don't KIN,
what street--and he reprimanded me
worrying. telling me, why. you didn't
anything like this What are you worryi
about
q. How much time did Maloney spe
with you that nightg A. Oh, just abe
fifteen or twenty minutes.
@ Did you tell him where you W
going2 "A. Why. l intended 10
back 10 the hotel He advised me to
away, he says. from those hotels swh
you have things ON your mind. and go
sit down and get room for yourself
O. on Friday Maloney told you that
had nothing 20 worry about, didn't he?
Nes He says. Jimmie, you have got nc
Ing 20 worry about" He said, You dit
do anything like this You wouldn't do
and anybody that knows you knows
Wouldn't do thing like this. You G
help H.
q Did he tell you why you didn't h
to worry or why he was sure that
Wouldn't have 10 worry? A. Why, beca
hc knew the same as any one else ths
wouldn't be mixed up in a thing OF sue
hat Ia aho all He