Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-14

sir have not.
q. Has the matter of your getting
money for testifying been discussed
with anybody? \. No. sir.
q. About that statement. was there
amy statement. Mr. Malcomb, that you
had anything to do with, tell Ms All
you know about that or anything Of
that kind? A. don't believe ! un-
dorstand the question.
BN THE COURT.
q Here / viii make you under
stand it. want 10 talk 20 you; you
told Judge Stuart you had some sort
of statement in your pocket which
y"u have lost Now who wrote that
statement? A. / don't know.
.. Who handed IT to you? a.
picked IL up In the office down there.
Q In what office? A. In the-in
the. not the marshals office, bat
coulty attorneys office.
Q United States attorneys office?
\. Yes. sir.
q Now what was it, typcwri,ten?
A. Yes. sir.
4 q A typewrltten statement? a.
O. what did it say? a. It said
something about me having conver-
satlOn with some woman, Betty Mann,
and ! hadn't had any conversation.
4 .. And you hadn't had the CONVEX
satlon? a. Yes sir; and something
about fellow name Dewitt trying
to frame up to get Tommy Atkins
that was at the Brown hotel two years
ago out Of the way, and that | knew
how 1t was, and was tho cause of my
being arrested over there, and that
wasn't true.
G. Now what else did il have In
1t? y, That l had talked with this
woman.
g. Now you say you picked it up
there; who gave It to you? \. Some
one In the office there handed me
/ that and told me to look IL over
O. You looked over it? A. res,
SIR
O. What else did they say TO you
about II? a. Then / came back tina,
evening and talked to them and that
was yesterday, ! believe, ard cams
back this morning.
q. Well. what did you tell them
about that statement? \. | told them
statement was not true and that /
! G.dn't know anything about IT,
.. What did you do with the
| statement? a. | don't know: | may
have It In my pocket.
q Wen, let me see. a. Yes, sir;
there it is.
The court: lie says this is the state
nent
Mr.. German: l know all about that
now; | didn't know what he wa-
talking about. This is simply some
Information furnished to us as to what
this witness probably knew: that is
| all.
Mr.. Hanford: Who by, Mr. Ger
man?
Mr.. German: by Betty Mann: she
speculated on 1t and she missed il ir
some places and some places she dio
not,
The court You have the statement
now do you want to ross-cxamine
him any more on Il?
Mr. stuart. No, sir. | don't want To
ask any more questions myself
q Now, there arc some things in
that statement that you don't know
ANYTHING about? A. Yes. sir.
e. And some things that you say
nre not correct as to what YOU do
know? \, Yes. sir
Rccross- Examination by Mr.. Stuart.
O. Did you say you got 1t from
bettv Mann? A. No. sir: didn't get
II from Betty Mann.
=. Who did you get il from? A.
don't know whether 1t was the gem
teman there with the paper in his
hand or somebody else in the office.
q Well identify the gentleman
that handed it to you. A. Well.
there We're three or four in there.
Q. Well, who was it handed you
the paper? A. | don't know.
Q Now. 1t wasn't this gentleman,
was 1t? or this one? Wasn't any
of these lawyers that handed 1t to
YOU? 4. | believe that it was.
O. Which one was it? A. be-
lieve that is the man sitting there,
the second from the end.
@ Mr.. Linebaugh? a. Yes. sir;
] | am NOT snrps | will mot ho ,ngitgNrn
about il
Mr.. German | will state in the
record, your honor, that this was sim
ply statement of what this witness
probably knew. We have been crowd
ed for time and It may he that it was
handed to him to say what he knew
cbc@. q.
Mr.. Linebaugh: Just n suggestion,
your honor please. The witness evil
dertly IS mistaken in Identifying me
because ! was not present.
The court: ! understand that cOun-
sci says that this is n statement fur
/ nished this witness for him TO look
| over, purportng to state what he
! knew about the case.
My, LinebauEh: However, | will
| further state to the court that | do
/ not make that correction because |
think there was any improperly be-
! Cuuso----
! Mr.. stuart: | wouldn't have be-
/ lievcd it, anyhow.
Cross Examination by Mr. Haniord.
Q. Did you testify last night that
| you hadn't talked to Betty Mann about
| this matter? \. About this case?
| Yes sir, | did.
Q. You never had told her what
you knew? \. No sir.
Q. Hadn't told anybody? a. No
sir
G. You don't know how they got
you to come here and testify? y. l
don't know
G. You didn't even tell Hook Rog-
ers. even? A | hadn't told Hook
/ Rogers what | knew about 1t.
1 G. Now, in this statement, 1t con-
tains here: "And then sometime along
later In the same month-no, in April.
along in April Frank Long asked
mel don't know how he came to me,
Frankfurt Frank asked him II he
found out anything about Minnie and
he said he had not; couldn't find out
anything about Tommy Atkins, and
he made a remark about not trying
to find out anything about Tommy be-
cause he thot Tommy had died before
the war" Do you know where Betty