Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-21

NEWARK, June 21-It is expect
ed that the trial of Sam Henri Cone
former prohibition officer, on q
charge of bribery will be completed
in the federal court here this af-
ternoon and will go to the jury to-
morrow morning.
Mrs. Cone followed her husband
to the stand and practically corro-
borated his story and at an early
hour this afternoon just before the
daily recess Louis Deak, Perth
Amboy saloonkeeper, was called &c
the stand as the first witness in the
rebuttal by the government.
In his testimony, the defendant
brought out that although he haG
conducted numerous raids in Perth
and South Amboy, saloonkeepers he
had raided, believe in him including
Steve Pasterzak also indicted for
bribery, although he had raided him
twice. Cone denied that he once
was a priest and was known as FitZ-
gerald. This question was asked
by George Cutley, one of his law
yers. as there had been considera-
bic talk in this city regarding the
assertion and the defendant brand
ed same as the biggest lie ever per-
petrated.
Cone was questioned by Assist
ant Federal Attorney Van Ripper re-
garding a raid at Morganville, the
Deak raid and other events. Cone
said he went Morganville to see
what was doing and that he visited
Deak's at the request of Pasterzak
to convince the proprietor, the raic
was real.
The apostrophe in his last name
was again up for discussion and the
defendant made known that the
ONLY time it was left out of hIs
name, was when he started work.
ing for the government twenty-three
years ago. II was brought out that
| 500 was obtained in a shakedown
at Morganville, but the defendant
made known that nothing was OBJ
tained at Deak's.
Deak told of the visit made by
Cone to his place about a half
hour after the departure of proh.-
bition men on the night of Apr.l
rs. Cone, it was said, asked for
$3.50 TO take care of the matter on
this occasion. This witness denied
that his willingness to testify would
result in a government indictment
against him, being thrown out. This
question was put by former Senator
Thomas Brown one of the defense
/ lawyers.
The most startling development in
| the case so far came yesterday, after
Cone had taken the stand and tes-
titled that on the day the bribe is
alleged to have been passed he was
! in Newark and after he had been
corroborated by eight defense wit
! nesses. Arthur Stumpf, another wit
ness, swore Wilbert B. Dey, one of
I the agents alleged TO have been
( bribed by Cone and a witness for
| the government, had divided 500
among Stumpf, another agent and
two other men.
/ Stumpf is employed as a helper
by Edwin Scully, former government
( truckman, also under indictment.
Joseph Jankowsky, a hotel keep
er, also testified he had paid Dey
| $40 Ito do nothing"
| Stumpf testified he had taken part
/ in a raid at Morganville and charg-
/ ed that Dey shook down" a widow
/ there for 500 which was split four
ways. Dey, he said, gave him S25.
Stumpf's name was interjected intC
the case while Assistant Federal At
| torney Van Ripper was cross-exam-
lining Joseph Jankowski who owns
the Oak Shades on the road between
Matawan and Keyport, which wa!
/ visited by dry agents between Christ
mas and New Years day.
on the direct examination of Jan,
kowski by George E. Cutley and
! Thomas Brown, Cones attorneys
] the witness testified he gave De3
$40 for them ito do nothing
do you recognize anybody els'
in this court as being with Dey?'' th'
assistant Federal attorney asked.
The witness pointed out Scully and
his helper, Stumpf. Jankowski tes'
/ titled that the agents found no Il
Stumpf, who lives in South Am