Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-20
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ark between 8 and 5 o'clock on April
2S.
Burnett Paterson, colored, a wal
ter in the Berwick Hotel, Newark
testified that he served Cone with
dinner at $50 o'clock on the night
of April Is.
NEWARK, June 20 Persons
Of Samille H. Cone, former nelc
head of the New Jersey prohibition
unit, charged with bribing W gov
eminent officers, intimated To-Day
closely associated with the defense
that the name of a high official al
Washington will be linked with the
defense charge of political frame
up"
The introduction of the Washing
ton Official" it Is understood, VII,
come during the cross examination
of the governments witnesses which
will be completed today.
Counsel for Cone tried to stabllsf
through cross examination OF VIII
bert B. Dey, prosecution witness,
that the charges against Cone were
the result of political frame up.
Dew denied that Adrian ID. Cham-
berlain, the present director. toic
him that If he did not get COM
he would lose his job.
Almost complete corroboratlon OF
Dey's testimony was made by Milton
E. Swackhammer, another dry agent
to whom Cone is charged with CIV
ing a hundred dollar bride, in con-
junction with Dey, to protect a group
of Middlesex county saloon keepers
and ~bootleggers. "
Tha offarnnnn gnSqiOn consisted
of the cross examination of Agents
| Wilbert Dey of Fords and Miltor
!! Swackhammer. Mr.. Swackhammer
was still being questioned wher
Judge Lynch dismissed court unti
1920 o'clock today. The testimony
both on cross and direct examination
at the afternoon session was alont
the same lines as that given at the
morning session.
Throughout his cross examination
lCutley laid great stress upon the fact
that, although Dey and Swackham-
mer were prohibition officers, sworr
to uphold the law, they allowed
Scully and Cone to bride the salooI
men and did not arrest them bui
took the money offered and turned 1t
over to headquarters. Both Des
| and Swackhammer declared that II
| doing this they were following In
structions from their superior OH
| GERS. -,
Dey and Swackhammer both TOLD
of the assault which occurred IN
| David Wolfson's saloon in Perth
Amboy and declared that the man
| who is alleged to have died as the
result of being struck by a revolver
in the hands of Dey, was struck II
self protection by Dey. According to
| the story of this raid as told by botf
| of the agents on the stand, they en-
tered the saloon and asked for a
| drink, Three or four men, all al
legged to have been drunk were IN
the saloon. AS the drink was be-
ing passed to them owe the bar
they grabbed the bottle and started
to make a search of the place.
One of the men, Dey said. walked
UP to him and declared that he bet
ter leave the place unless he wanted
to be carried out. The man then
according to Dey's testimony, grabb-
ed his necktie and pulled it until
Dey began to grow weak from not
being able to breath and another
man in the place jumped on MS
back. To protect himself he struck
the man in front of him with the
butt of his gun. Although effort:
were made to have Dey admit tha'
he had gone back to see the man
he declared that he had not and
that he did not know he was dead
until a few days ago when he reao
something about 1t in the papers.
Dey told of a meeting which took
place near Sayreville with j. Chick
- -I1a-z 49, La1fy A rnn1d nf New
Brunswick. Both of these men are
indicted on another charge. Cone
told the other two, Dey said. thai
he had talked with Dey and that he
was "all right" Cone was given a
roll of bills, Dey said, and before
putting it in his pocket took ten
$40 bills from the roll and gave them
to Dey.
On several occasions Mr.. Cones
ATTORNEYS tried to make Dey admit
that the money offered as brides and
which was offered in evidence yes
terday had been received from some
other source and not from Cone as
alleged by the witness. Mr.. Deyt
however, held to his original story
and declared time and time again
that the money had been handed tc
him by MI. Cone and that he had
divided it, giving Mr.. Cone a por-
ton and keeping the rest for himself,
The amount kept by him was turned
over to the government as evidence
however.
Much stress was laid on the visit
Edwin Scully, Dey and Swackham-
mer had made to the establishment
of Samuel McAlinden, in Middle
town, Monmouth county, during the
cross examination. Mr.. Brown, who
was also given an opportunity to
question Dey by Judge Lynch, tried
to make Dey admit hal he had gone
to McAlinden's with the idea in
Shaking him down" for a sum OF
money and had also raided the home
OF Margaret Maygraf in Morganville
and poured oil in cider and de-
manded 500 of her. Mr.. Dey stated
that he did not do what Mr.. Brown
alleged he had done.
IL it not a fact" Mr. Brown
asked the witness during one part of
his cross examination that you have
received money to get Con'e?"
mo sir" replied MI. Dey.
Asked if he expressed any surprise
wheh Cone told of the booze ring
and first gave him money. Mr.. Dey
said: mo"
Dey admitted that he had been
appointed an agent on the recon-
mendation of Cone.
On redirect examination Mr.. Dey
told of the incidents of the raid
at McAlinden's place. He declared
that he, Swackhammer and Dey had
bee to two or three other places
and that finally Scully suggested
that they visit McAlinden and as III
had already been raided twice before
it would be easy money They en-.
ter the place and found liquor
Scully. Dey alleged. took McAlin,