Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-03-10
$4,000 LIBEL
SUIT CONTINUED
IN COURT TODAY
Great Legal Array in Trial in
which Louis Csipo Is the
Defendant
CSIP0 TAKES THE STAND
Printed Newspaper Article,
Basis for Suit, Is Pro-
duced During Trial

NEW BRUNSWICK, March 10.-
Slow progress was made this morn
ing in the $4,000 libel suit beiig
tried before Judge Kirkpatrick in
which Alex Zambory. editor of the
New Jersey Herald and Perth AM
boy resident, Is suing Louis Csipo,
Perth Amboy banker. Speed was
made impossible owing to the con-
tinued clashes of counsel, there being
four attorneys on each side. The
battle of legal technicalities was be-
tween David T. Wilentz, Assistant
Prosecutor John E. Toolan, Edmund
A, Hayes and William Reich repre-
senting the plaintiff and Stephen
Somogyi, Thomas Brown, Walter
Sedan and Paul Kemeny, represent
ing Csipo.
Considerable argument was held
over the question of permitting tes-
timony relative to Csipo's reputation
as a wealthy man. The piaintin's s
attorneys fought to have the testi-
InnoHy and counsel for the defense
endeayored to block its admission.
The court finally decided TO allow
the testimony.
John Amaczi, a Perth Amboy
merchant. was the first witness
called this morning. The witness
said he knew the defendant ever
since he had come to Perth Amboy
and testified that about fifty per
cent of the Hungarian peope con-
idered Csipo wealthy. that is, worth
between $4,000 and 100000.
After several witnesses had been
heard Attorney Wilentz for the
plaintiff demanded that the defen-
dant produce a letter written to
New York Hungarian paper. The
Peoples Voice." by Csipo and also
the article which Csipo is said to
have asked the editor to publish.
The printing of this article is the
basis for the libel suit. The de-
fendant said he was unable to pro-
duce either the letter or the article,
but he admitted writing such let
ter in which he requested the New
York paper to publish the arlleie
which he also wrote.
During the time he was on the
stand Csipo said he could not tes-
tify as to whether the published
article was identical with the ar
ticle he had sent the paper. He said
he was inclined to believe there
were some differences and that he
had not used the strong express
sions or sharp words appearing in
some sections of hte article.
Despite the frequent objections of
Former Senator Brown. Attorney
Wilentz proceeded to read the news
paper article to Csipo. paragraph by
paragraph and asked the defendant
whether is was identical with what
he had written. At the conclusion
of this reading Csipo said that as far
as he could recolleet the two articles
were about the same, with few
possible exceptions where the print
ed article carried a different mean
ing from that intended by him when
he wrote the original.
Joseph P. Klein. an employe of
Csipo's, told of taking the letter and
article to the New York paper for
publication. He said some changes
had been made from the original in
the printed article. Alex T. Egger,
the Perth Amboy correspondent Of
the paper. told of the circulation the
paper had in that city.
Zambory took the stand and told
of his newspaper experience. For
the past twelve years, he said, he
has edited his own paper. Just be-
fore recess for lunch was declared,
Attorney Wilentz made motion that
the newspaper article be admitted as
evidence. Attorney Brown objected
on the grounds that the plaintiff
should be compelled to produce the
original Judge Kirkpatrick took the
question under advisement during
the recess.