The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-27

the trial.
 Weinberg Survives Weinberg, overseer of all the lot tery banks Schultz organized; go- between, he said, between Hines and ! Schultz, and such trusted lieuten- ant that he had access to the bank vault where the gangs $250,00 re- serves were kept, survived the racu- ous cross-e examination of de.snse Attorney Lloyd P. stryker with his story mostly intact. Trapped in several inconsistencies between the stories he told in court and those he gave in a confession to Dewey and later In testimony be- fore the grand jury, Weinberg ad- mitted that he had been mistaken; denied he had lied.
 He remained adamant on the main inconsistency--that he had several times delivered money to Hines at his apartment at 444 Gen. tral Park West in the spring of 1892. Even after Stryker presented lease and rent receipts showing Hines did not move into the apart ment until october 1, 1932, Wein- berg denied he was wrong about the date.
 Gist of His Story
 The gist of his story was that he was present when Schultz and Hines first conspired; that he had met Hines no less than 60 times, either to give him the weekly "pay-off" from Schultz or to consult him about protection for various gang sters; that Hines had been paid from $250 to $1,000 week for use of his political influence. He said he once heard Hines command Magistrate Hulon Capshaw on the street to dismiss 15 lottery workers who, caught red-handed with 500,- 900 lottery slips, were to be tried in CapshaW's court; that CapshaW re- piled q haven't failed you yet, have I? I'll take care of it," and that CapshaW did dismiss the case. He gave a startling account of having gone to deliver 5000 to Hines dur ing the Tammany election carf1- paign in 1853, of meeting Hines and William 0. Dodge, Tammany candi- date for district attorney who sub seduently was elected. Hines, he said, turned to Dodge and said:
 You know George. He's one of the Dutch Schultz boys This is where I'm getting my money for your campaign"
 All Stryker's attacks upon the character and memory of Weinberg failed to shake that story.
 Admits Many Crimes
 Weinberg admitted he had been a burglar, perjurer, gunman and gangster. His calm was only slight ly ruffled when, just before he was excused, Stryker shouted: Where were you the night Dutch Schultz was murdered?" and did you kill Dutch Schultz?" To the first he re- piled, "home," to the second, No" But he did admit several mistakes in which he was trapped.
 He had told of one visit to Hines apartment in which he stood by window" in the reception room. Stryker presented a photograph of the room showing there was no window. He had mentioned a meet ing with Hines and Schultz in Bridgeport hotel, and said i've three" were present, but admitted that Davis also was there, and that although he had not mentioned Davis presence in his first confession to Dewey, he did mention it latter after Davis had pleaded guilty and become a potential states witness. He had told another time of walk ing down steps" from the reception foyer of Hines apartment but the picture also showed there were no steps.
 Story Not Much Shaken
 Weinberg's story of his and Schultzs associations with Hines re- mained little disturbed, but Stryker had laid the groundwork to chal- lenge 1t on two grounds in his sum- nation.
 He forced Weinberg to admit that after he, Davis and Big Harry Schoenhaus, bookkeeper for the racket, had all agreed to turn states evidence, they were kept to- gether in cells and hotels where they might have concocted story against Hines to save their own necks." (Weinberg denied that they had done so); and secondly, 6tryker forced Weinberg to admit that he had spent his life in crime, that he had been potential murderer when he carried gun in his belt during Schultz's gang war with Vincent Mad Dog) Coll assassinated in 1892.
 Judge Ferdinand Pecora recalled Weinberg after both state and de- fense had finished with ihm, and asked: T want something straight in my mind, namely what happened to the racket after Schultz was killed Gin Newark, N. J., tavern, along with two henchmen, h Oct, 191e0
 Weinberg replied T carried on tn.