letter, Mr. Kearny?—No.
Was he in your confidence Vl tell the world he was not.
You are not lying?—I am not double-crosser. I can prove that one of those men is a crook, a liar and a gambler. He can bring an action for libel against me if he likes. I can prove it. The police know that he is a crook. He is a gun-runner at Chungking. (Sensation in court).
On being called to order by the Court, witness declared that he could not help feeling in-indignant, when that class of men were brought against him as witnesses.
The District Attorney—You pre-for that I should pick my witnesses?—I prefer not to have beachcombers and crooks against me as witnesses. Of course, I take exception. It looks as if the District Attorney had tried to make a good thing out of it after all that has appeared in the papers. I did not like to be advertised in the papers "even before I was arrested.
Prisoner was in the box for two hours, and when the trial was adjourned until next morning, the District Attorney had not finished his cross-examination.
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