Also, at this time we had not arrived at the exact figure I was to get for the information, I told him that the approximate cost the pistols was about '$116 each, and we figured the price on the basis of $100, and he asked me what I wanted, and I told him that Tdid not know. I told him that T was glad to grab any of the Bolshevik crowd. He said he did not Know also, and he promised to find out by 2.30. We walked from his office to the Astor House.
T got a call from Mr. Chalet at about 1.40 asking me to go to the hotel, then T found out that the People were suspicious, that they would deliver only 10 pistols, and that I should go to tke Chekiang: Rod house and swear that the money was there, I saw the many, land thea I telephoned to Bfr. Chaiat that the money was there, and' that he should have his men, of whoever was in touch with, to bring the pistols, and he said that he would he there at about three o'clocic.
At about 245 I left the room and! ingered on the side walk, and 9 bout three o'clock "I saw "Mr. Chalet and Jovino. "The pistols were not there, and I was oblige' to go with them to get the pistols, went to Frenchtown, where we waited for Jovino to get the pistols, Jand then we returned to Chekiang Road and then 'I-took the pistols upstairs.
Witness said that he had triad to communicate with Captain Clarke after his arrest that same night. When-he had been released on bail jhe went to the Astor House and jayakened Capt, Clarke to ask him if he was going to be lett in the lurch, Whereupon Captain Clarke had told him to come to his offe> the following day, When defendant had done this, Capt. Clarke had indicated that'he could do nothing except in court, Following the cage was ad-Journed.
Cross'Examination shy "Dr. Pellet Cross-examination of Mr. Worthington was instituted: by the' District Attorney, Dr. George Sellett, who: questioned the defendant on.potnts brought out by "his testimony on Saturday. The entireymorning-was given over to'this cross-examina!
'"Is-this the first deal which you have ever been in, Mr.' Worthington, in trying: to-entrap gun runners Shanghai?" the District Attorney replying to this, witness -said that the first witness of the government, namely, the Chinese detective who "had appeared in Saturday, was not the 0 he-had tried: to get to"bay' about which witness, allegedly work: ing for the police, was put under Who else did you try to get to buy them?—I couldn't tell names as they were Chinese, but there must} have been half.a dozen of them.
How did you first become intorestin arms as you indicated last} Saturday?—T had already spoken to Captain Clarke about getting som: thing to do with the police some three weeks before I heard this conversation regarding arms a: the Astor House, After considerable cross-cxaminion it was finally made clear that witness had overheard a conversation Dotween two men in the Aster He! Witnars had been sitting in. tke Tounge of the hotel, on a seat, back to back with the seat occupied by the two men, one of whom ko had Por later found out to be a man who called himself an American and she had an office in the Dollar Building, and the other a man wko as tke witness pointed out was not involved in tke transaction and whose name therefore ko did not wish to divulge "Who was the Other Man?
Addressing the court witness said that he considered it an outrage to bring in the names of persons who could have no bearing on the case.
submit it to your honour that} this is just camouflage", the District "Attorney said, "I put the question to you age Who was the other man?"
After a moment of hesitation, witness answered, "William Downs Continuing the' eross-examination, Dr. Sellett asked, "You did not know the other man when you saw him first in the Astor House." Answering this, witness said that he did not, and that he had found out the man's name from Mr, Downs after ho had asked the latter what the name of the man was whom he had been talking to the day before in ithe Astor House.
Following his having been told] this name, witness went to the office of the man which was in the Dollar Building on two occasions. There he had been put in touch with a Russian who either was or had been in connexion with some Chinese who wanted to buy arms, witness said. The Russian's address had not been gives, only his name, and tke next time he had gone to the office in go the Dollar Building, the Russian had been there and witness had conversation with him.
What was this conversat!
Whether he knew of a: Shanghai interested and ammunition In_er0ss-examination' of statement that he knew
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