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Murder Plot Questions and Answers
Vm rtxttt dfcy of lh trial of Mayor Smith
nw etcnt coderendanti on charres of
kttnc th Shtrn law asalnat publlo of-
ncacement In politics and of con-
r1 to twrmntfc aaaaiilt atirl murder
I today before President Judge Brown,
Municipal Court, elttlnr at ths City
a a committing magistrate.
testimony la appended, that vt
r Importance verbatim and connecting
IMka In the chain of evidence summarized
I cetance.
JTXOMAS nATTAatiTKSE. sworn as Jlrst
eatablUhed his residence and busl-
ra the Fifth Ward. n was examined
Qordon:
Were you in the Flnletter Club the
the raid was made upon ItT A. Yes,
You are a committeemen, I believe,
the seventh division. HMtth Ward?
A, Vea. sir,
Q. "Will you tell us what took place?
A Why, around half-past eight we were
tocatatra In the committeemen's room on
ttw second floor. I looked out the window
nl a patrol wagon was coins down toward
WmXh street, so I looked and Judge Carey,
tttrned around, lie said, "Gome on, get
head In out of the window." t said.
Vooks like a flcht downstairs there."
said. "You don't have nothlnc tn do
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Hh that" I said, "AH right."
t put my head In the window. Lieuten
ant Bennett was standing In back of the
yatrol wagon. In back on the steps, so
about ten or fifteen minutes after that,
why, I was looking out the window again,
and Wlrtschafter, he stood out on the
steps, and he Bhot through the window on
the first floor, and I went down stairs, nnd
when I wept down stairs Mika Hogan,
the sergeant, was In the entry. Somebody
had beat him up; he was bleeding. When
I went In the entry to nick him up, and
tills here Feldman and Clark he walked in
the door. I said. "What do you want In
here?" I said, "You don't havs no right
In here." This Feldman, he turned around
and made a crack at me with a black
jack and he missed me. So tlen I turned
around and 1 walked back townrds the
tack of the club like, and that Is all I seen
f the fight.
Q. You saw Ofllccr WlrtFchafter shoot
Into the club? A. From the window.
Q. Where was ho standing when he shot
In? A. On the step.
Q. Who was with him? A. That Is the
only one I could see, because he didn't
have no collar on, and that Is how I could
take notice It was htm.
Q. Were there many others there? A.
There was plenty others, but they ran to
ward Seventh street. I couldn't tell who It
, Vraa, because It was pretty dark. He was
up on the step and the light shlned on him.
Q. You went down stairs? A, I went
down stairs and I found Mike Hogan lying
1n the entry.
Q. Mike Hogan Is a police sergeant? A.
Yea, Twenty-fifth District, I think.
Q. Lying on the floor? A. He was lying
right In the middle of the entry. I wa
going to pick him up, and I went to pick
him up and Feldman came In and Clarky
stepped In the door, they shoved the door,
and they corns in to the door. I said,
"What do you want In here?" Feldman
went with his blackjack and he mado a
crack at me with the blackjack, but he
didn't hit me. Clarky said, "He Is an
officer." I said, "I don't care what he
is." If It wasn't for that I suppose ho
would have hit me a seond time,
Q. What Is Detective Clark's first name?
A, Harry Clark.
Q. Was Sergeant Hogan conscious? A.
Yes, he was lying In the entry. Ho didn't
speak to anybody. He was bleeding. You
couldn't tell pone it his face, he was bleed
teg. Q, How many other persons were with
Feldman nnd Detective Clark? A Only
them two n'Ci In the club, and there was a
sjranger camt in the-e, but I couldn't tell
who he was, because he had his back turned
to roe
Q, Were there any other persons beaten
there at 'he time? A. There was only one
e!dlh kind of a Jewish man hollering for
riie-m- and help, nnd was lying right In the
big chair that they got In the Finlettcr
Crb downstairs there I dldn t see no
body1 else get beat up at that time.
Q "pell us what tok place early primary
tnernti g? A. I got around there about five
mlnHea, after 7, and when I got around
thr- they bad already locked Henry Cas
lr up. the Judge of the division.
Q. Was he there when you got there?
A. No; they had already taken him, up to
tfc station house.
Q. Who was there? A. First the clerks
and the fellows that are -"upposed to work
en the board.
Q. Who. else? A. Myself and some of
'the. Voters around there and Deutsch's fac
tion of the clerks that were working for
htm, supposed to assist Deutsch. and they
turned around and they said they were
gating to have a curbstone election, and I
called up the County Commissioner's office
and they said they didn't have no right
to lock up the Judge of the division ; they
ought to have locked them up the next day
the day before.
Q. Was Isaac Deutsch there? A. Isaac
Deutsch was there, and a man I don't
know his name supposed to be a lawyer
.and that there Levis, Levls's lawyer or
something- like that, he was there, and' that
ifc-ero fellow of Andy Evert, or whatever his
niuna Is, he Is supposed to be a constable
r something like that Eddie Abrams he
was there, and he insisted he was running
the division, and all that kind of stuff, and
I told him, I said, "Well, nobody Is going
m run the division until the Judge comes
Q. Did Deutsch say anything, Isaac
Beutech? A. He Insisted on telling the other
Mlimr what to do. He said. "We will have
a, curbstone election," and I told him, "So,"
witt then we went li.slde. I said, "There Is
aa use In having an; fight like that, because
1 called the County Commlss'oners up and
WW them and Deutsch, 'Get In the machine
M4 see If Casper Is coming back right
way.' So I got in the machine and went
s M tint Third District. Before 1 got to
Vlitni aiu Lombard Casper was on his way
,J. Did you then proceed with the elec--f
fr A, Yes. There were no ballots cast
wit! I tha judge came back.
I , 9, Jberorr that, some days before that,
i you seen any of the police officers
talMii.lt to any shopkeepers? A. From about
two or three weeks previous to primary
fotluu they were going convasslng the
ett-vlnio,. all around, all around the seventh
ivt(on.
4. Who were? A. Lieutenant Bennett
sd Ik Bennett and his special officers.
ftpjiy aim Wlrtschafter and uram. and
mcii? uitruyti goinij arouna logeiner.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Connor Q On this morning, elec-
mornlng wnei. you saw Mr. Deutsch In
lllns tiuuite oi the seventh division
And told htm that the judge had been
teai he olfc.ed you his machine to ro
4. tn Mutton house, didu i he? A. Yes,
You got in his machine? A. And I
ovor didn't get to Third and Lombard.
tXuu (Hrlea o tco o the station house
Ipauule Deutsch b machine to get the
e? A. Yes, sir.
H told yod to do that, didn't he?
.JMtt he kept Insisting on having; a
eitciioi,.
ne? told you to get In his ma-
X Yes.
your ludce came back and act-
capacity at the election? A. Yes,
.the night before election you went
floor or the Flnletter Club?
tward the bell of the patrol
understand, and looked out How
.,WoH out of the window; how
you wo King out i a. adoui two
twv DtiotttM and a half, some-
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mlaute or two minutes and a
Anal witan you looked out where did
sftHr'flnrt m f Oi trl waon? A. About
tftrty ft" av nom mo.
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Q. Was It covered on tha sides or was
It open? A. It was open,
Q. How many officers were In it? A. I
think about two, I ain't sure. About two;
but Lieutenant Bennett was standing hack
on the steps.
Q. You said Lieutenant Bennett was
standing on the rear steps, In uniform?
A. Yes. he had his cap on.
Q. You can not tell whether he had his
coat on or not? A. He had his regular uni
form on.
SAMUEL BAimiS, 610 Lombard street,
a cripple, limped to the witness stand and
testified how he had been beaten with a
blackjack over the head by policemen at
tached to the Third and Da Lancey streets
station.
MOItniS BOCCHIASKI, a resident of the
Fifth Ward, described the attack on the
rooms of the Flnletter Club the night be
fore the murder of Acting Detective Kppley
Bocchlaskl said that after a shot had been
flred by some one outside, policemen and
others affiliated with the Deutsch wing,
rushed Into the club and began wielding
blackjacks
JACOB BLITSTEIN. R printer, of 48$
Lombard street, was sworn next and testi
fied he was In the Deutsch club just before
the raid, but went to the station house,
where he was when the first and second
riot calls came In He said he saw Fire
man Peterson being taken from the patrol
bandaged and bleeding.
Mr. Oordon Q. What else did you see?
A. I seen Wlrtschafter standing on the
top step of the club. Murphy was standing
right below the Btcp. Uram was right In
front of me.
Q. Uram 7 A. Yes. I didn't know what
was up. and I ran right In through tho
crowd right Into the clubhouse, and tho
first thing I seen was a big puddle of blood,
about that wide, round almost, and about
that thick (indicating) on the floor Tho
walls were all marked with blood. J went
In the clubroom nnd there was blood nil
around Into the pnrlor.
MOimiS BLi:CHAItSKI, of 419 Fine
street, was tho next witness He also told
of the attack on tho Flnletter Club and
declared he recognized Sergeant Glenden
nlng. Special Tollcemin Wlrtschafter and
Patrolman Uram among the raiders.
"Uram was standing In tho hallway right
In front of tjiat front room ard smiling
while I was getting heat up," he said
Mr. Gordon Q. Who beat you? A
Strangers. I don't know.
Q. Who else was beaten up In your
presence? A. My father was beaten up
1 seen Sergeant Hogan getting beaten up.
Q. How many men had blackjacks' A
Everybody that came In had blackjacks in
their hands.
HARRY N. BRENNER, of B!l Fine
street, founder and principal of the Na
tional Preparatory School, was called next
nnd told of the raid on tho Flnletter Club
ns follows:
As I and my brolVr went out from the
Flnletter Club quit a largo 'crowd was
coming up tho street. They looked to me
somewhat strnngc. but I thought maybe
they are some friends of some of the
members. All of a sudden I felt a severe
blow on my head. That blow was so stun
ning that I actually lost my senses, nnd
soon I felt my face was all covered with
blood, my face, my collar, my shirt, every
thing, even my stockings, were full of
blood. And Just ns soon ns I received the
first blow two other of these men rushed
at me and struck me once right here In
my forehead and tho other somewhere In
my head, with blackjacks. My brother,
who was on the other side of tho name
step, he was attacked by three of these
men, that Is three went towards him, three
toward me. Just as won as they got
through with mo they rushed right Into
ih lmiwvnv Sn that particular moment.
as I say, as these men left me, I heard
a shot. I whs so excited that I rushed
across the street and I saw Special Otllcer
Uram Btandlng there. Ho saw me and he
smiled. My face was covered with blood.
He didn't even budge. He didn't even come
over and offer me any help.
Mrs. Daisy Levy, tho .first woman to
testify In the hearing, was next called.
Her father was In the Finlettcr Club on
the night of the raid, sho said. When the
trouble started, sho and her mother walked
from their home nearby to the place to seo
what was tho matter. She rushed Into
the club seeking her father, she said.
"I rushed through the hallway," she con
tinued, "and one of the men said, 'You
better come up here, or you will get
hurt.' So I rushed upstairs and hid Inside
a closet. There was somebody else there,
I don't know who It was. A man said,
You better hide, because you don't know
what's going on here. Go up to the next
floor.' and I went up to tho roof. I
couldn't see who they were, but there was
a man and woman there.
She said she saw a shot fired and also
that she saw Policeman Uram on tho tcp
step of the club.
JAMES DUFFY, faf 214 Spruce street, the
next witness, also was In tho Flnletter
Club during the raid He said three shots
were fired through a window In six sec
onds One bullet lodged In a divan. He
was struck In the face by a man he be
lieves to have been Mascla He saw two
men attack Fireman William Peterson
FRANK BROWN, of 260 South Fourth
street, the next witness, also described the
assault on the club. When the raiders
swarmed up the steps, he said, ho saw
Wlrtschafter In the lead and another fellow
with a Deutsch hat on and a blackjack up
his sleeve. Wlrtschafter, Murphy and Uram
all dashed In when the door was broken
open, ho said. He saia ne was inrown over
the back fence and rendered unconscious.
Wlrtschafter and the others wore Deutsch
hats, he said.
W1RTSCHAFTER FIRED
SHOT INTO CLUBHOUSE,
TESTIMONY OF WOMAN
MRS. ANNA HIRST, of 407 South Sev
enth Btreet, the next witness, said her hus
band was attacked at Fifth and. Pine streets
early on the night of the raid, and when
she reported the fact to Policeman Bleu
bon tho latter said, "Well he ought to stay
In the house." Later she went to the club
to And her husband and witnessed the at-
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William II Wilson, "Director of Public Danger," as former Mayor
BlankenburR branded him, is expected to appear in Judge Brown's
courtroom today ns n witness in the Fifth Ward murder conspiracy
hearing, which, m the words of District Attorney Rotan, shows the
Bureau of Police to be "discredited and on trial from top to bottom."
tack. Under questioning by Mr. Oordon
she related the following t.tory:
"I seen a whole crowd coming nnd I
started to fccrenm, and I got on to tho car
track, nnd Just then I seen OHiccrs Wlrts
chafter. Uram nnd, I think. Feldman, nnd
I stood listening, right on tho top step, und
I seen Officer Wlrtschafter (Ire the shot Into
the club, because I stood Into the car track,
and then I started to scronm, and I seen
Officer Bleubon. Ho was with them, but
he didn't go into tho club. He enmo run
ning up Seventh. I said to my husband,
'God help you ' Just then I ran ncross
the street, opposlto tho club, nnd tho shades
flew up, and I M-on tho men blackjacking
them nnd hitting them over tho heads, and
I seen a man looking right stout fnll down
I thought it was my husband, and I rushed
Into the club, nnd as I rushed In I almost
fell over tho top of a big, stout man In tho
hallway. I seen it was. not my husband,
and Olflcer Uram passed by and I ran Into
tho back room. '
In cross-examining Mrs. Hirst, Attorney
Connor caused a i wranglo by attempting
to show that her husband had a criminal
record.
Mr. Connor Q You said In answer to
Judge Gordon that your husband Is a prize
fighter? A. Yes, sir.
Q Also it pickpocket? A. My husband?
No, sir.
Q. Yes, your husband? A. That Is a lie.
Mr. Gordon. And a grossly Improper
question. I am afraid you have forgotten
yourself.
Mr. Connor. No, I haven't forgotten.
Judge You opened the door by trying to
show what thlH gentleman was. When I
asked her thut question I asked it ad
lsedly, because the lecords show that I
was entitled to nn affirmative answer.
Mr. Gordon. You can produco all the
records and thow that there are perjurers
nnd that there are pickpockets here.
The Court. I direct her not to answer
the question.
HENRY CASPER, a constable, of Magis
trate Harris's office, the next witness, testi
fied the raid was led by Special Policemen
Uram and Wlrtschafter. Ho swore that
Uram, facing the crowd, cried, "Altogether,
come on, boys!" He also asserted that It
was Wlrtschafter who fired the shot
through the window. Most of the policemen
of the Third and De Lancey streets station,
who were In citizens' clothes and who par
ticipated In the raid on the Flnletter Club,
wore "Deutsch hats," of the kind that was
Made in a fine range of neat worsteds, fancy
effects, and in plain blues, browns and grays,
from $20.00 upward.
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worn by many of tho gunmen, Casper tea
tilled. Cisper also testified he was Judge of elec
tion In the seventh division of tho Fifth
Ward, and wns arrested on tho morning of
primary election day and put In a cell In
the Third District on a warrant Issued by
Maglstrnto Person on a charge of con
spiracy based on his having vouched for a
voter on registration day. He soon was re
leased, he said, nnd returned to his division,
to find the Deutsch forces holding n curb
stono election to choose his successor as
judge. He was also arrested on registra
tion day he said.
ABE BLECHARSKI, of 410 Pine street,
the next witness, told a story of the de
scent on tho Flnletter Cluh that ngrced
with tho accounts of the other victims.
At 1 o'clock tho Court announced a recess
until 2 o'clock p. m.
When court reconvened at 2 o'clock the
following persons were ordered not to leave
tho courtroom until further permission by
Judge Brown: Mrs. Anna Griffiths, Police
man George K, Grover, Policeman Leo, of
the vice squad; Policeman Nisclman, of
the vice squad; Policeman Lewis P Balger,
Policeman William A Fritz, of tho motor
cycle squad; Policeman Seal, Policeman
Qulnn. Policeman Creedon and Policeman
George Whltworth. The last two aro at
tached to the squad of former Captain of
Detectives Albert Souder, tho Mayor's per
sonal Investigator.
MRS J. STAREY. janltress of the Fln
letter Club, was the first witness of the
afternoon session. She was trampled lp the
disorder that followed the appearance of
the raiders, she said. Her story of the at
tack was substantially the same as that of
the previous witnesses
THOMAS J. NIHILL was then sworn and
told of going after Sergeant Michael Ho
gan, one of tho victims of the Flnletter
Club raid, to bring him Into court aa a
witness, and finding him lying on a couch,
under orders of Police Surgeon Owen not
to risk leaving the house until further re
covered. Hogan expressed a willingness
to testify, said Nihlll.
i'. J. O'BRIEN called. (No response. )
Mr. Gordon. I am Informed the witness
O'Brien has gone to Sergeant Hogan's house
with a machine to see If he can bring him
over here.
THOMAS F. GREAVES, of 101 Naudaln
street, a constablo of Magistrate Harrigan's
office, was then sworn, and gave his ver
sion of the Flnletter Club affair. Ho Identi
fied two of tho defendants In court as among
the raiders.
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WOMAN ACCUSER
TOFACELAGODA
Employe of Laundry De
clares Eddystone Suspect
Bitterly Denounced War
USED ASSUMED NAME
Mltchel Lngoda, Itusslan radical and
former employe in the Eddystone Ammuni
tion Corporation plant, now facing an ac
cuxatton of murder In connection with the
exploelon In the plant which killed 133
persons, worked for a month under an ns
mimed name In the Market Street Laundry,
1310 Filbert street, according to employes
In that establishment There his bitter
denunciation of things American and his
radical antiwar utterances, together with
his lnqulslttveness regarding the Frankford
Arsenal, the electric plant at Tacony and
other plants aroused tho suspicions of his
fellow workers, they declared today. Mrs.
Itose Adams, an employe of tho laundry,
almost engaged in a physical encounter
with I.agodn, she said today, when she
exhibited a picture of her son, who Is In the
military service, and the Russian cast a
sneer at the American soldiers.
The foregoing Information was given to
tho Kvenino Lr.DOEa today by Mrs. Adams
and other employes of the laundry, who
declared they had seen the picture of I.a
goda In tho Kvenino Ledger and had
recognized It as a picture of the "M. Loyde"
who had been ono of the fellow workers.
vTOSIAN TO DE SUBPOENAED
The Information wan Immediately com
municated to Sheriff Ileyburn, of Delaware
County, at Media. The Sheriff said he prob
ably would subpoena Mrs. Adams and
others for Lagoda's preliminary hearing on
a charge of murder before Justice of the
Peace F F. Williamson at Media Thursday
morning.
The Sheriff said he would In all probabil
ity use the witnesses from the laundry to
combat Lagoda's defense that he has been
wholly In sympathy with tho Kerensky Rus
sian Government and with the Allied cause
ever since tho fall of the Czar and there
fore could have no reason for wanting to
destroy the Eddyslono plant.
Lhgoda and Nicholas Klekner, who were
arrested nt Media a week ago and accused
of plotting and accomplishing the Eddy
stone explosion, have contended, through
their counsel, that they are well known In
Russia to be In sympathy with the elements
that overthrew the autocratic Romanoff
Government and established tho Russian
Republic, and that If they were In Russia
today they would occupy posltlcms of re
sponsibility In the new Liberal Govern
ment. "Therefore," said one of their counsel,
Ernest L. Green, of Media, to a representa
tive of the Evenino LEDonn, "it Is apparent
that they could have no reason for wanting
to destroy the Eddystone plant. They aro
Socialists, It Is true, but the Russian Gov
ernment now is Socialist. They are In
sympathy with the present Russian Gov
ernment because It Is progressive and lib
eral and democratic.
"These men are known as Socialists and
call themselves Socialists, but the meaning
of that word Is virtually the same as the
meaning of the word Democrat. These
men, so far from wanting to hamper the
new Russian Government, want to do all
they can to aid It, and since the United
States and all the other Allies are fighting
for democracy the same democracy that
has been set up by tho new Russian Gov.
ernment it Is nbsurd ' to say that these
men plotted the Eddystone explosion."
WOMAN' ACCUSER'S STORY
Here Is the story of Mrs Adams, which
mny be used to combat tho defense. Mrs.
Adams, who lives at 61G Woodland avenue,
Cheltenham, Montgomery County, works In
the ironing department of the Market street
laundry. l!er son, Charles J. Adams, served
on the Mexican border with the Second
Pennsylvania Field Artillery and Is now at
Camp Hancock, Ga , with the 108th United
States Field Artillery.
"That man came here to work about the
16th of June." said Mrs. Adams. "I was
suspicious of him almost from the first, and
I told beveral people that we had a spy
working here. Ho went by the name of
'M. Loyde" here, but he showed a paper to
one of tho men here and his name on that
was Michael Lagoda. He was always ask
ing questions. He wanted to know how
to get to the Tacony electric plant and he
wanted to know how he could get to go
through the Frankford Arsenal.
"Ho wanted to go tluough the Torresdale
water plant, too. He used to go to New
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evrry week when he was only making
about $11 a week and was always com
plaining about how little he made nnd how
hard It was to live. He said he didn't
have a girl, but he had to go over to New
York on Important business In connection
with munitions.
"The 28d of June we had a Red Cross
celebration In Cheltenham, and the day be
fore that tho 22d I asked him for rtn
cents for tho Cheltenham ned Cross. He
wouldn't give It to me. He said he wouldn't
give a cent for war.- I Bild this wasn't for
war. It was to help the wounded any
wounded soldier, whether he was an Ameri
can or not. Ho said It was all for war Just
the same and he wouldn't give a cent for
war, no matter what soldiers It was for,
"One day I said something about the Czfcr
being dethroned, nnd he said this would
never be a real country until we did the
same thing with President Wilson that
Russia had done with tha Czar. He said
you only had to work six hours a day In'
Russia and you got $6, and when he was
there he got MB.080 a year. 'Well,' I said,
'why did you come over here If you got
along so well In Russia? Then he Just
laughed and said, 'I havo reasons of my
own for coming over here.'
"Then I had a picture of my son and I
was showing It to some of tho people here.
Then ho Fald an American soldier was not
ns good as a Btreet cleaner. The street
cleaners clean the streetj for the people,
he said, but the soldiers Just go out and
kill the people, I was pretty mad, and I
told htm he didn't belong here. I was about
ready to hit him a crack, I was so mad,
but Sarah Nass, another woman that works
here, calmed me down and he apologized,
so that ended the argument. He said he
didn't mean any reflection en my Bon. l
told him he'd better not,
"Ono time he came back from New York
and said the hospitals In New York were
full of American soldiers and sailors, but
there was never anything In the newspapers
about It. I naked him how he happened to
know so much and he said he had a friend
In New York that worked for one of tho
newspapers this man he went to see about
munitions and he told him about It. 1
asked him what the soldiers and sailors
wero In the hospitals for nnd how they
happened to be there, but he wouldn't tell
anything more about It.
"Ho worked for about four weeks and
then he was given a slip to fill out to regis
ter. All the employes have to bo registered,
you know. You have to give your name
and the last three places you worked nnd
other Information. Ho had a man help him
fill out his slip, but he never took It to the
office. Then, after a while, a boy came for
his slip, and ho said he had lost It and he
got another ono to fill out.
"Then ho s'tarted off for the office with
the slip, but ho never went there. He
did not come back for about two weeks
Then he came back to get some things
he had left here some shirts and one thing
and another. He said he wasn't coming
back because ho had a better Job.
"So he never registered at the office. I
guess he thought ho would rather quit than
register.
Joseph Cabrle, of 2633 South Third street,
another Ironer In the laundry, raid he saw
tho picture of Lagoda In the Evening
LEDOEn and recognized him ns Loyde even
before he saw tho name Lagoda In the
paper. He had always known the man as
Loyde until they wero talking one day
about munitions work and Loyde said ho
guessed he would go to work at Edystone.
"I said I guess he would have to havo
pretty good recommendations to get a Job
there." said Cabrle. "He said tie had good
recommendations and then he showed me a
letter Just for a minute. It wasn't long
enough for ma to read It, but I saw the
name Lagoda on ,it and I thought It was
Michael. I didn't say anything to him about
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