H J HINCHEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 59th To Testify

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H. J. HINCHEY, sworn for the Defendant.

I have known Mr. Frank between four and five years.

I am mechanical engineer for the South Atlantic Blow Pipe Co.

I saw Mr. Frank on April 26th opposite the main entrance to the Capitol on Washington Street.

I was driving an automobile.

He was on the street car coming down Washington Street going to town.

I saw him but did not speak to him.

It was between 2 and 2:15.

As to how I knew that was the time after this matter came up I experimented to see just what time it was I saw him on the car, and I have gone over my movements just as I did them on that day, and the first time I experimented I got to the Capitol five minutes past two, and the second time I got there at eight minutes past two, and the third time exactly at two o'clock.

I came very near colliding with the car in front of the Capitol, as I drove around in front of the Capitol.

This car Mr. Frank was on rolled up in front of me.

As I looked up at the car I saw Mr. Frank sitting in the front end of the car.

CROSS EXAMINATION.

I saw him only for a moment.

I was too much occupied in trying to get out of the way of cars and vehicles.

The crowd was very thick.

I have been to see Mr. Frank once in jail.

I mentioned to him that I saw him that day.

Mr. Frank and I were only business friends.

We have had pleasant business transactions and also controversies.

I did not go to jail to talk it over with him.

I went there because I had been knowing him for five or six years and was interested in him, because he was implicated in the case.

We were not personal friends, but have had a great many business dealings with each other and I naturally felt an interest in this matter.