Post by Rita Witt on May 27, 2010 23:18:09 GMT -5
Dr. Condon was quickly thrown a question on Johnson.
Reilly Summation
Then we come to the picture of what General Wilentz describes as a patriotic gentleman of the old school. I don't share that opinion of Dr. Condon. Condon stands for something in this case that is unholy, and I will bear it out by his testimony and by his actions. Here over in the Bronx is this man, close to the waterfront. He may have all the college degrees in the world. Many a criminal had that. That is no criterion that, because you are a college man, you are the best person in the world as far as character goes. I don't know a thing about Condon's background. I did ask him a question as to why he was transferred from one school to another. It was objected to.
But the one thing that sticks out is this: Red Johnson, the man in Denmark - he was a suspect under cover, they were investigating him. The Condon in the Bronx knew nothing about Red Johnson unless he had a connection with him, and what is Condon's testimony concerning Red Johnson?
"Q. Then why did you pick out a local borough paper with a circulation of 150,000 with all of New York's six million people, to insert your ad?
A. Because these papers all led to one poor miserable fellow that I thought was innocent. His name was Arthur Johnson."
Now why should he think? Here was a man under suspicion, the man that received the telephone call from Betty Gow. Why should Condon come to the rescue of the only person in the world they haven't brought back here if he didn't know him? Building up in 1935 an alibi for a man he knew was in Denmark and that they dared not return to this country.
Then a question was popped at him quick: "Did you learn that he - meaning Johnson - phoned Betty Gow at half past eight the night of the kidnapping?" Caught off his guard, here is his answer: "I knew that the night of the kidnapping." There is your record: "I knew that the night of the kidnapping.
Reilly Summation
Then we come to the picture of what General Wilentz describes as a patriotic gentleman of the old school. I don't share that opinion of Dr. Condon. Condon stands for something in this case that is unholy, and I will bear it out by his testimony and by his actions. Here over in the Bronx is this man, close to the waterfront. He may have all the college degrees in the world. Many a criminal had that. That is no criterion that, because you are a college man, you are the best person in the world as far as character goes. I don't know a thing about Condon's background. I did ask him a question as to why he was transferred from one school to another. It was objected to.
But the one thing that sticks out is this: Red Johnson, the man in Denmark - he was a suspect under cover, they were investigating him. The Condon in the Bronx knew nothing about Red Johnson unless he had a connection with him, and what is Condon's testimony concerning Red Johnson?
"Q. Then why did you pick out a local borough paper with a circulation of 150,000 with all of New York's six million people, to insert your ad?
A. Because these papers all led to one poor miserable fellow that I thought was innocent. His name was Arthur Johnson."
Now why should he think? Here was a man under suspicion, the man that received the telephone call from Betty Gow. Why should Condon come to the rescue of the only person in the world they haven't brought back here if he didn't know him? Building up in 1935 an alibi for a man he knew was in Denmark and that they dared not return to this country.
Then a question was popped at him quick: "Did you learn that he - meaning Johnson - phoned Betty Gow at half past eight the night of the kidnapping?" Caught off his guard, here is his answer: "I knew that the night of the kidnapping." There is your record: "I knew that the night of the kidnapping.