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310 BROADWAY acquaintance announced asked Boggs Bologna sausages bottles boys Brown called cats chair chorus Clerk corner cousin Betsey Dennis Doesticks dollar door dress drink Driver drunk Elephant Club Elephantine eyes fact Fat gentleman fat party female from Ireland floor give hair Hamlet hand head Higholdboy individual inquired John Spout Johnny Cake Judge kicked knocked lady lager bier legs liquor LIVERMORE & RUDD looked meeting Michael mornin morning Mulrooney never Nicholas Hotel nigger night nose O'Grady officer oldboy Overdale Overdale's Pacific Place person Peter Knight pocket porgies port wine present Prisoner proceeded Quackenbush remarkable Remington Dropper seated shleep sing sleep stairs stopped stranger street tell Third Avenue Railroad thought Timothy TIMOTHY O'NEIL tion told took Wagstaff wanted whisky Witness yer honor young rascals
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Page 247 - ... Senator O'CONOR. That is all, Mr. Hall. Thank you very much. Mr. HALL. Thank you. (Witness excused.) TESTIMONY OF HAMILTON W. FOSTER, KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE Mr. O'CONNOR. Mr. Foster, please. Senator O'CONOR. First of all, Mr. Foster, will you be sworn, please. Mr. FOSTER. Yes, sir. Senator O'CONOR. Do you solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that the evidence you shall give in this hearing will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing out the truth, so help you God? Mr. FOSTER. I...