Q. Did you hear him later talk about the shooting? A. I think I did, but I am not sure.
Q. That day? A. Yes, sir. * * *
Q. What did you hear Pelser say? A. Well, I heard him say that he did not see anybody…. That is all.
Q. Is that all you recollect that you heard him say? A. Yes, sir. (R. 581.)
Pelzer's tergiversations and falsifications extracted from the District Attorney, Mr. Katzmann, the following eulogy:—
He was frank enough here, gentlemen, to own that he had twice falsified before to both sides, treating them equally and alike, and he gave you his reason. I think he added that he had never been in court before. If not, somebody has and I confused him. It is of little consequence. He is big enough and manly enough now to tell you of his prior falsehoods and his reasons for them. If you accept them, gentlemen, give such weight to his testimony as you say should be given. (R. 1130.)
4. Lola Andrews, a woman of doubtful reputation, testified that at about 11 a.m. on the day of the murders, while in company with a Mrs. Campbell, she saw an automobile standing outside the Slater and Morrill factory. She saw a "very light" man inside the car (concededly neither Sacco nor Vanzetti) and another man "bending over the hood of the car," whom she characterized as a "dark-complexioned man." She went into the factory in search of a job and at the time "had no talk with either of the men." When she came out "fifteen minutes later" the dark man "was down under the car like he was fixing something" and she asked him the way to another factory. He told her. That was the whole conversation between
