Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1914 — GAME WHERE GOODWILL ENDS [ARTICLE]

GAME WHERE GOODWILL ENDS

“You Don’t Have to Be On Speaking Terms With a Man to Play Pinochle With Him.**

Springfield, Mass. —Pinochle is not necessarily a “friendly” game, according to evidence introduced in the superior court. The case Involved a commission on a mercantile transaction, and the defendant, Isaac Brown, flatly contradicted the testimony of Eli Cohen that Cohen and the defendant were on terms of the utmost intimacy, “I haven’t spoken to Cohen in a year,” insisted Brown. “Now, look here,” thundered the plaintiff’s attorney. “Is it not a fact that only two weeks ago. you and Mr. Cohen playing pinochle?" “Sure we were,” said Bfown. “And yet.” shouted- the attorney triumphantly, “you say you and Coheu have not spoken In a year?’’ “Well, you don’t have to be oa speaking terms with a man to play pinochle with him," retorted the wltness: - --- --- - - - Amid the roar of laughter the attorney indicated that the <jross-exam-ination was over. Judge Crosby reserved decision.