"To whom?"
"Mr. Sullivan."
"What for?"
"Death assessments."
Gideon said that the little he knew of the doings of the "Mets" was from conversation with the bookies. Etc., etc.—New York Evening Post.
Sometimes this direct testimony is given, not in the dialogue form, but as questions and answers. Thus:
In reply to other questions, Bendernagel said he ordered the office supplies, looked after the insurance on the sugar, and was responsible for the fuel, some 700 tons of coal a day.
Question.—How much money was paid through your office in the course of a year? Answer.—Four million dollars.
Q.—So yours was a busy office? A.—Exceedingly so.
Q.—How long were the raw sugar clerks in your office? A.—About twenty years. Etc., etc.—New York Evening Post.