"I would like to have the date of June 24 set for the hearing," said Assistant District Attorney Wood. "The Grand Jury which is now holding this investigation will probably continue its hearings until then."
Commissioner Houghton fixed the date accordingly.
After the hearing adjourned Stahl was asked where he had been since his disappearance. He replied in German:
"I told the Grand Jury all I have to say."
He was asked where he would live if he got bail.
"I don't want anybody to know," he said. "I have had so many visitors in the past few days that I don't want any more, if I can help it."
He was asked if he was a German reservist, and he replied that that was his business. Other questions got the same response. He denied that he knew Paul Koenig, the Hamburg-American detective, but he admitted he knew Stemler, which is a name sometimes used by the detective. When he was informed that he was to spend the night in the Tombs he said:
"Will Stemler be with me?"
He seemed disappointed when he was told that he would have to go there alone. Stahl was asked if Josephine Weir, who had signed a corroborative affidavit, knew of his whereabouts during his hiding. He refused to answer this question, but of Josephine Weir he said in English:
"Oh, that's a nice girl."