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Mr. Mayor, would you be good enough to take the stand?
Responding to this long-awaited invitation in the New York County Court House last week, the slick incumbent of "the third biggest job in the U. S." glanced alertly about him to orient friend & foe, shot his broad, lopsided campaign smile, sat down jauntily to defend himself against gravest suspicions of his official conduct. As he looked around him in the packed, hot chamber, Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker could see friends aplenty: Lawyer Dudley Field Malone, Police Commissioner...
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